Staff Accountant
New Orleans, LAFull-timePosted 6 days agoStill listed 6 days ago
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Job overview
Legends Global is hiring an entry-level Staff Accountant to support financial reporting for multiple entertainment venues. The role works closely with accounting, purchasing, and leadership teams. Responsibilities include accounts payable, month-close activities, financial statement preparation, cash reconciliation, journal entries, fixed asset records, and reporting for ticket sales, parking, and events. New graduates are highly encouraged to apply.
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Full job description
POSITION: Staff Accountant DEPARTMENT: Accounting REPORTS TO: Accounting Manager FLSA STATUS: Salaried/Exempt
Summary
Legends Global, the leader in privately managed public assembly facilities, has an excellent and immediate opening for a Staff Accountant for Legends Global | Caesars Superdome | Smoothie King Center | Champions Square | Shrine on Airline. The staff accountant position works closely with the accounting, purchasing, and leadership team to provide accurate and timely financial reporting to the multiple entertainment venues.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Processes and reconciles large volume accounts payable transactions
- Performs month-close duties: reconciliations of sub-legers and account analysis
- Assists accounting leadership with preparation of financial statements
- Reconciles cash receipts and disbursements
- Prepares and records journal entries
- Maintains fixed asset detail records
- Maintains and audits box office ticket sales reports
- Maintains and audits parking office reports
- Prepares settlement reporting for ticketed and private events
- All other duties as assigned
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must successfully pass a criminal and credit background check
- Excellent understanding of intermediate financial accounting and the operational accounting process
- Proficient in using and learning new accounting software, efficient with spreadsheets, excellent math skills and a sharp attention to detail
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Ability to work with and maintain highly confidential information
Education and/or Experience
- Bachelor’s in accounting or finance from a four-year college or university
- Entry-level accounting position, new graduates highly encouraged to apply
- GPA +3.5 Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Note The essential responsibilities of this position are described under the above headings. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Also, this document in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.
Legends Global is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and encourages Women, Minorities, Individuals with Disabilities, and protected Veterans to apply. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Applicants that need reasonable accommodation to complete the application process may contact 504-587-3995.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,474 open Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$76–100K/yr1,029 salary ranges
- US median$45–50/hr891 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 24 open Accountant jobs in Louisiana and 3,474 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Louisiana
- Experience
- Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (2,294 postings).
- Education
- 1,867 of the 3,474 open Accountant jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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