The Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) is hiring a Senior Staff Accountant to support financial operations for the newly incorporated City of St. George, Louisiana. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the establishment of municipal financial systems by performing key accounting tasks, supporting grant reporting, and ensuring accurate and compliant financial practices. The Senior Staff Accountant will work under the direction of IBTS finance leadership to carry out a wide range of routine and technical accounting duties.
IBTS places a high value on certain personal traits that work toward creating a positive, supportive work environment, which is essential for working together and achieving success. We believe that the manner in which you achieve your results is equally important as the results themselves. The following are key personal traits essential for success in roles within our organization.
Bring your passion, expertise, and experience to IBTS, where we appreciate and are committed to our employees. We offer outstanding benefits, growth opportunities, and work hard to maintain a culture that values our employees.
The Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization established to provide unbiased professional building code compliance services, while enhancing the communities in which we work. At IBTS, our mission is to deliver quality services to meet the challenges of governance at all levels while enhancing public safety, economic development, and the general welfare of the community. Our services include Building and Community Development, Energy and Sustainability Services, Disaster Planning and Recovery, Quality Assurance, as well as Compliance and Risk Monitoring.
IBTS is headquartered in Ashburn, VA, with additional offices in Louisiana, Missouri, New York, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC.
We are committed to building a community of experts with diverse backgrounds, disciplines, and perspectives who are passionate about our mission. IBTS is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer that maintains a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or sexual orientation. This opportunity is open to Section S3 Residents. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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In a 1996 review of the diverse economic and technological forces then impacting state governments, the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS), under its cooperative agreements with the Council of State Governments (CSG) and the National Governors Association (NGA), found that as Federal, state, and local governments were downsizing, many jurisdictions were finding it increasingly difficult to provide their states and/or communities with adequate levels of building regulatory and administrative services in a timely and cost-effective manner.
In recognition of this problem, in 1997, NCSBCS invited NGA and CSG to work with them to establish a separate, 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation to undertake, on behalf of governmental entities throughout the nation, contract, grant, and cooperative agreement work which would facilitate effective and efficient codes enforcement.
The new entity, initially called the "States' Institute for Building Technology and Safety" was drawn up with the purpose of lessening the burdens of all levels of government and enhancing regulatory efficiency. This would be accomplished by providing a state-based non-profit corporation and qualified professional staff who would provide governmental agencies with technical codes analysis and administrative services that support the building code and public safety needs of communities across this nation.