Senior Accountant

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The Senior Accountant performs various advanced governmental accounting functions related to budget administration, internal auditing, debt management, general ledger maintenance and financial reporting and analysis.

• Monitor current-year budgets by fund, department, division, and cost center for budget control and assist in preparing the annual budget.
• Prepare financial reports for internal and external reporting.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, GASB, and state and local regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Monitor, reconcile, and record financial activity for the County.
• Coordinate, review, compile, and report information for internal and external audits.
• Monitor general ledger account activity to ensure transactions are recorded properly in the financial system.
• Perform a wide variety of full-performance professional accounting work, including complex general ledger, capital asset, construction project accounting, grants recognition, and financial reporting and analysis.
• Prepare spreadsheets and other necessary documents and assist in the annual filing of the Auditor of Public Accounts (APA) Report.
• Serve as staff liaison on fiscal matters between the County and internal/external agencies.
• Advise County departments on financial processes as needed.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Observe all approved safety and health policies and procedures and perform all tasks in a safe and healthy manner in accordance with County policy.

The work is light: exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects. Requires the use of fingers, grasping, handling, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, talking, visual acuity, and walking.

Senior Accountant:
Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and three (3) years of related work experience or a concentration in Governmental Accounting; or an Associate’s Degree in Accounting and five (5) years of related work experience; or equivalent experience & education with a minimum of 24 hours of accounting coursework. Governmental Accounting certifications will be considered in lieu of the required degree and experience.

Local Government experience preferred. Training through Virginia Government Finance Officers Association may be required.

None; 5% step increase provided for completion of VGFOA certification.

All County employees may be required to report to serve our customers during emergency conditions. Employees may be assigned to report at a different time and location and to perform different duties from their regular jobs. Employees will be designated as essential personnel with required duties or as nonessential personnel required to report when assigned to shelter duty or other roles.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Accounting / Auditing / Finance

Government Administration