Title: Accountant Senior (General Accounting)
State Role Title: Financial Services Spec I
Hiring Range: $67,645 - $77,446
Pay Band: 4
Agency: Virginia Department of Health
Location: VDH-Central Office
Agency Website: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
The General Accounting team is located within the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Financial Management. This position is part of a collaborative team that oversees the operational side of the organization and assists with compliance and reporting financial transactions. Each day brings new tasks within various areas of the organization and if you have a love to find business solutions and guide for compliance, we would love for you to join us!
Purpose of Position: The Accountant Senior performs advanced professional work involving the analysis and interpretation of fiscal data and application of accounting principles to manage key financial functions with agency-wide implications. Responsibilities may include resource management, business operations, accounting system development, revenue control, and complex financial analysis.
The role does involve managing reconciliation of various agency assets, charts of accounts and other reconciliations to ensure compliance with state and federal compliance. The position may supervise other fiscal professionals and support staff to ensure the efficient operation of financial processes and compliance with regulations.
Minimum Qualifications
• Knowledge of accounting, financial, and budgetary principles, including accounts
receivable/payable, reconciliation, and financial reporting.
• Experience utilizing data tracking and reporting systems to manage and maintain
detailed financial records, generate reports, and analyze trends or projections.
• Working knowledge of budget preparation, analysis, and development, including
research and trend analysis to support fiscal decision-making.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to provide guidance to staff, report
findings, and interact with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to reconcile financial data and resolve discrepancies using source documents
and internal systems.
Additional Considerations
Experience with State accounting processes, procedures and applicable policies and laws
Experience with using Microsoft Office products
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Contact Information
Name: Erika White
Phone: 804-624-9248
Email: erika.white@vdh.virginia.gov
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.