Title: Accounts Payable Accountant - #ARS01096
State Role Title: Financial Services Spec I
Hiring Range: Anticipated starting salary mid $50,000s up to mid $60,000s.
Pay Band: 4
Agency: Dept for Aging & Rehab Svcs
Location: Aging & Rehab Svcs
Agency Website: https://www.dars.virginia.gov
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Join the DARS Finance Division as an Accounts Payable Accountant!
Help support our mission by ensuring accurate processing of vendor invoices, travel reimbursements, and SPCC payments. Responsibilities include auditing vouchers, reconciling monthly statements, and providing exceptional customer service.
Ready to make an impact? Apply today and be part of a team that values accuracy, collaboration, and service excellence!
Why Join Us?
✅ Purpose-driven work
✅ Inclusive, supportive teams
✅ Great state benefits
Job Duties:
The DARS Finance Division supports the Agency’s mission by providing quality financial management through Budget, Grants, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Accounting, Financial Reporting, Payroll, and Compliance services for DARS and the Disability Service Agencies (DSAs). Finance services are delivered while being good stewards of the taxpayer’s dollars entrusted to DARS and the DSAs and in accordance with policies, procedures, and regulations.
We are seeking an Accounts Payable Accountant. This position is responsible for ensuring accurate processing of vendor invoices and travel/expense reimbursements. Duties include reviewing, auditing, and approving accounts payable vendor and reimbursement vouchers, as well as petty cash transactions, in compliance with State and Agency policies and regulations. The role also involves monitoring payment due dates to ensure timely disbursements in accordance with the Prompt Payment Statutes, processing SPCC payments, reconciling transactions, and preparing journal entries. The successful candidate will work closely with internal and external customers to provide exceptional customer service.
Key Responsibilities:
- Audit vouchers for accuracy and compliance
- Review and process travel and expense reimbursement vouchers
- Reconcile monthly Small Purchase Charge Card statements in Works
Other duties or special projects as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have:
Knowledge/Experience:
- Experience working in an automated financial and accounting systems.
- Considerable knowledge of Accounts Payable concepts, principles, practices, and techniques.
- Working knowledge of auditing expenditures and analyzing contracted purchase orders to ensure the accuracy of invoice processing.
Skills/Abilities:
- The skills to autonomously interpret and apply State and Agency policies as it pertains to Fiscal programs and services.
- Demonstrated skill in operating personal computers and other automated office equipment.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple work assignments within established time frames.
- Ability to identify and define problems, collect data, establish facts, develop, and communicate options, and draw valid conclusions.
- Extreme attention to detail.
- Provide exceptional customer-oriented services.
Additional Considerations
- Experience in the State accounting system (Cardinal) and other automated accounting systems.
- Knowledge of the Department of Accounts and CAPP Manual policies and procedures relating to Accounts Payable, Travel, and Purchasing Charge Card (PCard) is a plus.
- Training and/or experience in accounting, finance, or business.
Special Instructions
- This has been designated a sensitive position under Va. Code § 2.2-1201.1.
- A fingerprint-based criminal history check will be required of the finalist candidate.
- The selected candidate must complete a Statement of Personal Economic Interests as a condition of employment (Va. Code § 2.2-3114.
Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact recruitment@dars.virginia.gov for assistance.
Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.
To Apply:
Equal Opportunity Employer State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s New Recruitment Management System. Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. PageUp will provide you with 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: Human Resources
Phone: 804-662-7003
Email: Recruitment@dars.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.