Senior Accountant

About the role

Spotsylvania County is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace. Employees are prohibited from manufacturing, distributing, possessing, or using controlled substances such as marijuana. A positive drug test result, confirmed use or impairment, can be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination in accordance with personnel policies. A positive pre-employment drug test will also disqualify a candidate for hire.

Special Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintains a database of all awarded County grants.
• Tracks, monitors, and verifies expenditures, payments, budget balances, obligations, revenue, and fund balances for assigned grant programs.
• Reconciles grant award revenues with grant expenditures.
• Meets with departments regularly on grant status.
• Compiles and analyzes financial, budgetary data reports, and statements for the development of monthly, quarterly, and/or annual reports for program staff, management, and/or regulatory agencies as required.
• Prepares financial reports and journal entries in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, federal guidelines, and all state and County regulations.
• Reconciles funds and accounts for assigned areas of responsibility; researches discrepancies, collects information, and reports findings to management in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Prepares and submits financial reports to support expenditures for reimbursement-based grants.
• Aids County departments with the submission of grant budget adjustment requests, no-cost extension requests, and other grant adjustments.
• Reviews and recommends fiscal year-end carry-forward requests that are grant-related.
• Provides documentation to external financial statement auditors on the annual Single Audit Program, the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA), and other audit requirements.
• Affords assistance in updating the County’s Grants Policy to correspond with regulatory and other changes affecting the County’s grants processes and procedures.
• Responds to inquiries and requests for information from federal, state, and internal and external audit agencies.
• Affords assistance with fixed asset and capital project funding and expenditure tracking and reporting.
• Collaborates with supervisor and co-workers to improve work processes and services by making suggestions or recommendations.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum Training & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; with three (3) to four (4) years of accounting experience.
• Professional financial or grant certification such as a Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS) is preferred, but not required.

Special Requirements

• Knowledge of computerized accounting systems and how they aid in compiling, maintaining, and using accounting information.
• Knowledge of techniques used to locate errors in accounting records.
• Knowledge of governmental accounting policies, procedures, and operations.
• Knowledge of internal financial control requirements.
• Knowledge of interpreting and applying appropriate federal, state, and local government laws and regulations regarding grant contracts and administration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism when dealing with sensitive or confidential information.
• Skill in developing, modifying, and implementing financial policies.
• Skill in reviewing accounting transactions to ensure conformance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Skill in applying audit standards to set up, monitor, and modify internal procedures.
• Skill in advising management about the implications of financial information.
• Skill in reviewing the work of other staff for adequacy, methods, and conformance to County policies and grantor requirements.
• Skill in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information includes giving assignments and/or directions to co-workers or assistants.
• Ability to read, prepare, and interpret financial documents, expenditure and revenue reports, financial statements, manuals, procedures, policies, regulations, correspondence, etc.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to communicate effectively using government budgeting and financial terminology.
• Ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract totals; to multiply and divide; to determine percentages and decimals; to compute interest and ratios; to perform algebraic operations and statistical calculations.
• Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instruction.
• Skill in being a self-starter, requiring minimal supervision and direction.
• Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to communicate professionally and respectfully.

Physical Requirements

• Must be physically able to operate a variety of office equipment including a computer, calculator, copier, telephone, etc.
• Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
• Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.
• Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
• Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using automated office equipment.
• Switches, etc.
• Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Does not require the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
• Requires the ability to talk and/or hear: (talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing - perceiving the nature of sounds by ear).
• Must be able to communicate by telephone.

Benefits

The following programs offered by Spotsylvania County provide our employees with benefits that promote employee health, well-being and financial stability, now and in the future. The County's variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs* include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Life Insurance Opt-Out Program
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Leave
• Sick Leave
• Bank Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Retailer Plan
• Deferred Compensation - 457 Plans

Some benefits are exclusive to full-time employees. To learn more, please contact the Department of Human Resources.