Senior Accountant

Job Description

Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCC’s annualized enrollment of 3,700 credit students in 2024-2025 and almost 800 workforce and community development students are supported by almost 140 full-time employees and over 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and five satellite sites.

Special Assignments

May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

KSA's/Required Qualifications

• Excellent working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and GASB
• Knowledge of fund accounting
• Accounting experience
• Experience preparing financial reports and working year-end audits
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks with follow through
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PeopleSoft applications
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain spreadsheets
• Analyzing, balancing and/or reconciling financial data

Additional Considerations

• Supervisory experience

Operation of a State Vehicle

Yes

Supervises Employees

Yes

Required Travel

Occasional travel between campuses.