Accountant

Virginia-Department-of-Healt; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 64,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Department of Health is seeking an Accountant to perform professional accounting duties, develop recording methods, allocate funds and maintain systems. The role includes preparing financial statements, cost analyses, and budgets for review, with potential supervision of fiscal paraprofessionals.

The position emphasizes financial integrity, transparency, and operational efficiency, supporting reconciliations, reporting, compliance, and budget monitoring across the department.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and practices including cost accounting.
• Knowledge of the use of data processing techniques in maintaining accounting records.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Demonstrated ability to apply and adapt established accounting methods to a variety of financial transactions and records and multiple funding streams.
• Demonstrated ability to design and compile financial reports and statements.

Responsibilities

• Develop methods of recording fiscal transactions and allocate funds.
• Update and maintain accounting systems and independently prepare financial statements and cost analyses.
• Prepare budgets and other financial information for review.
• Manage payroll processing, including timely distribution of checks and tax reporting.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Data processing techniques

Excel

Apply accounting methods

Financial reporting & budgeting

Tools

SPCC

State financial applications

Job description

Title: Accountant

State Role Title:Financial Services Spec I

Hiring Range: $64,399 - $73,043

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location:Dept of Health

Agency Website:www.vdh.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

THIS IS A REPOST ALL PREVIOUS APPLICANTS WILL NEED TO REAPPLY.

Performs professional level work of moderate difficulty requiring the application of accounting theory and principles. Characteristic duties: develop methods of recording fiscal transactions, allocate funds, update and maintain accountingsystems, independently prepare financial statements/reports/cost analyses, anddevelop and present budgets and other financial information for review. Othermajor duties: all functions of compensation accounting including assuring timelyprocessing of payrolls, distribution of checks, preparing federal/state tax reporting,fringe benefits and premium conversion. May supervise or lead fiscalparaprofessionals and/or other support personnel.

The Accountant position within the Commissioners Office plays a central role in ensuring the financial integrity, transparency, and operational efficiency of the agency. This position supports core financial functions- such as reconciliations, reporting, compliance, and budget monitoring while serving as a trusted resource to leadership and program teams across the department.

The Virginia Department of Health offers 12 paid holidays, medical, dental, vision and lifeinsurance, retirement plans (including 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan) as well as sick, family/personal, and annual leave.

Minimum Qualifications

• Working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and practices including cost accounting.
• Knowledge of the use of data processing techniques in maintaining accounting records.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Demonstrated ability to apply and adapt established accounting methods to a variety of financial transactions and records and multiple funding streams.
• Demonstrated ability to design and compile financial reports and statements.

Additional Considerations

• Knowledge of VA procurement practices
• Experience using and reconciling a SPCC
• Experience using State financial applications
• Experience with State contracts
• Experience maintaining and managing budgets

Special Instructions

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Service’s Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHSIG Exclusion List check, employment reference check and E-Verify. Other financial, credit, driving, background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions.

It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management beconducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. VDH employees have a shared Code of Ethics, which can be found in the bottom banner of our website: www.vdh.virginia.gov.

If you have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.30 layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card), you must submit the card before the closing date for this position. The Card may be submitted with the state application as an attachment.

As a V3 (Virginia Values Veterans) employer VDH Welcomes Veterans to apply!

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.