Grants Accountant (Part-time)

Loudoun County Public Schools; Goose Creek Village (VA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Partial remote work

Job summary

Loudoun County Public Schools is seeking a Grants Accountant to perform professional accounting tasks in the district’s financial system, ensuring accurate payroll, benefits, and year-end projections. You will maintain complex accounting records, prepare monthly statements, analyze expenditures, and provide guidance on base budgets and fiscal matters to LCPS staff.

A bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field is required; two years’ payroll/HRMS/Oracle experience and advanced Excel skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field.
• GAAP knowledge and its practical application.
• Ability to produce complex accounting reports; analyze data.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Familiarity with VRS (Virginia Retirement System) preferred.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepares monthly, year-end projections of disbursements and balances for payroll, benefits, and insurance accounts.
• Maintains financial records and submits reimbursement requests to the State.
• Uses financial software to prepare monthly statements and projection reports.
• Maintains fixed asset records and reconciles records to actual assets on hand.
• Reconciles and posts bi-weekly payroll data to the financial system.
• Provides counsel to LCPS staff on budgets and fiscal areas.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Complex reporting

Advanced Excel

VRS knowledge

Deadline-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

HRMS/Oracle

Job description

Job Overview

The Grants Accountant is responsible for professional accounting work performing standard accounting tasks in an established financial system. The Accountant ensures that financial reports are prepared accurately and promptly. The work involves the maintenance of complex accounting records and preparation of a wide range of reports and statements, including payroll, fringe benefits, monthly board reports, utility analyses, and year-end projections.

Roles and Responsibilities

The following information is intended to describe the overall nature and scope of the work being performed. This is not a comprehensive listing of all responsibilities or tasks; work may differ and other work may be assigned when deemed appropriate.

• Prepares monthly, year-end projections of disbursements and resulting balances for salary, social security, retirement, and group life and health insurance accounts; determines variances by conferring with personnel staff and account managers.
• Maintains financial records, submits reimbursement requests to the State, and projects carry-over balances for programs.
• Uses financial software to prepare monthly statements, which include projections for expenditure accounts; presents and discusses the status of accounts with account managers.
• Maintains fixed asset records and reconciles financial records to actual assets on hand.
• Reconciles and posts bi-weekly payroll data to the financial system.
• Assists with preparing projections of expenditures.
• Provides counsel to LCPS staff on base budgets and fiscal areas.

Qualifications

Below are the minimum qualifications for this job. Equivalent combinations of education and experience are also acceptable.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university in accounting, finance or related field required

Experience

• Previous exposure to the public-school system sector with knowledge of school financing and accounting procedures preferred
• Two years of experience with payroll/Human Resources Management Systems (HRMS)/Oracle preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• NA

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) and the practical application
• Ability to prepare complex accounting reports; analyze and evaluate accounting concerns; to produce data and recommend improved procedures
• Advanced knowledge with Excel with preferred
• Knowledge of VRS preferred
• Ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced work environment

Physical Requirements

The following provides a brief description of physical requirements for this job: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. The employee must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies. Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Reports to

Accounting Supervisor

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Salary Level

Banded Rates: Band 10

Salary Scale

https://www.lcps.org/compensation

Salary Range

$29.17

Remote Work Eligible

Partial

Collective Bargaining Unit

Non-Certified