22171 - General Accounting Mgr

Virginia Department of Transportation•Richmond, VA

9d•$81,372 - $132,230

About The Position

Manage and direct the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Fiscal Division’s General Accounting and Cash Receipts sections. The role oversees fiscal operations, processes, policies, and reporting, ensuring compliance with Commonwealth policies and procedures, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and state and federal laws. It provides financial research and analysis, performance reporting and auditing as needed, and proposes process and policy improvements. The position directs general accounting operations for toll facility funds, Transportation Trust Funds, the Highway Maintenance and Operations Fund, and bond funds. It coordinates accounting activities including cash receipts, deposit review and approval, banking services, fiscal and fluctuation analysis, journal-entry review and posting, interagency transfers, reconciliations, and consultation on accounting treatments. The role provides guidance to VDOT management and staff, collaborates with related fiscal sections, oversees assigned programs and staff development, and supports accurate, timely financial data and reporting. The role also maintains documentation and record-retention practices, administers chart-field maintenance changes and monthly and yearly system closing functions, responds to management and auditor information requests, and keeps ARMICS documentation current for its assigned functions. It ensures transactions and accounting treatments comply with applicable requirements, safeguards checks and cash, and works to improve operational efficiency. VDOT employees must comply with VDOT’s Code of Ethics and the Commonwealth’s Standards of Conduct. VDOT positions require pre-employment screenings, which may include a fingerprint-based criminal-history background check, DMV record check, work-history verification, references, pre-employment physical, and drug screen.

Requirements

Ability to analyze, interpret, and reconcile financial data and resolve financial problems.
Ability to prepare financial reports and detailed summary financial reports or statements.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, explain complex technical accounting information to technical and nontechnical audiences, and provide customer service to internal and external customers.
Ability to collaborate with a team of highly skilled accountants and analysts and work as a team player.
Ability to develop and present technical training.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet due dates.
Ability to work with minimal to no supervision.
Knowledge of GAAP and governmental accounting principles and practices, including federal Super Circular Regulations.
Knowledge of accounting principles and practices, internal controls, risk assessments, identifying gaps, and minimizing risk in financial operations.
Knowledge of VDOT’s financial accounting system or another ERP-based financial system, financial management systems, and office practices and procedures.
Knowledge of project accounting concepts, research, analysis, and reconciliation techniques, and transportation project accounting.
Skill in broad operational accounting functions and technical accounting knowledge.
Skill in using computers and software applications, including Microsoft Office 365.
Skill in training, supervising, managing, developing, and setting direction for accounting staff to accomplish goals and objectives.

Nice To Haves

Training, experience, or education in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
CPA certification.
Experience successfully driving accounting process-improvement initiatives.
Experience in transportation project accounting.
Experience preparing in-depth, multifaceted financial reports.
Experience analyzing and interpreting sophisticated financial data.
Experience communicating respectfully with and advising executives and senior leadership on general accounting practices, policy, and financial interpretations.
Knowledge of GAAP as it relates to governmental accounting.

Responsibilities

Manage and direct general accounting operations and assigned fiscal functions, including toll facility funds, Transportation Trust Funds, Highway Maintenance and Operations Fund, and bond funds.
Oversee VDOT Fiscal Division’s General Accounting and Cash Receipts sections and assigned programs.
Coordinate cash receipts, deposit review and approval, banking services, fiscal analysis, fluctuation analysis, journal-entry review and posting, agency-to-agency transfers, reconciliations, and accounting-treatment consultations.
Provide general accounting guidance to VDOT executive management, financial staff, accounts, and other users of VDOT financial data.
Collaborate with Accounts Receivable, Project Accounting, and Financial Reporting to determine new or updated work processes.
Ensure timely and complete responses to management and auditor requests for information.
Interpret and respond to requirements, procedures, policies, and directives pertaining to assigned areas, including Code of Virginia requirements and guidance from agencies and localities.
Ensure proper file documentation and consistent record-retention standards across the team.
Administer and document chart-field maintenance changes and monthly and yearly system closing functions.
Coordinate the initiation and classification of financial transactions and accounting treatments in accordance with GAAP, state requirements, and VDOT policies and procedures.
Ensure assigned activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, standards, and policies; identify and implement process improvements as appropriate.
Oversee cash receipts, journal-entry, and reconciliation operations; guide staff in safeguarding checks and cash and ensure deposits and recording of monies follow Commonwealth procedures.
Keep ARMICS documentation current for General Accounting and Cash Receipts functions.
Provide technical assistance and training, encourage knowledge sharing and cross-training, and support staff development.
Work with other Fiscal Division sections to promote understanding of general accounting principles and timely, accurate data through financial-system queries and reports.
Perform administrative or special-project duties as assigned and provide professional courtesy and customer service.
Design, implement, and document work processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.