2026-2027 Senior Financial Analyst & Accountant

Montgomery County VA School District • Christiansburg, VA

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About The Position

Montgomery County Public Schools, Virginia is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst & Accountant in its Finance Department. The role performs advanced professional accounting and financial analysis in support of the school division’s fiscal operations. Reporting directly to the Director of Finance, the position combines general ledger accounting and financial reporting with strategic budget development, financial modeling, and variance monitoring. It ensures compliance with GAAP, GASB standards, VDOE regulations, and School Board policies.

The position maintains the general ledger, processes journal entries, performs reconciliations, and manages month-end and year-end close activities. It coordinates annual operating and capital budget processes, prepares revenue and expenditure projections and multi-year forecasts, and produces financial statements, dashboards, variance analyses, and reporting support for ACFR and VDOE submissions. The role also supports grant compliance, budget transfers, and audit coordination, and performs other duties as assigned by the Director of Finance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, or Economics.
• At least three years of progressive accounting, budgeting, or financial analysis experience in the public sector.
• Thorough knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, governmental fund accounting, GASB standards, general ledger maintenance, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial statement preparation.
• Knowledge of public school revenue sources, operating and capital budgets, expenditure controls, encumbrances, financial projections, and multi-year planning.
• Working knowledge of VDOE financial reporting requirements, grant accounting, applicable federal grant requirements, audit procedures, records retention, and School Board financial policies.
• Ability to analyze complex financial information, explain significant variances, evaluate trends and assumptions, identify risks, and prepare supported recommendations.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills, including formulas, pivot tables, data validation, and financial modeling; proficiency with financial management systems, reporting tools, databases, and document management applications.
• Ability to reconcile information across systems, investigate discrepancies, maintain supporting documentation, protect confidential information, and apply approval controls and separation of duties.
• Ability to explain financial information to nonfinancial audiences, prepare accurate reports and briefing materials, provide technical guidance, and work effectively with schools, departments, auditors, and external partners.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines, exercise independent technical judgment within delegated authority, and promptly escalate material issues.
• Ability to document procedures, improve financial workflows, assess the effect of system or reporting changes, and support implementation and staff training.
• Ability to demonstrate integrity, discretion, accountability, sound customer service, and commitment to continued professional learning.

Nice To Haves

• CPA, CGFM, or GFOA certification.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the general ledger, process journal entries, perform monthly reconciliations, and manage month-end and year-end close activities.
• Coordinate annual operating and capital budget processes.
• Formulate revenue and expenditure projections and develop multi-year financial forecasts.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial statements, dashboards, and variance analyses.
• Assist with ACFR and VDOE reporting.
• Ensure compliance with federal grant requirements under Uniform Guidance.
• Process budget transfers and serve as a key audit liaison.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Finance.

Benefits

• Anthem medical plans with multiple options for medical and prescription coverage.
• Ameritas vision plan covering eye exams, lenses, frames, and contact lenses.
• Delta Dental coverage offered at no cost for employees and their families.
• Carilion Employee Assistance Program offered at no cost, with confidential mental health, legal, financial, and crisis support for employees and their families.
• Employee leave benefits, including paid sick leave, personal leave, funeral leave, and annual leave, as applicable.
• Eligible employees may join a sick leave bank for extended medical absences and earn wellness leave.
• Full-time employees are eligible for Virginia Retirement System retirement benefits and are enrolled in Group Life Insurance at no cost.
• Employer retirement contributions under applicable VRS plan provisions.
• Eligible employees who earn sick leave may elect to join the Employee Sick Leave Bank for access to leave during qualifying catastrophic or long-term illness after exhausting other available leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior