Financial Specialist IV - NVRPO Finance Manager

Salary : $85,318.48 - $142,197.95 Annually
Location : CHANTILLY (CH09), VA
Job Type: FT Salary W BN
Job Number: 25-00841
Department: Community Services Board
Opening Date: 04/12/2025
Closing Date: 4/25/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade: S29
Posting Type: Open to General Public

Job Announcement

The Northern Virginia Regional Projects Office (NVRPO) is excited to announce the position of the NVRPO Finance Manager to join the team! This position serves as regional representative of budget functions and senior manager for grants, supervising a team of professional-level staff. Ensures department is in compliance with the applicable state, federal, and county requirements, financial policies, regulations, and procedures. Develops and maintains linkage with clinical and operational regional stakeholders, to ensure clear understanding of the needs of the regional programming and better meet the fiduciary needs of the region while also maintaining strict adherence to funding support from the various sources (federal, state, local).

General responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Directing all budgeting, purchasing, and payment activities and overseeing audit processes
• Directing all fiscal components of grant management and organizational strategy recommendations
• Supervision of a professional level staff and maintain strong internal controls
• Analyzing and researching the fiscal impact of policy and/or program changes
• Department specific financial reports and complex analytical and statistical reports, completes required deliverables for Annual, Third Quarter, and Carryover budget processes, the State Performance Contract fiscal report and makes presentations to executive leadership

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Illustrative Duties

(The illustrative duties listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all-inclusive list. A complete list of position duties and unique physical requirements can be found in the position job description.)

• Prepares or oversees the preparation of large, complex agency budget;
• Oversees a group of financial staff performing complex work;
• Directs all budgeting, purchasing, and payment activities for a specialized area of grants management, accounts payable/accounts receivable, or financial operation;
• Coordinates and oversees audit processes;
• Prepares grant proposals and reports;
• Ensures compliance with all applicable Federal, State and County regulations and procedures.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

(The knowledge, skills and abilities listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all-inclusive list.)

• Extensive knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices of governmental budgeting and financial management;
• Thorough knowledge of intergovernmental financial management, grant management and contract management;
• Ability to plan and implement activities to ensure effective and efficient utilization of resources.

Employment Standards
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
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Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with either a bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, public administration, public policy or related field; plus, four years of professional-level experience in finance, business administration, budgeting, or contract management, a master's degree in a related field or CPA may substitute for 1 year of experience.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, a Child Protective Services Registry check, and sanction screening to the satisfaction of the employer. A TB screening upon hire.
• Additional Work Schedule Requirements: Occasional overtime for seasonal deliverables
• This position is emergency/essential services personnel. (Required to report for duty during inclement weather and/or other emergencies.)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in public administration, business administration, public policy, finance, government, or a related field
• Extensive knowledge of and experience with budgeting, forecasting, revenue analysis, grants management, financial auditing, quantitative analysis, and managing multiple funding streams.
• At least five years of experience with researching, preparing, and presenting reports to county executives and senior managers, and various committees, boards, and commissions participating in a variety of high-level and cross-departmental task forces and work groups;
• Experience actively participating on strategic, organizational development, and redesign projects.
• Supervisory experience
• Experience supporting human services functions, departments, and/or programs?
• Considerable experience using computer systems and applications.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and SAP systems

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
The work is generally sedentary and is usually performed in an office environment. Incumbent is required to attend evening meetings off-site, make presentations and communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel Interview and may include a practical exercise.

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Merit Positions

Fairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• LiveWell Program
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
• Paid Holidays
• Contributory Retirement Plan
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees' Child Care Center
• Commuter Benefit Program
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

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Non-Merit Positions

Non-Merit Benefit Eligible: scheduled to work a minimum 1,040 hours and no more than a maximum of 1,560 hours in a calendar year.

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Flexible Spending Program
• Deferred Compensation

Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.

• No benefits

01

What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

• Less than 12th grade
• High school diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate's degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• Doctorate degree

02

If you answered "Some college" for the highest level of education completed, please indicate the number of quarter or semester hours you have completed towards a degree.

• Less than 45 quarter hours
• 45 to less than 90 quarter hours
• 90 to less than 135 quarter hours
• 135 to less than 180 quarter hours
• 180 or more quarter hours
• Less than 30 semester hours
• 30 to less than 60 semester hours
• 60 to less than 90 semester hours
• 90 to less than 120 semester hours
• 120 or more semester hours
• Not applicable

03

If you answered that you have a degree or some college in the first question, please indicate your area of study below. If you do not have a degree, please select "not applicable."

• Accounting
• Finance
• Public administration
• Business administration
• Public policy
• Other (related field)
• Other (non-related field)
• Not applicable

04

Do you currently possess a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) license? (Answering "No" to this question will not automatically disqualify you from this recruitment process.)

• Yes
• No

05

How many full-time equivalent years of professional-level experience do you have in finance, business administration, budgeting, or contract management?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than ten years
• Ten or more years

06

How many years of professional-level supervisory experience do you have?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six or more years

07

How many years of professional-level experience do you have supporting human services functions, departments, and/or programs?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six or above years

08

How many years of professional-level experience do you have with researching, preparing, and presenting reports and/or grants to senior executives?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight or more years

09

How many years of experience do you have actively participating on strategic, organizational development, and redesign projects?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

10

Do you have extensive knowledge and experience in any of the following areas? Check all that apply.

• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Revenue analysis
• Grants management
• Financial auditing
• Quantitative analysis
• Managing multiple funding streams
• None of the above

11

Please indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

• Beginner (Basic knowledge of creating a worksheet; performing calculations in a worksheet; modifying and formatting a worksheet; printing workbook contents)
• Intermediate (Knowledge of inserting and modifying graphic objects in a worksheet; customizing and enhancing workbooks; analyzing data using Pivot Tables, Slicers, and Pivot Charts)
• Advanced (Extensive knowledge of increasing productivity and improving efficiency by streamlining workflow; collaborating with others using workbooks; auditing worksheets; analyzing data; working with multiple workbooks; importing and exporting data, using Excel with the web)
• No experience

12

Please indicate your level of proficiency with SAP systems.

• Beginner (Basic knowledge of the SAP GUI and use of transaction codes; entering and updating master data; running standard reports and basic queries; and understanding key SAP modules)
• Intermediate (Knowledge of customized SAP settings - i.e. document types and workflows; creating and modifying reports using SAP Report Painter or BusinessObjects; managing complex transactions in SAP modules; troubleshooting common SAP issues and data inconsistencies; and understanding module integration and use of SAP interfaces)
• Advanced (Extensive knowledge with customizing and writing ABAP code for reports and interfaces; configuring complex SAP solutions across multiple modules; optimizing SAP performance and settings; leading system lifecycles)
• None of the above

13

Please indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Word.

• Beginner (Basic knowledge of creating, editing, formatting, and saving simple documents; inserting simple tables; and proofreading documents for accuracy)
• Intermediate (Knowledge of common commands such as creating a title; using, modifying, and creating styles; setting up the ruler; indenting paragraphs, using tabs and tables; inserting captions, footnotes, endnotes, special characters, or hard page breaks; using page numbering; creating headers and footers; inserting graphics; inserting an equation, adding comments and tracking changes.)
• Advanced (Extensive knowledge of almost all function of program including mail merge, macros, creating a table of contents, creating bookmarks and cross-referencing.)
• No experience

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