NVRPO Finance Supervisor; Financial Specialist III

This job opportunity is being re-announced.
Applicants who wish to revise their original application are encouraged to reapply with a revised application. Otherwise, all applicants who previously applied do not need to reapply to be considered.

This position works within the Northern Virginia Regional Projects Office (NVRPO) as a part of its fiscal team. Provides strategic budget and financial support in the dynamic field of public behavioral health, and requires strong analytical skills, significant budgeting and financial management, reporting experience, and the ability to think critically, solve problems, while balancing multiple priorities and tasks. Develops, executes, monitors, analyzes and reports for the Region 2 budget which is composed primarily of grant funds and supports five Community Service Boards (CSBs).

Ensures department 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).

• Manages oversight of all budgeting, purchasing, and payment processing and reporting activities and overseeing audit processes, adhering to strict reporting and grant/budget management fiscal deadlines
• Manages all fiscal components of grant management and providing organizational strategy analyses recommendations
• Supervises professional level staff and maintaining strong internal controls
• Analyzes and researches the fiscal impact of policy and/or program changes
• Completes and presents regional financial reports often requiring complex analytical and statistical report generation.
• Completes required deliverables for annual, third quarter, and carryover budget processes, the State Performance Contract fiscal reporting, and making presentations to executive leadership.
• Special projects and other duties, as assigned, to support Region 2 during staff vacancies and for staff on long term leave, or to support a scheduled team deliverable, i.e. DBHDS State Performance Contract reporting and annual budget development and the financial year end.

• Participates in the formulation and documentation of agency fiscal policies and procedures;
• Maintains numerous fund/subfund accounts;
• Reviews long range revenue and expenditures estimates to ensure availability of funds;
• Prepares and/or oversees the preparation of large agency budget;
• Applies budget, procurement, and payment procedures in accordance with established county policies, accounting principles (GAAP and GASB), and local and state policies and procedures;
• Researches budget, finance and procurement requirements, analyzes impact on current operations and recommends means of implementation.

• Considerable knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices of governmental budgeting and fiscal management and the ability to apply them to complex governmental systems;
• Considerable knowledge of federal, state and county policies, procedures, regulations and legislation impacting the maintenance of financial records;
• Ability to effectively supervise and coordinate the activities of staff;
• Ability to develop and implement fiscal policies and procedures.

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, three 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.

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.

Certain positions with financial responsibility within this class may be subject to criminal background checks and/or credit checks as a condition of employment and periodically thereafter, as determined by the department head. An applicant or an employee may be required to submit a request for a criminal history record check and/or credit check to the appropriate agency;
Applicants and employees within these positions must demonstrate financial responsibility in personal finances as a condition of employment.

• Experience in fiscal administration or finance within state or local government finance and grants management.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience with researching, preparing, and presenting reports to executive-level and senior managers, and various committees, boards, and commissions participating in a…