Accountant II

Overview

Loudoun County Fire and Rescue is comprised of approximately 847 employees and 1,127 active operational and administrative volunteers. The Department serves a large and diverse population located 30 miles northwest of Washington, DC, providing a full range of emergency and non-emergency services to approximately 400,000 residents within a 520 square mile area. Additional information about the Department can be found doun.gov/fire.

We seek to hire a highly motivated, effective, and diverse workforce to meet the needs of the County’s citizens and visitors and support the Department’s core values of Teamwork, Integrity, Professionalism, and Service. Loudoun County offers a meaningful career, competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package. Additional information can be found doun.gov/benefits.

The Department seeks qualified applicants for a regular, full-time position as an Accountant. The incumbent will analyze complex problems and advise senior leadership on methods to implement changes or reconcile issues.

• Develop and manage comprehensive, concise, and responsive ad hoc fiscal and organizational analyses, fiscal policies and procedures, reports, and studies for senior leadership within prescribed deadlines.
• Prepare and review responses to information requests from the Department’s senior leadership, County Department of Finance and Procurement, County Budget Office, other County agencies, and the public.
• Monitor actual revenues and expenditures of assigned funds to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Governmental Accounting Standards.
• Process journal entries, research and resolve accounting questions and issues, and assist the department with obtaining new projects, awards, and GL accounts as needed.
• Identify system errors and provide documentation of issues to the LCFR’s Manager of Budget, Finance, and Administration.
• Perform monthly/quarterly reconciliation of trial balance accounts to ensure accuracy of balances.
• Process monthly transfers-in and transfers-out between funds.
• Coordinate with Budget staff to resolve incorrect and incomplete Budget Adjustments.

Hiring salary commensurate with experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field; two (2) years of related work experience preferably in government accounting; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• CPA, CPFO preferred, but not required.

Selection process will be comprised of application review, panel interview, a final interview and a comprehensive background check to include criminal record check, credit check, DMV and fingerprinting.

• Applications are accepted until January 9th, 2026
• Application Review and Phone Screen:
  Weeks of January 12th and 19th, 2026
• In-person Interviews:
  Week of January 26th, 2026;
  
  Location:
  
  801 Sycolin Road, suite 100, Leesburg, VA 20177
• Target Hire Date is February 26th, 2026