Financial Specialist I

Duties

This position performs a variety of financial functions within the Wastewater Planning & Monitoring Division. Under the general supervisor of the Financial Specialist IV, general duties include:

• Prepares and responds to various complex technical audits such as the sewer system annual external financial audit, the internal audit, and the financial audit of Fairfax Water.
• Reconciles and reviews grant revenue for both Wastewater and Stormwater and follows up on outstanding wholesale customers' invoices and reconciles the revenue from PUBSAT to FOCUS postings.
• Prepares complex financial adjustment entries for Integrated Sewer System's ACFR (Annual Comprehensive Financial Report) and assist FS IV with preparing year-end financial statements. Performs monthly reconciliation of sewer taps on revenue received and monitors the number of new sewer taps sold per category.
• Monitoring and analysis - produces mission-critical reports with mid-level complexity, using spreadsheets or databases to organize information; compiles monthly reports downloaded from PUBSAT-DPW Sewer Application Tracking System, analyzes PUBSAT reports to support the sewer system's capacity availability
• Produces reports with complex financial and statistical information for Integrated Sewer System's CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report).
• Research accounts, gather information, and based on findings make independent decisions regarding billing adjustments in accordance with county codes, regulations and policies.
• Serves as liaison between accounts and revenue section and sewer customers, billing agents, builders, developers and county agencies regarding sewer service accounts. Investigates inquiries from sewer customers, other agencies, Board of supervisors, and works with Wastewater Planning and Monitoring Division Staff and support agencies to provide responses.

• Prepares and responds to various complex technical audits such as the sewer system annual external financial audit, the internal audit, and the financial audit of Fairfax Water.
• Reconciles and reviews grant revenue for both Wastewater and Stormwater and follows up on outstanding wholesale customers' invoices and reconciles the revenue from PUBSAT to FOCUS postings.
• Prepares complex financial adjustment entries for Integrated Sewer System's ACFR (Annual Comprehensive Financial Report) and assist FS IV with preparing year-end financial statements. Performs monthly reconciliation of sewer taps on revenue received and monitors the number of new sewer taps sold per category.
• Monitoring and analysis - produces mission-critical reports with mid-level complexity, using spreadsheets or databases to organize information; compiles monthly reports downloaded from PUBSAT-DPW Sewer Application Tracking System, analyzes PUBSAT reports to support the sewer system's capacity availability
• Produces reports with complex financial and statistical information for Integrated Sewer System's CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report).
• Research accounts, gather information, and based on findings make independent decisions regarding billing adjustments in accordance with county codes, regulations and policies.
• Serves as liaison between accounts and revenue section and sewer customers, billing agents, builders, developers and county agencies regarding sewer service accounts. Investigates inquiries from sewer customers, other agencies, Board of supervisors, and works with Wastewater Planning and Monitoring Division Staff and support agencies to provide responses.

Maintains certification and processing skills in FOCUS; manages and performs accounts receivable activities in FOCUS. Prepares entries related to…