Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Full‑time classified staff position with an excellent benefits package. Salary range: $74,000–$84,000, commensurate with experience.

• Investigate budget variances and manage vendor payments.
• Maintain integrity of the general ledger.
• Reconcile general funds and cash balances; monitor budgetary expenditures and encumbrances; ensure accuracy of financial reports.
• Provide guidance to other accounting personnel; act as go‑to person for day‑to‑day problem solving with the Business Office Manager.
• Serve as main resource for RCC’s Workforce Enterprise System (WES).
• Assist authentication and compliance of accounting operations and financial transactions.
• Act as liaison with VCCS departments and serve as Business Office main point of contact for the Warsaw campus; supervise one position.
• Manage bad debt process; prepare deposits; process student payments.
• Perform other duties as assigned and assist in emergency declarations.

• Excellent knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and GASB.
• Knowledge of fund accounting.
• Accounting experience.
• Experience preparing financial reports and working year‑end audits.
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem‑solving skills, and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks with follow‑through.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and People Soft applications.
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain spreadsheets.
• Ability to analyze, balance, and/or reconcile financial data.

• Supervisory experience.
• Operation of a state vehicle.
• Required travel: occasional travel between campuses.

Rappahannock Community College is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment and educational opportunity. No person shall be discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment, personnel practices, or access to and participation in programs, services, and activities with regard to race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, or membership or activity in a local commission as defined by law.

Lack of English skills will not be a barrier to admission or participation. For more information about the employment application process, contact jobs.

Rappahannock Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and ADAAA, to provide reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing, and selection processes when requested.

VCCS uses E‑Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I‑9 form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.