Senior Accountant

Title: Senior Accountant

Agency: Rappahannock Community College

Location: Richmond County - 159

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: $74,000 - $84,000, commensurate with experience.

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

• Investigate budget variances, manage vendor payments, and maintain the integrity of the general ledger.
• Collaborate with college leadership and finance professionals to reconcile accounts, review quarterly or annual reports, and ensure the efficiency of accounting practices.
• Reconcile general funds and cash balances, monitor budgetary expenditures and encumbrances, and ensure accuracy of financial reports.
• Provide guidance to other accounting personnel in the processing of complex accounting transactions and serve as the main resource for RCC’s Workforce Enterprise System (WES).
• Assist in the authentication and compliance of accounting operations and financial transactions, and act as a liaison with other VCCS departments as needed.
• Serve as the Business Office main point of contact for the Warsaw campus location and supervise one position.
• Manage the bad debt process, preparation of deposits, and processing student payments.

• Excellent working 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.