Financial Specialist Iv - Fairfax, United States - Fairfax County Government

Fairfax County Government

Verified Company

Fairfax, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Salary
- $83, $139,409.71 Annually
Location

FAIRFAX (EJ28), VA
Job Type
FT Salary W BN
Job Number

Department

Fire & Rescue
Opening Date
05/11/2024
Closing Date
5/24/2024 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade
S29
Posting Type
Open to General Public
Job Announcement:

The Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) has a Financial Specialist IV (S-29) vacancy within the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) program.

The Financial Specialist IV is a civilian position and is scheduled to work 40 hours per week, typically 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.

The position requires "on call" availability during evening, weekend, and holiday hours, as well as overtime and after-hours response to support team activations, exercises, and major emergency incidents.

The Financial Specialist IV reports to the Battalion Chief serving as the USAR Program Manager

Duties and responsibilities include:

Managing the administrative and financial components of a highly complex, multimilliondollar grant fund budget, funded through cooperative agreements with federal partners.
Administrative oversight, and expenditure control, to ensure appropriate and timely use of funds; approval of funding of procurements and determination of allowability and allocability of items to be procured under all funding sources.
Developing and overseeing the USAR program budget in close collaboration with federal partners, by establishing and monitoring performance measures and serving as the primary liaison during all audit processes.
Daily supervision of USAR program office administrative personnel and additional staff when they are brought in to support administrative/financial requirements for team activations or other program activities.
Attending grant, budget, and related meetings with county and federal partners to receive updates and provide input related to processes that affect the program.
Supervising the hiring and payroll of civilian team personnel and managing the training of all team members, to ensure they are qualified for their positions and roles.
Exercising independent judgement to make final decisions regarding a broad range of significant issues including compliance and development of policies and procedures to support program needs.
Directing all budgeting, purchasing, and payment activities for the program in collaboration with the Program Manager and Logistics/Warehouse staff.
Coordinating and overseeing audit processes.
Preparing grant proposals and reports.
Ensuring compliance with all applicable Federal, State and County regulations and procedures.
Representing the USAR Program to county and federal partners.

Illustrative Duties:

- (The illustrative duties listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all-inclusive list. A complete list of position duties and unique physical requirements can be found in the position job description.)_

Prepares or oversees the preparation of large, complex agency budget;
Directs all budgeting, purchasing, and payment activities for the agency;
Oversees development and implementation of fiscal management and accounting procedures for the agency;
Coordinates and oversees audit processes;
Prepares grant proposals and reports;
Ensures compliance with all applicable Federal, State and County regulations and procedures

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

- (The knowledge, skills and abilities listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an-all-inclusive list.)_

Extensive knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices of governmental budgeting and financial management;
Thorough knowledge of intergovernmental financial management, grant management and contract management;
Ability to plan and implement activities in order to ensure effective and efficient utilization of resources

Employment Standards:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")_

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting; or a bachelor's degree in business administration or related field that has been supplemented by at least 6 credit hours of basic accounting principles and concepts; plus, five years of professional-level experience in finance, business administration, budgeting, or contract management, to include 2 years of supervisory experience.

A master's degree in a related field or CPA may substitute for 1 year of experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: