Title: State Comptroller - Director of the Virginia Dept of Accounts

State Role Title: State Comptroller

Hiring Range: $200,000

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Secretary of Finance

Location: Department of Accounts

Agency Website: https://www.doa.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Commonwealth of Virginia seeks a State Comptroller and Director of the Department of Accounts. The Department of Accounts (DOA) is a central service agency providing a uniform system of accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls to protect and account for the Commonwealth’s financial resources. The Comptroller maintains the accounting systems of the Commonwealth applicable to every entity controlled by the Commonwealth, administers the State payroll and clears all transactions in public funds. The incumbent will serve in Richmond, Virginia, at the pleasure of the Governor and reports to the Secretary of Finance.
Responsibilities:
• Directing the Commonwealth’s Department of Accounts, consisting of more than 170 accounting and finance professionals. The Department of Accounts provides resources, services, information systems, fiscal and accounting oversight, guidance and other support to state agencies and institutions.
• Maintaining the Code-required general ledger for the Commonwealth, which contains all central information for cash-basis accounting, budget monitoring and Appropriation Act compliance.
• Providing the Commonwealth’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Providing the Comptroller’s annual report to the Governor on the budgetary (cash) basis of accounting.
• Preparing periodic financial reports, including:
o Monthly report on General Fund, Lottery and certain Transportation revenue collections
o Monthly report on General and Non-general Fund cash balances
o Quarterly statewide report on compliance with accounting standards
o Federally required Schedule of Expenditure Federal Awards (SEFA)
o Off-balance sheet financial obligations
• Evaluating and implementing internal control systems, including oversight of the Commonwealth’s Agency Risk Management and Internal Control Standards (ARMICS).
• Developing and implementing accounting policies in compliance with financial and accounting regulations.
• Assessing current accounting operations, offering recommendations for improvement and implementing new processes.
• Performing financial risk assessments and conducting internal audits.
• Developing and monitoring business performance metrics.
• Providing leadership to the agency’s executive staff and ensuring effective performance management practices are followed.
• Collaborating with agency peers to promote strategic initiatives.
• Managing the agency’s accounting employees including hiring, training and retaining accounting staff.
• Managing the Commonwealth’s:
o Shared services programs for payroll and accounts payable
o Vendor Payment Set-off program
o Small purchase charge card program
o Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
o Indirect cost allocation plans
o Intergovernmental Cash Management Act activities
o Coordination of intra-governmental loans and lines of credit

Minimum Qualifications

• A CPA and considerable experience in a Controllership/CFO role in a large and complex organization is required.
• Expertise in protecting critical systems and information from cyber-attacks.
• Familiarity with the use of robotic process automation and artificial intelligence to gain efficiencies.

Additional Considerations

• A Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) certification is preferred.
• Recent experience in the implementation of enterprise resource planning systems is preferred.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Selected applicant will need to successfully pass a criminal background check and complete a statement of economic interests.
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Contact Information

Name: Rochelle Altholz

Phone: 804-225-4919

Email: Rochelle.Altholz@governor.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.