Budget and Finance Specialist

Description:

Primary duties include:

• Reconciling accounting records and financial transactions to ensure program and financial compliance;
• Preparing journal entries, researching, analyzing, and reporting financial issues to post revenues and expenditures;
• Researching, addressing financial processing, and reporting problems related to inter-departmental processes;
• Performing data analyses to ensure accuracy of general ledger accounts;
• Monitoring the application of state and county funds for DHS programs to ensure maximum reimbursement;
• Serving as liaison to federal, state, and local grant and funding agencies;
• Managing grants awarded by external agencies to ensure grant terms are followed by establishing internal policies and procedures;
• Analyzing and monitoring interface processes and data between various systems for federal, state, and local reporting;
• Developing training materials and training staff to ensure compliance of accounting and financial reporting policies and procedures, including coordinating with DHS staff to implement policy and procedural changes; and
• Responding to inquiries, problems, or complaints regarding policies or procedures.

The ideal candidate will be an effective communicator who is able to apply complex federal, state, and local funding regulations applicable to DHS programs. The ideal candidate will be able to work with a great deal of independence and possess the ability to develop

Arlington County DHS is committed to delivering client services in an effective, equitable, respectful, and trauma-informed manner. Our staff is dedicated to ensuring our clients are approached, engaged and cared for in ways that demonstrate competency, sensitivity and awareness of factors which impact the client experience including but not limited to cultural, identity, gender, racial, and ethnic diversity, religious/spiritual ascription, physical capability, cognitive and literacy levels, sexual orientation, and linguistic needs.