About the Department

• Choice of retirement plan: 
  • Defined Benefit Pension Plan: Provides a monthly benefit upon retirement, calculated using a defined formula based on earnings history, years of service, and age. The plan includes a 5-year vesting period and requires an employee contribution of 5% of salary.
  • Defined Contribution 401a Plan: Employer makes fixed contributions to an individual account, which are invested, and returns are credited to the account. The account balance is used to provide retirement benefits. Vesting occurs at 33% after one year, 67% after two years, and 100% after three years of service. No salary contribution is required.
• Voluntary 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
• Eligibility to purchase prior service credit under the Defined Benefit Plan

Position Duties

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations will be considered to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The essential functions of the job are not limited to those listed in the job description.  The City retains the discretion to add to or change the duties of the position at any time.

• Reconciles all funds and accounts for assigned areas of responsibility; researches discrepancies, collection information, non-reconciliation of accounts, and reports findings to management in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Assists in planning, reviewing, preparing and monitoring routine and special monthly and annual budgets and budget projections for assigned areas of responsibility. Determines how data impacts financial statements.
• Works regularly as a liaison to other agencies/departments and/or component units to provide information and to resolve accounting issues.
• Responsible for knowing and following accounting pronouncements issued by various regulatory bodies, such as the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), and recommends revisions to established policies and procedures as indicated.
• Prepares and submits routine and special costing, audit, financial and budgetary analysis reports and statements for City, State and Federal agencies, as required.
• Provides, tracks, monitors, and verifies bank wire transfers, disbursements and appropriations for assigned accounts and funds, according to supervisor's instructions.
• Provides technical support and advice to external auditors and regulatory agencies; prepares and assists with review of annual audit and financial schedules for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Leads preparation and review of assigned portion of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for accuracy and completeness.
• Conducts financial analysis and reports on efficiency and effectiveness of departmental financial programs.
• Conducts general ledger management, such as posting, fixing errors, and reconciliation of accounts and journal transfers, of various departments' programs.
• Conducts internal audits of payroll, accounts payable, accounting, and grants; assists external auditors.
• Prepares and disburses customer and/or client accounting documents and correspondence and resolves inquiries by customers, clients and/or the general public for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Approves expenditures for assigned accounts, funds, and other financial areas of responsibility, as delegated by supervisor.
• Recommends changes to existing departmental policies and procedures or new department policies and procedures. 
• Participates in the development of procedures and suggests data reporting changes.
• Responsible for appropriate use and maintenance of City equipment, tools and other resources, including work time. 
• Regular and reliable attendance.

• Completes special projects, as assigned.
• May direct or supervisor staff or review the work of less experienced staff. 
• May train and lead less experienced financial staff, as needed.
• Performs additional duties to support operational requirements as apparent or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience: Candidates may qualify by demonstrating the required knowledge and skills outlined for the job through experience(s) other than formal education.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field AND 5 years accounting experience.

• Two years of college-level coursework AND 7 years of accounting experience.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of the specific requirements listed above.

• Certification as a CPA.
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP system.

• Required to successfully pass a pre-employment background check and pre-employment drug screen.

• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting theory, terminology, principles, and practices. 
• Thorough knowledge of the laws, ordinances and regulations governing municipal finance. 

• Advanced: ability to read, understand, and interpret financial reports and financial policies and procedures.

• Intermediate: ability to organize data and write clear and concise reports, prepare business letters, expositions, and summaries with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech.

• Advanced: ability to apply fundamental concepts of theories, work with advanced mathematical operations methods and functions of real and complex variables.

• Intermediate: Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with co-workers, city staff, financial agencies, auditors, and vendors. Provides and receives complex information. Contacts that may involve stressful, negative interactions which requires high levels of tact and the ability to respond to aggressive interpersonal interactions. Elements of persuasion may be necessary to gain cooperation and acceptance of ideas.  

• General Direction: normally performs the job by following general instructions or established standard operating procedures and/or policies.  There is some discretion when making decisions among a few easily identifiable choices of the appropriate procedure or policy to apply to duties.   Performance is reviewed frequently.

• Advanced: high level skills and extensive knowledge in approaches and systems, which affect the design and implementation of major programs and/or processes organization wide. Independent judgment and decision-making abilities are necessary to apply technical skills effectively. Expert level of skill of agency's systems and software with the ability to manipulate, write own reports, customize data and teach others. Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.

• Manages and reviews financial transactions, accounting, budget, and purchasing documents; and does research to audit documents for assigned unit or division. May recommend budget allocations.

• May direct, supervise, guide, instruct, and monitor quality control of less experienced staff.

• Organization and time management skills, sometimes under strict time constraints.
• Work effectively with sensitive and confidential issues.
• Frequent change of tasks.
• Performing multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Tedious or exacting work.
• Working closely with others as part of a team.
• May require dealing with angry, frustrated and/or upset individuals.

Other Qualifications

Physical Demands:

• Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. 
• Frequently maintains stationary position. 
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer. Occasionally moves about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. 
• Must be able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand.  Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

• Typically requires use of standard office equipment and telephone, and related software and hardware; and any other equipment as appropriate or as assigned.

• Work is performed in an office environment where there may be exposure to computer screen for extended periods of time, monitor glare and dust.    
• The noise level is usually moderate.

Benefits

SUMMARY OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Updated February 9, 2026
 
Benefits cited represent those for regular 40-hour employees and may differ for Management Level, Part-Time, and/or Library positions. Long-term temporary employees are eligible for all benefits except retirement. Interns, temporary, seasonal, substitute, and relief employees are not eligible for benefits.

1. LEAVE:

Vacation: Need some time off? Use it, you earned it:

Years Worked	0 - <3	3 - <5	5 - <10	10 - <15	15 - <20	20 - <25	25+
Hours Accrued Biweekly	3.09	3.85	4.62	5.4	6.16	6.93	7.7

Sick: Under the weather? Earn 4.62 hours biweekly, approximately 120 hours a year, with no limit on accumulation to be used to care for yourself and qualifying family members.

Holidays: Enjoy 13 paid holidays per year. Including 1 Floating Holiday, which must be taken during the Fiscal Year (July 1 - June 30):

OBSERVED CITY HOLIDAYS
New Years Day	Dr. Martin Luther King Day
Presidents’ Day	Liberation & Freedom Day
Memorial Day	Juneteenth Day
Independence Day	Labor Day
Veterans Day	Thanksgiving Day
Friday after Thanksgiving	Christmas Eve
Christmas Day	1 Floating Holiday

Volunteer Leave: Paid leave for participating in an authorized event as a volunteer, subject to Section 9-3, Code of Ethics & Conflicts of Interest. Regular full-time employees receive up to 8 hours and all regular part-time employees are eligible to receive pro-rated leave each available each calendar year.

2. INSURANCE:

Aetna Medical Plans: Coverage is effective on the first of the month following date of hire.

• Choose from two options: 
  1. Select HMO with City-funded HRA ($0 premium for employee-only coverage)
  2. Choice POS ($13.02 biweekly premium for employee-only coverage)
• Prescription Card: ($10 generic, $30 lower cost name brand,$55 higher cost name brand, 20% up to $150 for specialty drugs)
• Mail Order Maintenance Prescription Drug Program ($20 generic, $60lower cost name brand, $110 higher cost brand) not available for specialty drugs)

Delta Dental Plan:

• Diagnostic and Preventative–100% of allowable charge; Basic Dental Care-80%; Major Dental Care- 50%
• Primary - $50 deductible, 80/20; Prosthetic and Complex Restorative -$50, 50/50
• $1,500 Annual benefit maximum
• $1,000 Orthodontic benefit (children to age 19)

MetLife Vision Plan: (Optional)

• $2.50 premium paid bi-weekly for employee-only coverage. Dependent care coverage also available.
• Eye health exam, dilatation, prescription and refraction of glasses covered after $10 co-pay
• $130 allowance for frames, after co-pay, plus additional discounts where accepted.

Life Insurance: In the event of your death, your beneficiary will receive twice your annual salary. Supplementary policies for you and your dependents are available.

Long-Term Disability: Upon approval for along-term illness or injury, you can receive up to 60% of your earnings after a 90-day wait period.

Voluntary Benefits: Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity insurance; Short-Term Disability; Identity Theft Protection

3. RETIREMENT: 
Pension:

• Choose from two (2) options:
  1. A Defined Benefit Pension plan pays a monthly benefit in retirement using a defined formula based on the employee’s earnings history, tenure of service, and age. Our plan has a 5-year vesting period and an employee contribution of 5% of salary.
  2. A Defined Contribution 401a plan in which fixed contributions are paid into an individual’s account by the employer, the contributions are invested, returns (positive or negative) are credited to the account, and the account balance is used to provide retirement benefits. The vesting schedule for our 401a plan is 33% after one year of service, 67% after two years of service, and 100% vesting after three years of service. There is no required contribution from salary. (Note: the Defined Contribution retirement plan is the only plan available for Library employees).

Supplement: Deferred Compensation 457 available for you to invest your own money for additional retirement savings.

4. VOLUNTARY: 
Wellness:

• Gym Membership Reimbursement Program (up to $34.00 per month)
• Bicycle Commuter Program: Reimbursement up to $20 per month for reasonable bicycle commuting expenses
• Online wellness resources and Lunch-and-Learn Sessions

Employee Assistance Program: 

• A variety of confidential, personal professional services for you and your family available 24 hours a day.

Tuition Reimbursement: 

• Up to $1,500 for job-related certificates, trade programs, undergraduate coursework or up to $3,000 for graduate level courses per fiscal year for career-related courses.

Flexible Spending Accounts: 

• Expense accounts available for healthcare, dependent care and parking/mass transit.

Supplemental Questions

01

Please indicate your highest level of education obtained:

(Must be verifiable in reference to the Work History section of your online application.)

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting or related field.
• Associates degree in Accounting or related field.
• Two years of relevant college-level coursework.
• In lieu of a completed Bachelor's degree; I believe I possess an equivalent combination of education and experience lieu of this requirement.
• None of the above

02

How much work experience do you have in Accounting?

(Must be verifiable in reference to the Work History section of your online application.)

• No experience.
• Less than five (5) years of experience in accounting.
• Five (5) to less than seven (7) years of experience in accounting.
• Seven (7) to less than ten (10) years of experience in accounting.
• Ten (10) years or greater.

03

Do you have experience working within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) database such as SAP or similar accounting system?

• Yes
• No

04

Have you provided the expiration date and name of each certification you possess in the 'Certificates and Licenses' section of your application?

• Yes
• No

05

Do you have experience using the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) LASER financial system?

• Yes
• No

06

To be considered, qualifying education and experience, including City of Charlottesville employment, must be clearly documented in the education, work history, and additional information sections of the employment application. Resumes can be attached but should not be used as a substitute for the required information on the application.

I understand that an attached resume may not be accepted in place of a completed employment application and that my qualifications should be stated on the employment application itself.

• Yes
• No

07

I certify that the information above is true and correct, and I certify that it can be verified with reference to the information in my basic application. I understand that my application may be rejected if the responses to supplemental questions do not match my basic application.

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Agency Information

Employer

City of Charlottesville

Address

P. O. Box 911

605 East Main Street






Charlottesville, Virginia, 22902

Phone

(434) 970-3490

Website

http://www.charlottesville.gov/jobs