Finance Manager

Finance Manager

The Finance Manager coordinates financial accounting activities, ensuring efficient accounting functions and improved customer service delivery. This role involves recommending enhancements to policies, procedures, and systems while reviewing both external and internal financial reports. The Finance Manager assists with budget preparation, monitors expenditures, and ensures the financial accounting system's proper maintenance. Additionally, the manager oversees disbursement of funds and expenditure control to adhere to budget appropriations. The position entails administrative oversight of division activities, contributing to departmental direction, goals, and priorities. Essential duties include staff development, succession planning, performance management, employee relations, and implementing new financial accounting and reporting standards.

Responsibilities :

• Coordinate financial accounting activities and improve customer service delivery.
• Recommend and implement improvements to financial policies, procedures, and systems.
• Review and monitor external and internal financial reports.
• Assist with budget preparation and monitor expenditures.
• Oversee disbursement of funds and control expenditures to ensure budget appropriations are not exceeded.
• Provide administrative oversight for division activities and functions.
• Assist in developing departmental direction, priorities, goals, and objectives.
• Ensure effective supervision and administration of staff development and training.
• Implement and monitor new financial accounting and reporting standards.
• Establish systems for proper administration of personnel policies and procedures.
• Perform related work as required based on current workload and departmental needs.

Essential Skills :

Additional Skills & Qualifications :

Work Environment :

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, from 8 AM to 5 PM. The role supports local government public utilities in an accounting leadership capacity, with potential for a permanent position.

Job Type & Location :

This is a Contract position based out of Portsmouth, Virginia.

Pay and Benefits :

The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $43.66 / hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following :

Workplace Type :

This is a fully onsite position in Portsmouth,VA.

Application Deadline :

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 27, 2025.