Financial Analyst / Senior Accountant

The Financial Analyst/Senior Account is responsible for the longevity & prosperity of Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program (the “Program”) by leading various aspects of the financial analysis, accounting, and financial reporting for the Program. Reporting directly to the Controller/Director of Finance, the Position provides support to various activities of the finance and accounting functions of the Program.

The Position must be regarded as: a highly effective communicator; cooperative across teams; able to effectively collaborate with all levels of staff; and a dependable source of support to its peers within the Finance team and all of the Program’s teammates.

The successful incumbent in this position demonstrates experience initiating and sustaining a high level of accountability resulting in positive outcomes and is expected to embrace the Mission and Values of the Program.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accounting, Financial Reporting, Compliance, and Internal Controls
• Accounting
• Follows financial and accounting systems, processes, and controls as documented and assists with updating the same as warranted
• Makes a variety of defined daily, monthly and annual transactions and entries into the accounting systems
• Ensures that auditable backup is always present for each transaction and entry made into the accounting systems
• Assists in the month-end close process, including but not limited to the detailed analysis of general ledger accounts
• Financial reporting (internal and external)
• Provides, presents, and explains internal/specialty/ad hoc financial reporting; also, highlights opportunities and threats that this reporting and related analyses might indicate
• Compliance
• Follows all documented accounting policies and procedures
• Assists with, prepares schedules, and provides necessary supporting documentation in support of internal audits and external financial/compliance audits (CPA firm, taxing authorities, etc.)
• Assists with the preparation of all local, state, and federal tax reporting and form filings
• Internal Controls and Audits
• Prepares/completes and maintains a variety of monthly balance sheet and key P&L account reconciliations and timely communicates any questionable transactions
• Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
• Assists with creating and maintaining effective forecasting and budgeting models and related tools that support the Program’s decision making
• Provides commentary and key insights into variance analysis (actuals vs budget and prior year) for the Program
• Assists with the development of other decision support reporting tools
• Assistance with the producing of monthly, year-to-date actuals, and key metrics reporting on a monthly basis
• Information Technology
• Participates in the planning for and implementation of new and/or updated information, accounting, and administrative systems
• Helps to eliminate redundancies and inefficiencies throughout the Program’s administrative and information systems
• Follows data and systems protection practices that protect against loss and/or unauthorized access to sensitive, private, etc. financial and employee information
• Contributes to Team Success
• Partners with and act as a sounding board, constructive questioner, brainstorming partner, and advisor to the Director of Finance
• Participates in decisions dealing with tactical decisions and operational pursuits
• Effectively collaborates with other departments and interdisciplinary teams
• Implements policies, procedures, and processes as agreed to by the Program
• Planning
• Participates in the Program’s tactical and operational planning
• Assists with developing and maintaining forward-looking financial plans and models
• Provides analyses that align with and provide insights into the effectiveness of plans and budgets
• Other
• Performs other related duties and special projects as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to forecast and plan ahead
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills (verbal and written)
• A collaborative team player and effective individual contributor
• Ability to handle multiple priorities under time constraints and manage deadlines independently

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent related experience
• 5 years progressively more responsible accounting experience
• Public accounting experience preferred
• Strong systems, automation, and streamlining orientation with:
• company-wide database management systems
• desktop productivity tools (especially MS Office tools and expert or advanced skills with Microsoft Excel)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

includes but are not limited to:

• Able to talk, hear and understand others, both in person and by phone
• Able to use hands and fingers in a manner that allows for use of a keyboard and phone
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision
• Able to work on a computer for extended periods of time

Virginia Birth Injury is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Virginia Birth Injury does not discriminate in hiring or employment practices based on race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital or family status, national origin, non-job-related disability, or status as a veteran.