Salary : $99,534.03 - $174,184.61 Annually
Location : HERRITY BUILDING (B-2), 12055 GOVERNMENT CENTER PKWY, FAIRFAX (EJ26), VA
Job Type: FT Salary W BN
Job Number: 26-01786
Department: Park Authority
Opening Date: 11/14/2026
Closing Date: 12/4/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade: S32
Posting Type: Open to General Public
Job Announcement The Park Authority is looking for an experienced budget manager with strong analytical skills and innovative mindset. Our budget includes funding from multiple sources, such as appropriated county revenue, fees generated by recreational activities, cash proffers, capital bonds, and other income and capital accounts. This position manages operating and capital budgets, agency analytical resources, and procurement. Also manages ten total staff through four subordinate managers.
Under the direction of the Chief Financial Officer for the Fairfax County Park Authority this position plans, directs and supervises a professional financial staff (Financial Specialists IV and below) engaged in performing the preparation and analysis of highly complex, extremely technical, and diversified budget work. This includes assigning monitoring and providing oversight of their daily work activities to ensure that budget and financial transactions are being recorded in accordance with county and agency policy and provides training as needed.
Note: The assigned functional areas of this position include finance, business administration, budgeting, or contract management.
Illustrative Duties(The illustrative duties listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all-inclusive list. A complete list of position duties and unique physical requirements can be found in the position description.)
- Directs and manages long-term, large-scale, high-priority, sensitive programs/projects that are multi-disciplinary and involve multiple agencies;
- Manages a group of professionals engaged in diverse administrative and management support activities;
- Establishes and implements program policies, develop and manages the budget for designated programs;
- Ensures County programs reach the intended populations and targeted benefactors;
- Directs research and evaluation of trends in applicable areas of responsibility;
- Develops long- and short-term goals, objectives and solutions for division;
- Interfaces with central County staff departments (such as DMB, DHR, Finance, Purchasing and Supply Management) for seamless collaboration;
- Provides consultation on strategic planning, organizational development and redesign projects;
- Prepares for and presents to County Board of Supervisors (or Committee) regarding areas of expertise and responsibility.
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities(The knowledge, skills and abilities listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all-inclusive list).
- Extensive knowledge of the mission, goals, objectives, funding sources, organizational structure, workload, and staffing of the organizational unit or program to which incumbent is assigned;
- Extensive knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques relating to the functional area of business operation;
- Extensive knowledge of statutory and regulatory requirements governing application of program funding, execution of program activities, and achievement of program outcomes;
- Knowledge of the legislative and executive decision making processes;
- Knowledge of the project management life cycle and its supporting phases;
- Ability to identify organizational problems, evaluate possible solutions, and select and implement the most advantageous course of action;
- Ability to identify and determine appropriate methods for gathering data;
- Ability to make oral presentations to department management, other departments, or the public;
- Ability to write detailed, accurate reports, grants, or solicitations for pertinent areas of administration;
- Ability to manage professional and paraprofessional employees including coaching, counseling, training, and evaluation.
Employment Standards MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "
Any combination, experience, and training equivalent ") Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in fields related to the assigned functional areas; PLUS, Five years of professional work experience within more than one of the assigned functional areas.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:- Master's degree in financial related field, public administration, business administration, or equivalent work experience.
- Ability to effectively facilitate meetings, train staff, and work independently.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite applications.
- Advance proficiency using SAP or similar ERP financial systems.
- Ability to download and manipulate data from SAP.
- Experience with Virginia local governmental accounting and budget processes.
- Experience within local or state government.
- Experience in procurement and team management.
- Knowledge of (SAP) FOCUS, budget plus financial, procurement and/or HCM systems.
- Knowledge of the principles, methods and problems of organization and management.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work with minimum direct supervision and successfully navigate managing staff.
- Ability to identify and determine appropriate methods for gathering data and to determine how that data can be useful in managing organizational performance.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, and credit check to the satisfaction of the employer.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:Generally sedentary in nature, ability to lift up to 15 lbs. All duties may be performed with or without reasonable accommodations.
SELECTION PROCEDURE:Panel interview; may include exercise.
Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including .) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.
Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce. Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. . EEO/AA/TTY.
Merit PositionsFairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:
- Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
- Group Term Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- LiveWell Program
- Flexible Spending Programs
- Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
- Paid Holidays
- Deferred Compensation
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employees' Child Care Center
- Continuous Learning Opportunities
Please click for a summary of our benefits.
NOTE: Fairfax County Government is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about the PSLF program:
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Non-Merit Positions- Non-Merit Benefit Eligible: scheduled to work a minimum 1,040 hours and no more than a maximum of 1,560 hours in a calendar year.
- Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
- Flexible Spending Program
- Deferred Compensation
- Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.
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What is the highest level of education that you have completed?
- Less than 12th grade
- High school diploma or GED
- Some college
- Associate's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
- Doctorate degree
02
If you answered "Some college" for the highest level of education completed, please indicate the number of quarter or semester hours you have completed towards a degree.
- Less than 45 quarter hours
- 45 to less than 90 quarter hours
- 90 to less than 135 quarter hours
- 135 to less than 180 quarter hours
- 180 or more quarter hours
- Less than 30 semester hours
- 30 to less than 60 semester hours
- 60 to less than 90 semester hours
- 90 to less than 120 semester hours
- 120 or more semester hours
- Not applicable
03
Please indicate the major(s) or minor(s) for your completed degree(s). Check all that apply.
- Accounting
- Finance
- Public administration
- Business administration
- Other (related field)
- Other (non-related field)
- Not applicable
04
If you answered "Other (related field)" or "Other (non-related field)" for the previous question, please list all of your majors and minors. If this question does not pertain to you, or you do not have a degree, enter "Not applicable".
05
How many years of full-time equivalent professional work experience do you have within more than one of the assigned functional areas of finance, business administration, budgeting, or contract management?
- None
- Less than one year
- One to less than two years
- Two to less than three years
- Three to less than four years
- Four to less than five years
- Five to less than six years
- Six to less than seven years
- Seven to less than eight years
- Eight to less than nine years
- Nine to less than ten years
- Ten to less than eleven years
- Eleven to less than twelve years
- Twelve or more years
06
How many years of full-time equivalent professional level supervisory experience do you have in finance, business administration, budgeting, or contract management?
- None
- Less than one year
- One to less than two years
- Two to less than three years
- Three to less than four years
- Four to less than five years
- Five to less than six years
- Six to less than seven years
- Seven to less than eight years
- Eight to less nine years
- Nine or more years
07
How many years of full-time equivalent experience professional-level experience do you have in purchase card, RFPs, IFBs, eVA, or contracts (procurement)?
- None
- Less than one year
- One to less than two years
- Two to less than three years
- Three to less than four years
- Four to less than five years
- Five to less than six years
- Six to less than seven years
- Seven to less than eight years
- Eight or more years
08
How many years of full-time experience do you have utilizing Fairfax County Unified System (FOCUS) Finance and Logistics (FILO) or a SAP or similar ERP financial systems?
- None
- Less than one year
- One to less than two years
- Two to less than three years
- Three to less than four years
- Four to less than five years
- Five or more years
09
How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have in the functional areas of accounts payable or accounting?
- None
- Less than one year
- One to less than two years
- Two to less than three years
- Three to less than four years
- Four to less than five years
- Five to less than six years
- Six to less than seven years
- Seven to less than eight years
- Eight or more years
10
In which of the following Microsoft Office applications are you proficient with using? Check all that apply.
- Outlook (Composing email messages; sending and receiving email messages; organizing email messages into folders; managing contacts; scheduling appointments & meetings, managing tasks)
- Word (Knowledge of common functions such as creating a title; using, modifying, and creating styles; indenting paragraphs; using tabs and tables; inserting a hard page break; using page numbering; creating headers and footers; inserting graphics; adding comments and tracking changes)
- PowerPoint (Creating a template and working with a design template; working with graphics, animation and multimedia; building interactive presentations using hyperlinks)
- Excel (Basic knowledge of creating a worksheet; performing calculations in a worksheet; modifying and formatting a worksheet; printing workbook contents; creating and modifying pivot tables; using formulas and links to other cells/worksheets)
- Project (Basic knowledge of creating and managing project plans; scheduling tasks; assigning resources; tracking progress; and generating project reports)
- None of the above
11
How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have in local or state government?
- None
- Less than one year
- One to less than two years
- Two to less than three years
- Three to less than four years
- Four to less than five years
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