Salary : $84,346.00 - $139,750.00 Annually
Location : Public Utilities, 730 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number:
Department: Public Utilities
Opening Date: 09/29/2026
Closing Date: Continuous

Description

Join us at the DPU Hiring Event! This position is a part of our hiring event on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Midtown Green. If you're selected to move forward, our department will reach out directly to schedule your interview. Please note this position is subject to a pre-employment background check and/or drug screening.
The anticipated hiring range is $84,346 - $112,048.
City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities is seeking a qualified Accounting Manager - Fixed Assets Unit will provide oversight over the Department of Public Utilities' fixed asset accounting team. This position will serve as a Liaison with Finance and IT for the customer billing system. This team will maintain the Utilities Book in RAPIDs, Oracle based financial system, Fixed Asset module which records and tracks asset additions, deletions, retirements, cost adjustments, and depreciation. The Accounting Manager will supervise a staff to ensure the Utilities Book is updated timely and accurately and will also oversee reconciliations of the fixed asset subsystem to the general ledger. In addition, the Accounting Manager will oversee any manual depreciation schedules and CWIP schedules. This position will manage and oversee the activities of their team to ensure compliance with City policies and procedures and ensure DPU's fixed asset policies are in compliance with GAAP and industry standards. This position will also be involved in the preparation of DPU's interim and annual financial statements. Accounting Manager will also identify and implement training for their staff as needed. Assists others as needed on various assignments.
Duties include but are not limited to

• Managing the department's monthly and year-end closing processes and reconciliations related to fixed assets and CWIP;
• Providing leadership, training and supervision of staff;
• Managing division relationships;
• Initiating disciplinary action when appropriate;
• Implementing and maintaining proper financial controls;
• Ensuring financial accounts are reviewed and monitored in accordance with General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP);
• Assisting with planning, reviewing, preparing and monitoring routine and special monthly and annual capital spending;
• Assisting with preparation of rate and county cost of service models;
• Analyzing, developing, and recommending standard operating procedures for DPU's Fixed Assets;
• Assisting internal and external auditors.

Qualifications, Special Certifications and Licenses
MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field;
• MBA or Master's in Accounting preferred;
• Five years of journey-level professional accounting experience;
• Two years of supervisory experience;
• An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification.

PREFERRED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience managing fixed assets in an ERP system;
• Experience with classification of assets;
• Experience with depreciation of assets;
• Understanding of audits and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs);
• Experience with an Oracle based financial system (such as RAPIDS) and/or an ERP system;
• Audit experience (internal and external) is a plus;
• Cost Accounting experience is a plus;
• Microsoft Office Suite experience.

LICENSING, CERTIFICATIONS, and OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• CPA preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
TYPICAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: These are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.
Knowledge (some combination of the following):

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Accounting principles, processes and practices
• Administration and management principles and approaches
• Analysis
• Auditing practices
• Automated systems for financial reporting, accounting, and auditing
• Planning and developing a budget
• Cost accounting
• Federal, state, and local government accounting
• Cash handling and cashiering systems knowledge
• Computer programs such as Microsoft Office Suite (including Excel proficiently)
• Electronic databases and related software applications
• Internal control mechanisms and practices
• Financial reporting
• Financial statement preparation
• General management practices
• Data processing systems and practice as related to financial management and reports
• Government accounting and auditing practices, procedures, and standards
• Human Resources practices
• Leadership/management/supervisory practices
• Organizational planning
• Payment systems
• Procurement
• Testing practices and procedures
• Thorough understanding of focus area's processes and systems

Skills (some combination of the following):

• Acting as liaison between necessary departments
• Analyzing and interpreting fiscal and accounting data
• Building budgets
• Communicating with various internal and external departments
• Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with co-workers and the public
• Making recommendations for processing improvements
• Maintaining records
• Managing, preparing, maintaining, disbursing, reviewing, interpreting, analyzing and reconciling functions in areas of responsibility
• Managing accounting functions and financial management reporting in conformance with General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for focus area
• Monitoring the department's accounting structure
• Leadership
• Preparing appropriate statements and reports
• Managing accounts payables
• Reconciling case management transactions to the general ledger
• Responding to customer services inquires
• Supervising and motivating staff
• Supporting department's mission through development, maintenance, and execution of its budget
• Tracking expenditures
• Using equipment such as remittance processors, payment scanners, cash registers, alarms and monitoring systems, credit card machines, and commercial safes
• Verbal and written communication
• Customer service

Abilities (some combination of the following):

• Adapt
• Analyze
• Pay attention to detail
• Be fiscally responsible
• Exercise professional judgment
• Problem solve
• Team build

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond; exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation; inadequate lighting; intense noise; and environmental hazards such as disruptive people, imminent danger, and a threatening environment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. The essential duties of this classification may require the ability to regularly finger, talk, hear, and see; frequently grasp, walk, and perform repetitive motions; and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand, push, pull, lift, and feel. The working conditions may not contain environmental hazards. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be sedentary, exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.