DPU Hiring Event - Accounting Manager - General Accounting

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: 10/01/2026
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.
The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities is seeking a qualified Accounting Manager. This Accounting Manager will provide oversight over the Department of Public Utilities' general accounting team. This position will serve as a Liaison with Finance and IT for the customer billing system. This team will record financial transactions related to DPU's sales, accounts receivable, debt transactions, grants, and other miscellaneous transactions. The Accounting Manager will supervise a staff to ensure these transactions are processed timely and accurately and will also oversee reconciliations of key accounts. This position will manage and oversee the activities of their team to ensure compliance with City policies and procedures and identify opportunities for standardization of financial reporting, project accounting, and accounts payable. 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 accounts payable, debt and revenues;
• 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 operations and maintenance expense;
• Analyzing, developing and recommending standard operating procedures for DPU's general accounting;
• 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 EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

• At least five (5) years of experience with providing general accounting using an ERP system;
• Experience working with sales, grants, payables and etc.;
• Experience with developing and modifying accounting policies to be in alignment with GAAP;
• Experience with providing interim and annual financial reporting for Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) is a plus;
• Experience working in accounting in the public sector 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.