Salary : $80,776.80 - $141,359.50 Annually
Location : FX. CTY. GOVERNMENT CENTER, 12000 GOVERNMENT CENTER PKWY., FAIRFAX (EJ32), VA
Job Type: FT Salary W BN
Job Number: 26-01414
Department: Office of Elections
Opening Date: 09/19/2026
Closing Date: 10/2/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade: S27
Posting Type: Open to General Public

Job Announcement

The Office of Elections is offering an exciting opportunity to join our team. Working under the general registrar/director, this position oversees $9 million budget. Develops overall agency-wide budget and fiscal operation and supervises a Financial & Procurement Assistant. As new and changing legal mandates greatly impact the Office of Elections and its operation on continual basis, the incumbent must rack those new and changing mandates and assist the general registrar/director in analyzing the fiscal impact and the need for additional funding to ensure that the department has the capacity to comply with those legal mandates.

Independently performs a wide range of professional level work related to financial management, financial analysis, contracts, cost benefit analysis, and long-range financial planning. Plans and prepares the department's operating and capital budget requests, carryover requests, wire transfers, and the financial accrual process. Applies federal, state, and county policies, procedures, regulations and legislation impacting the maintenance of financial records for record keeping and internal and external audits. Reviews, interprets and implements federal, state, and county laws and procedures to ensure compliance with fiscal and purchasing policies, procedures, and requirements. Oversees and develops written financial procedures and policies for the department and trains managers and other staff in the department to ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures. Serves as the department's representative with the department of management and budget, department of finance, and works closely with other county departments and agencies including department of procurement and material management (DPMM) and department of human resources (DHR) to help achieve the department s goals and objectives.

Responsible for overseeing purchasing, contracts, approving shopping carts and purchase orders, managing nonlocal and local travel program, completing month end and year end reconciliation and all other fiscal related matters. Collaborates with management to manage contracts, process informal and formal bids, and sole source. Serves as the subject matter expert on financial and budget matters and processes.
Employment Standards
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with either a bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, public administration, public policy or related field; plus, three years of professional-level experience in finance, business administration, budgeting, or contract management, a master's degree in a related field or CPA may substitute for 1 year of experience.
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
Must be a registered voter in the Commonwealth of Virginia or ability to become one within 30 days of employment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Two or more years of experience overseeing, preparing, and projecting budget
• Two or more years of experience supervising staff in a financial setting
• Experience processing monthly and yearly reconciliation for accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchase orders, procurement cards, expenditures, or fund reservations
• Experience in governmental budgeting, accounting, procurement, and/or financial management
• Experience working in elections
• Experience preparing, presenting and explaining budgetary and financial status and information
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office Word and Excel

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check and a credit check to the satisfaction of the employer.

Additional Work Schedule Requirements: Required to work extra hours during the week and on the weekend at times throughout the year based on workload.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Job is generally sedentary in nature, and requires walking, standing, sitting (for long periods of time), kneeling, reaching, and bending at times. Requires the ability to lift, move, push and pull equipment and supplies up to 30 lbs. Ability to work with both electronic and paper filing systems. Visual acuity is required to read data on a computer monitor, operate keyboard driven equipment and computer, and ability to communicate in person and on the phone. Generally, works in an office environment but may occasionally be required to perform job duties outside of the typical office and occasional travel possible. Requires ability to work overtime hours under demanding conditions during elections. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and 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 () We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.

Merit Positions

Fairfax 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

1. 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
2. Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.
   • No benefits

01

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
• Business administration
• Public administration
• Public policy
• Economics
• 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 the discipline of your degree. If this question does not pertain to you or you do not possess a degree, enter "N/A".
05

How many years of full-time equivalent professional-level experience in finance, business administration, budgeting, or contract management do you have?

• 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 or more years

06

Do you currently possess a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) license?

• Yes
• No

07

Are you a registered voter in the Commonwealth of Virginia or ability to become one within 30 days of employment?

• Yes
• No

08

Which of the following areas do you have more than two years of professional experience? Check all that apply.

• Accounts payable
• Procurement
• Accounts receivable
• Budgeting
• Supervision of financial staff
• None of the above

09

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have in governmental budgeting, accounting, procurement, and/or financial 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
• Five or more years

10

Which of the following professional experience do you have. Check all that apply.

• Processing monthly and yearly reconciliation for accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Purchase orders
• Procurement cards
• Expenditures
• Fund reservations
• None of the above

11

How many years of professional experience do you have preparing, presenting and explaining budgetary and financial status and information?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Five or more years

12

Please indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Word.

• Beginner (Basic knowledge of creating, editing, formatting, and saving simple documents; inserting simple tables; and proofreading documents for accuracy)
• Intermediate (Knowledge of common commands such as creating a title; using, modifying, and creating styles; setting up the ruler; indenting paragraphs, using tabs and tables; inserting captions, footnotes, endnotes, special characters, or hard page breaks; using page numbering; creating headers and footers; inserting graphics; inserting an equation, adding comments and tracking changes.)
• Advanced (Extensive knowledge of almost all function of program including mail merge, macros, creating a table of contents, creating bookmarks and cross-referencing.)
• No experience

13

Please indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

• Beginner (Basic knowledge of creating a worksheet; performing calculations in a worksheet; modifying and formatting a worksheet; printing workbook contents)
• Intermediate (Knowledge of inserting and modifying graphic objects in a worksheet; customizing and enhancing workbooks; analyzing data using Pivot Tables, Slicers, and Pivot Charts)
• Advanced (Extensive knowledge of increasing productivity and improving efficiency by streamlining workflow; collaborating with others using workbooks; auditing worksheets; analyzing data; working with multiple workbooks; importing and exporting data, using Excel with the web)
• No experience

14

How many years of professional experience do you have working for elections?

• 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

15

During peak election periods, the appointee to this position will be required to work extensive overtime hours under stressful conditions. Are you willing and able to work overtime hours on an as-needed basis?

• Yes
• No

Required Question