Operations Controller- Administration

City of Norfolk, VA

$70K — $118K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration preferred.
  • 5-7 years of experience in Accounting, preferably in a supervisory role.
  • Familiarity with DBHDS program requirements and compliance regulations.
  • Strong analytical skills for in-depth financial analysis and reconciliation.
  • Experience managing budgets and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

  • Direct finance team activities and provide guidance on financial management.
  • Analyze costs and submit performance contract reports using state software.
  • Oversee grant compliance and financial requirement enforcement.
  • Manage department and grant budgets, ensuring compliance with funding sources.
  • Act as liaison between auditors and various city departments for financial compliance.
  • Present financial reports and analysis at monthly Board meetings.
  • Supervise accounting functions to ensure timely recordation and reporting.

Benefits

  • Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
  • Employer-paid pension plan and life insurance options.
  • Voluntary medical and dental insurance participation.
  • Access to tuition assistance for continued education.
  • Long-term disability insurance and optional life coverage.
Full Job Description
Salary : $70,486.56 - $118,089.57 Annually
Location : 7447 Central Business Park, Norfolk, VA 23513, VA
Job Type: Permanent Full-time
Job Number: 14219
Department: Community Services Board
Division: Administration
Opening Date: 07/02/2026
Closing Date: 7/12/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Description
The NCSB is seeking an Operations Controller who coordinates financial management operations in a health care environment. Provides daily supervision and management of functions of accounting, reimbursement, contracts and purchasing, and grants.
Department Hiring Salary Range: $70,486 - $80,884

Essential Functions
Essential functions include but are not limited to:

  • Direct and coordinates activities of finance team by providing guidance regarding financial management and operations.
  • Completes in-depth analysis, determines cost allocation basis, reconciles accounting data and submits DBHDS Performance Contract reports using State software.
  • Knowledgeable about DBHDS program requirements to maintain expenditure compliance with intent of restricted and unrestricted funding sources.
  • Reads, understands and enforces grant financial requirements.
  • Develops and manages department, Performance Contract and grant budgets.
  • Acts as liaison with internal and external auditors. Office of Budget and Management and central City Finance department. Responsible for ensuring compliance with all financial, accounting and reporting standards.
  • Manages unit supervisors, Contracts Monitoring Specialist, and grant accountant.
  • Oversees accounting functions to ensure accurate and on-time recordation of receipts, payment of invoices and other entries in a web-based financial management system, as well as program and Board monthly budget v. actual reporting and required grant financial reports.
  • Presents reports at monthly Board meeting, providing analysis and answers to members' questions.
  • Oversees reimbursement functions to ensure timely and efficient transmission of insurance claims, posting of receipts to consumer accounts, and denial management in a web-based electronic health records system. Ensures adherence to Medicaid and other insurance rules and regulations. Works with reimbursement team and program managers to attain fee collection goals.
  • Oversees contracting functions including price negotiations, scope of work development for RFQ/RFP, facilitation of contract documents between programs, Executive Director, Purchasing department, vendors, City Attorney, central City Finance department, City Manager's Office and department accounting team, maintains centralized contract files, monitors contract performance, and ensures contract language is in compliance with DBHDS Performance Contract requirements.
  • Performs research and analysis related to the development of financial management policies, practices, and procedures including the application of business process improvement redesign and reengineering methods and techniques.
  • Develops, evaluates, and updates department policies and procedures in area of oversight.
  • Acts as liaison to Office of Budget and Management and City Auditor's Office.
  • Understands, applies and keeps updated on GASB rules. Implement internal control measures to ensure compliance with GAAP, City policies, departmental policies and best practices.
  • Provides financial direction to programs and Leadership team.
  • Assists Executive Director with development of staffing complement.
  • Reviews and approves documents.
  • Performs related work as assigned.

Education/Experience
Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. Knowledge is normally acquired through four years of college resulting in a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Five years' experience in Accounting.
Preferred Education/Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration from an accredited college or university preferred.

Ten years' related work experience with at least five years of supervisory experience preferred.
Additional Information & Requirements

  • Valid driver's license preferred.

  • Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.
  • Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.
  • Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.
  • Retirement
If you are hired October 5, 2010, or after to a position with City of Norfolk Retirement System benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

If you are hired January 1, 2022, or after to a position with Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.
  • The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant's school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.

NOTE:
The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type.
Non-City
Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions.
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Are you a current or previous City of Norfolk employee?
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