Accounting Technician II

Accounting Technician II

Salary

$45,444.51 - $52,258.19 Annually

Location

230 E. Main Street, Norfolk, VA 23510, VA

Job Type

Permanent Full-time

Job Number

14320

Department

General Services

Division

Parking

Opening Date

08/27/2026

Closing Date

9/7/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

• Description
• Benefits
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Description

Norfolk, Virginia is Americas most authentic and urban waterfront city. Home to the worlds largest naval station and the business, arts, and cultural center of Coastal Virginia, Norfolk has been rated a top place to live, work, play, and raise a family by numerous publications. Working for the City of Norfolk is an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others. With our commitment to competitive pay and a strong retirement package, you can do good for your community and do well for yourself. Join a caring workplace that proudly celebrates uniqueness, authenticity, and a shared commitment to improving the lives of our residents.

The City of Norfolk's Parking Division is an enterprise fund, which falls under the Department of General Services. The Parking Division operates over 19,000 public parking spaces located in 14 garages, 10 lots and more than 500 street-metered parking spaces.

The Department of General Services, Division of Parking, is seeking an accounting professional to maintain cash, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing systems, and related documents. Assists in accounting for capital improvement projects. Performs administrative duties. Assist customers. Performs financial duties. Processes transactions and prepares checks for distribution. Assist with inventory control. Enters purchase and pay documents into the City's financial system.

Essential Functions

• Performs financial duties by processing transactions and preparing checks for distribution, processing sales and transfers, receiving , compiling, and depositing monies into accounts, monitoring petty cash, performing calculations to determine benefits, performing assessments of court orders and tax data, entering data into the system to process payroll, reconciling and balancing cash drawers, setting up vendor accounts, verifying payments, processing vouchers, requisitions and other documents for payment, preparing reports, entering data in the financial system, reconciling accounts, processing journal vouchers and invoices, maintaining files, reviewing invoices for payment and consulting with vendors regarding accounts.
• Performs administrative duties by answering and directing telephone inquiries, typing, compiling data for reports, filing documents, processing various reports, resolving administrative personnel issues, maintaining files, compiling information and keeping logs, writing correspondence and providing information.
• Assists with analyzing data and preparing statistical and financial reports
• Assist customers by processing payments, conducting research, providing technical support to system users, responding to telephone requests to establish or terminate accounts, arranging payment extensions for delinquent accounts, providing information and resolving any related issues.
• Assist with inventory control by preparing invoices and receiving documents for payment, receiving and tagging merchandise, preparing reports and restocking supplies.

Education/Experience

Work requires knowledge of a specific vocational, administrative, or technical nature which may be obtained with six months/one year of advanced study or training past the high school equivalency. Junior college, vocational, business, technical or correspondence schools are likely sources. Appropriate certification may be awarded upon satisfactory completion of advanced study or training.

Required:

• Two years of experience in bookkeeping or accounting.

Preferred:

• Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Teams
• Knowledge of Parking Financial Software

Additional Information & Requirements

Work Schedule:

• Monday -Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm, 40 hours per week

• Special Requirements: All employees may be expected to work hours in excess of their normally scheduled hours in response to short-term department needs and/or City-wide emergencies.

• 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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The following Supplemental Questions are specific to the position for which you have applied to assist the hiring manager in screening applications for specific experience being sought. Please be specific in answering these questions as they will be used to evaluate which applications will be given further consideration in the process. Do not answer "see resume" or "see application" as these are not valid answers. Please note that if you are invited to be interviewed by the department, your responses to the following questions may be subject to verification.

• I understand and will answer the following supplemental questions completely and thoroughly.

02

If you were referred for this position by a current City of Norfolk employee, please provide the employees full name, department, and job title, and your relationship to the employee. If not, please indicate by typing "N/A."

03

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

• High School Diploma/GED
• Some College (6 months or more)
• Vocational/Technical Degree
• Associates Degree
• Bachelors Degree
• Masters Degree or higher

04

How many years of experience do you have with performing administrative duties such as responding to phone inquiries, processing reports, etc.?

• Less than 1 year
• 1-3 years
• 3-5 years
• 5 years or more

05

How many years of experience do you have in bookkeeping or accounting?

• Less than 2 years
• 2-4 years
• 4-6 years
• 6 years or more

06

How many years of experience do you have in account reconciliations?

• Less than 1 year of experience
• 1-3 years of experience
• 3-5 years of experience
• 5 years or more of experience

07

This position requires a proficient level of computer skills, specifically the Microsoft Office applications; Outlook, Word, and Excel. Please select the response that best describes your Microsoft Office skill level.

• I have no Microsoft Office experience
• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

08

How many years of experience do you have working with a parking system?

• No experience
• Less than 1 year of experience
• 1-3 years of experience
• 3-5 years of experience
• 5 years or more of experience

09

How many years of experience do you have compiling, organizing, and reporting data?

• No experience
• Less than 1 year of experience
• 1-3 years of experience
• 3-5 years of experience
• 5 years of more of experience

10

Do you have the legal right to work in the United States and, upon employment, can you provide documentation to verify this?

• Yes
• No

11

Please provide an explanation of any periods of unemployment that are 30 days or longer. Indicate N/A if you have not experienced any periods of unemployment.

12

Are you a current or previous City of Norfolk employee?

• Yes - I am a current City of Norfolk Employee
• Yes - I am a previous City of Norfolk Employee
• No - I am not a previous or current City of Norfolk employee

13

Please indicate your veteran status. (A copy of your long form DD-214 may be required)

• I am not a Veteran
• I am a Veteran
• I am a Disabled Veteran

Required Question

Employer City of Norfolk