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Enterprise Controller

Salary

$68,674.95 - $114,767.44 Annually

Location

Norfolk, VA

Job Type

Permanent Full-time

Job Number

13151

Department

Public Works

Opening Date

10/13/2025

Closing Date

10/24/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

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Description

The City of Norfolk's Department of Public Works is currently seeking an Enterprise Controller in its Financial Management Division to oversee and facilitate the Financial Reporting function of the Department. This position will report to the Manager of Budget and Accounting.

The Department of Public Works builds, maintains, and operates the physical facilities that support and enhance the lives of Norfolk’s citizens, businesses and visitors, including the City’s storm water system, street network, waste management and recycling systems. The Department is comprised of 7 divisions that function collectively to make your commute safe and efficient, your neighborhood more attractive, and the streets and sidewalks clean and well-maintained.

The Financial Management Division is primarily responsible for the collection, distribution, and maintenance of funds handled within the Department of Public Works. The Division administers the storm water billing program, oversees accounting and budget functions, and helps maintain the fiscal integrity of the department’s budget and fiscal policies.

Essential Functions

Essential functions include but are not limited to:

+ Analyzes and prepares financial statements for all Public Works Funds, including statements of net position, revenues, expenses and changes in net position, cash flows with accompanying notes.

+ Takes lead in the audit process and provides assistance to external and internal auditors.

+ Participates in the preparation of regulatory reports in compliance with applicable regulations.

+ Prepares short and long-term projections.

+ Manages projects with regards to contract compliance, budget, and financing.

+ Performs various financial responsibilities such as special projects, regional benchmarking, fixed asset monitoring and assists with budgeting.

+ Provides daily supervision and management of personnel.

+ Related duties may be 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.

Academic courses or areas of concentration preferred: Accounting, Business, or Public Administration

5+ years experience in Accounting, preferably including Enterprise Fund functions

+ 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.

01

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

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

03

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.

04

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

+ High School Diploma/GED

+ Some College (6 months or more)

+ Vocational/Technical Degree

+ Associate's Degree

+ Bachelor's Degree

+ Master's Degree or higher

05

How many years of experience do you have with asset capitalization and construction in progress?

+ No experience

+ Less than one year

+ 1-3 years

+ 3-5 years

+ More than 5 years

06

Describe your experience with Enterprise Funds. If no experience, type N/A.

07

How many years of experience do you have with preparing schedules and work papers?

+ No experience

+ Less than one year

+ 1-3 years

+ 3-5 years

+ More than 5 years

08

Describe your experience with preparing schedules and work papers. If no experience, type N/A.

09

I have working experience in the following Microsoft products (applicants may be subject to skills assessment). Select all that apply.

+ Word

+ Outlook

+ PowerPoint

+ Access

+ Excel – creating Graphs and Charts

+ Excel - Creating pivot tables

+ Excel - advanced formulas

+ Excel - using V-Lookup

+ Excel - Creating Macros

+ I have not used the above Microsoft products.

10

What types of funds do you have experience with? Check all that apply

+ I do not have any experience.

+ General Government- Excluding Special Revenue but including capital projects or debt service.

+ General Government- Special Revenue.

+ Proprietary- Enterprise.

+ Proprietary- Other.

11

How many years of experience do you have supervising others’ work (i.e. financial system entries, budget transfers, journal vouchers)?

+ No experience

+ Less than one year

+ 1-3 years

+ 3-5 years

+ More than 5 years

12

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

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