Summary
Description
Primary Responsibility:
This position serves as a trusted strategic partner to the County Manager and provides high-level operational and organizational leadership across the County. While the position carries significant operational oversight duties, its core purpose is to foster a culture of collaboration, cooperation with high regard for their legal, ethical and civil responsibly.
Under the direction of the County Manager, this position optimizes the financial performance of the County in order to fulfill the Commissioners’ Mission, Values priorities and goals and is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing all of the finance operations and implementing the County’s financial, accounting, budgeting, payroll and purchasing policies and directives. Evaluate and advise the County Manager and the Board of County Commissioners on long-range financial planning and provide clear, succinct, and accurate data for fiscal decision-making along with timely and reliable reports on the County’s financial status and budgetary performance. Provides leadership, direction, and supervision to personnel in the Finance Department and other areas of oversight. Communicates and works closely with other departments and elected offices and assists in ensuring effective administration and implementation of budget and financial policy and protocol. Assures the County’s financial compliance with state and federal laws, establishes and maintains internal controls, coordinates and manages the budget process, prepares the comprehensive annual financial report, and oversees the financial reporting for grant contracts. Leads the finance team and is responsible for the annual audit process.
Duties:
The duties listed below are representative of, but do not necessarily include all the duties and responsibilities that an individual in this position may be called upon to perform.
Compile, analyze, and otherwise manage the County budget(s) for all funds, including the preparation of the annual budget(s) and long-range budget projections.
• Develop/implement methods, techniques, and training needed to ensure that adequate financial projections can be made to reflect the long-range management strategy desired by the Board of County Commissioners.
• Develop long-range operational and capital finance plans and take a proactive approach to positioning the county’s response to the financial impacts of changing economic conditions and legislative actions.
• Provide leadership and direction on financial, budgetary, and other related components of the organization.
• Be an active and engaged member of the County Leadership Team.
• Supervise and prepare the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
• Participate in special projects as assigned and respond to special financial information requests as required, including researching and preparing reports and projects, developing and implementing programs, and presenting technical data to management, elected officials, and others.
• Recommend, write and establish policies and procedures for all County financial transactions, including ethics.
• Provide Department Heads and Elected Officials with financial management tools which inform them of financial status and depicts where there are problematic or potential problem areas of financial activity and performance.
• Provide exemplary customer service, both internal and external to the Organization.
• Adhere to all County policies and procedures and all laws and regulations as they pertain to the management of assigned area
• Supervise the annual financial audit.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement the Finance Department's annual work plan and ensure timely implementation.
• Supervise miscellaneous cash receipts process.
• Supervise voucher approval process and review weekly warrant registers.
• Oversee and review all expenditures of awarded grant funds.
• Hire, assign, schedule, evaluate, and direct the work of subordinates.
• Ensure subordinates receive training to render effective service to the department, the organization, and the public.
• Appraise the performance of subordinates.
• Assist and guide subordinate employees in problematic areas. Initiate appropriate disciplinary actions if necessary.
• Performs other duties as apparent or assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
· BS/BA degree in Finance or Accounting from an accredited college or university.
· Technical training in automated accounting systems is expected.
· Minimum of five years of experience performing finance and accounting activities with at least two years of experience in governmental accounting principles and procedures and at least two years of supervisory experience.
· Leadership roles with demonstrated increased responsibilities as part of a local or state government.
· Must have experience in budget preparation and financial reporting.
Preferred Accomplishments:
· Advanced Degree in Accounting, Public Administration, Finance and/or related field
· A license as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certification as a Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO) is preferred.
Ability to:
· Work efficiently and effectively as a team member. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, vendors, public officials, government agency representatives, and the public.
· Work independently with direction.
· Lead by example, by demonstrating the County’s Mission and Values, while achieving our identified goals.
· Supervise Finance Office staff as well as 1-6 other Department Heads.
Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)
1. Experience and Work Ethic
a. Exceptional problem-solving and conflict resolution skills. Analyzing and interpreting extremely complex information with the ability to draw valid conclusions. Applying logical thinking to solve problems or accomplish tasks and to understand, interpret, and communicate complicated policies, procedures, and protocols.
b. Ability to exercise professional judgment and organization skills. Organizing work activities, setting priorities, meeting critical deadlines, ensuring time management, and following up on assignments with a minimum of direction.
c. Creativity and ability to remain flexible in a changing environment.
d. High degree of ethics and integrity.
e. Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling – motivating, training, and directing staff, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources.
f. A thorough knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) statements, and governmental accounting procedures. Performing computations accurately and quickly and preparing and analyzing comprehensive financial reports.
2. Civic Minded
a. Must possess strong community interest, while understanding the County government organization, function, policy rules and regulations.
b. Ability to work effectively both independently and as a team member.
c. Ability to review and evaluate operating procedures and recommend improvements.
d. Use of professional and personal discretion to protect the County from any actual and/or perceived appearances of impropriety.
e. Applicate Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations.
f. Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
3. Personal Responsiveness
a. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, elected and appointed officials, businesses, the general public and with the ability to communicate effectively.
b. Self-directed and self-motivated in job-related tasks.
c. Commitment that employment with the County is primary to all other forms of employment.
d. Be punctual and prompt for work and meetings.
e. Locate, organize, and retrieve department records and files in a timely fashion.
f. Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Mental/Physical Demands:
- Work is primarily performed in an office environment. Work includes walking, sitting, standing, bending, twisting, driving passenger vehicles, and keyboarding.
