Fiscal Manager

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $85,653- $109,201

Work Day/

Hours:

Monday-Friday 8 am - 5 pm

If you're passionate about fostering communities where everyone has affordable housing and neighborhoods thrive, the City of Durham is excited to invite you to consider the role of Fiscal Manager supporting the Housing and Neighborhood Services (HNS) Department.

The Fiscal Manager leads the financial operations to advance our mission of creating affordable housing and strengthening neighborhoods. The ideal candidate will bring experience in budget and financial management, familiarity with affordable housing and community development funding sources, and commitment to public service.

This is an exciting time for the Housing and Neighborhood Services Department. The City’s Affordable Housing, Code Enforcement, and Human Relations teams were recently combined to create one department.

Collaboratively, the team’s will work together to execute the City Council's affordable housing and neighborhood services goals. The department is committed to fostering an environment where everyone on the team is empowered to lead and achieve results consistent with the Council's goals and the department's work plan.

The Fiscal Manager is responsible for the financial management and oversight of all HNS funding, which is approximately $200 Million combined. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations while maintaining accurate and timely financial operations. The Fiscal Manager supervises a team of four staff and oversees critical financial functions, including payment processing, budget development and management, loan portfolio administration, and review and approval of reimbursement requests from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

• Lead all financial activities for the Department, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.
• Manage and reconcile multiple funding streams, including federal, state, and local sources.
• Develop, monitor, and manage the Departmental budget.
• Prepare and present financial reports to leadership and stakeholders.
• Forecast revenue and expenditures to support strategic planning.
• Supervise payment processing and ensure timely vendor payments.
• Support management of the Department’s loan portfolio through monitoring, adherence to compliance terms and conditions, reporting, and analysis.
• Review and approve reimbursement requests submitted to HUD, ensuring documentation meets federal requirements and deadlines.
• Develop and implement internal controls, procedures, processes, and workflows to support efficient, effective, and compliant Fiscal Team operations.
• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate Fiscal Team staff members, to include providing training and professional development opportunities.
• Complete other duties, as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field
• Five years of professional accounting/financial experience in work related to assignment
• Two years of supervisory experience
• Master's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field
• Strong knowledge of governmental accounting principles
• Proficiency in financial software (MUNIS, Oracle) and Microsoft 365 Suite
• Experience with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) funding and the Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS)
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills

• Work is performed in an indoor office environment, with occasional local travel to external organizations and locations.
• Sedentary work involves sitting much of the time.
• Walking and standing are required occurring occasionally.
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Requires occasional reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.