Finance Manager

FINANCE MANAGER
SUMMARY OF POSITION

The City of Gonzales is seeking to fill a Finance Manager position. The City currently employs 43 full-time employees and over 20 part-time positions in recreation and during summer programming. The Exempt Finance Manager reports to the City Manager and works collaboratively to provide oversight and leadership for all the finance functions of the City including payroll, budget preparation, monitoring and control, utility billing, accounts payable and receivables.

The Finance Manager also provides direct supervision to the Senior Accounting Technician.

• Responsible for budget preparation, monitoring and control to ensure that programs are conducted within allocated funds; develops timely reports to ensure that directors are aware of budgets, expenditures and revenues and program fiscal performance; prepares periodic financial reports. Works with City Manager to prepare yearly budget forecast and presentations to City Council.
• Develops, implements, monitors and continually evaluates departmental fiscal systems, financial controls and accounting operations including cost accounting, budgeting, program billings, contractor payments, financial reporting and internal auditing to insure proper controls, compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, local, state and federal policies, guidelines and requirements; assures the timely and accurate fiscal year end closure of department budgets and accounting activities.
• Plans, develops, coordinates, implements and evaluates fiscal management policies, goals, objectives, procedures and standards.
• Assures that all fiscal program adheres to standards to meet State and Federal Audit requirements; prepares complex responses to State and federal audit requirements and prepares materials for appeals as appropriate; provides coordination and follow-up to external auditors engaged by the City to perform fiscal and compliance audits.
• Reconciles general ledger and subsidiary ledgers; prepares monthly financial statements, including distributing monthly revenue and expenditure reports to departments; prepares numerous monthly financial reports.
• Analyzes and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts.
• Oversee reconciliations of bank statements, trustee statements, and investment accounts to the general ledger on a monthly basis.
• Records and maintains appropriate controls for equipment purchases; assists with the City’s purchase orders and accounts payable system, auditing, and financial analysis, grant accounting, and special reports.
• Selects, trains, assigns, and evaluates the work performance of subordinate staff.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with City leadership, directors and staff, as well as outside agencies, vendors and external auditors.
• Responsible for the annual financial audits.
• Preparation of State Controllers’ Reports on an annual basis.
• Ensure timely payment of all debt service payments.
• Oversee and ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll in compliance with federal and state labor laws.
• Maintain compliance with CalPERS, FLSA, wage and hour laws, and labor agreements.
• Oversee administration of employee benefits programs including health, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, retirement, deferred compensation, and leave programs.

• Will have a proven track record demonstrating the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Principles and methods of public finance administration, particularly in the areas of accounting operations, budgeting preparation and management; fiscal control auditing, cost accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, financial analysis, internal financial and operations auditing.
• Principles and methods of supervision and management including analysis, and organization; selection and evaluation of employees.
• Accounting and auditing principles and practices used in public finance, including third-party reimbursement principles, policies and procedures.
• Payroll processing systems and compliance with Federal and State labor law requirements.

• Principles and practices of internal…