Financial Planning & Report Manager

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES

Manages financial analysis and planning and bank reconciliation functions in the Finance Department.

An employee in this class is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the financial analysis and planning, and the bank reconciliation functions for the Finance Department. Emphasis of the work is on supervising professional financial and accounting staff engaged in financial analysis, financial reporting, and fund management as well as contract review. A key role is to ensure the completion and filing of financial and accounting reports in accordance with the established due dates as well as ensuring legal and reporting requirements of outside agencies are met.

Special assignments are typically received from the Finance Director, or Deputy Director, and the employee is expected to function independently to accomplish projects or assignments with limited guidance. Work may also be professionally reviewed through comments from The NC Local Government Commission, reviews of the County financial statement (ACFR), as well as the Government Finance Officers Association via their issuance of the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the County.

• Supervises professional, technical, and clerical staff; assigns duties, controls workflow, conducts performance evaluations, provides individual and group training, and makes recommendations regarding the compensation of employees; makes recommendations on transfers, suspension, discipline, or removal when necessary, including the adjustment of employee grievances and complaints.
• Oversees the planning and reporting of major reports such as:
  Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), County Wide and Law enforcement Indirect Cost Allocation plans, County Schedule of Expenditures of Federal and State Awards, Annual Financial Information Report (AFIR) filed with the NC Local Government Commission, and the Revenue and Expenditure Projections and Fund Balance Projection for the Budget and Management Services Department.
• Provides consistency and quality control from a County-wide perspective over individual department reporting.
• Provides professional guidance and input for the development of the Official Statement of financial positions in instances of issuing bonds; prepares assignments and reviews financial data for the annual Continuing Disclosure Requirements.
• Maintains the County’s internal financial reporting system structure and coding requirements sufficient to enable departments to report grant activity to granting agencies.
• Provides a structure that enables Finance to report in accordance with GAAP as required by law, bond rating agencies, investors, and to provide a vehicle for the allocation of interest income to funding sources that require allocation.
• Analyzes the needs of the departments for updates to the County ERP and authorizes changes; review reports to determine effect of changes.
• Maintains County accounting records in concert with the Accounting Manager and Cash and Debt Manager.
• Reconciles various accounts to the general ledger.
• Reviews daily reports and approve corrections.
• Computes, monitors and/or reconciles fund balances in compliance with GASB Statement 54.
• Reconciles and monitors transfers between funds by reviewing financial reporting system reports and preparing, reviewing, and authorizing month end and year end closing entries, and appropriate reversals; computed and adjusts the allowance for doubtful tax and accounts receivable accounts; prepares and/or authorizes other adjustments as necessary.
• Serves in the capacity of the Deputy Finance Director or Finance Director as required; may also serve in the capacity or have oversight of the duties of the Cash and Debt Manager, Accounting Manager, Financial Analysts, and/or Treasurer during their absence.
• Completes special projects as assigned by the Board and/or County Manager through the Finance Director including Special projects internal to the goals of the Finance Department.
• Remains aware of…