Finance Director

The Town of Sunset Beach is currently accepting applications for a full-time Finance Director. The purpose of this position is to plan, implement, control, and provide management oversight to the financial activities as both Finance Director and Budget Officer for the Town of Sunset Beach.

An employee in this role will as diligently and consistently complete job duties as required by NC General Statue 159:

• Establishes and maintains financial journals, ledgers and chart of accounts.
• Maintains and keeps accounting systems for all funds, in accordance with generally accepted principles of governmental accounting.
• Ensures proper accounting and recording of Town’s resources by the NC G.S., rules and regulations of the LGC (Local Government Commission).
• Manages bank and investment accounts to obtain highest yield on Town’s funds.
• Prepares, maintains and submits various accounting records and reports for LGC and Auditors.
• Maintains fixed asset records and sale of fixed asset.
• Risk Management.
• Performs internal audits on accounting records to ensure clerical accuracy and conformance with departmental operating procedures and internal controls.
• Manages and pre-audits purchasing and bidding procedures as set forth in G.S. 159 and 160.
• Disburse all funds in strict compliance.
• Maintain all records concerning bonded debt and other obligations.
• Except as otherwise provided by law, all checks and drafts on official depository shall be signed by the Finance Director and countersigned by another official of the local government.
• Distribute property tax collections among appropriate funds, according to the budget ordinance.

• Ensures journals, ledgers and chart accounts are designed to show detail assets, liabilities, equities, revenues, and expenditures. Show appropriations and estimated revenues as established in Budget Ordinance, Project Ordinance as originally adopted, and subsequently amended, and show modified accrual.
• Ensures all idle funds are in interest bearing accounts and investments are so managed that can be converted into cash as needed. Supervises the receipt of funds by duly authorized personnel. Deposits balanced to GL and made on a daily basis and secured as per LGC regulations. Monthly reconciliations to GL. Prepare and submit deposit and investment reports to LGC.
• Reviews daily cash receipts, cash flow. Performs detailed analyses. Codes and enters all journal entries into the financial accounting system and reconciles all differences
• Prepares necessary information to maintain a perpetual and detailed inventory of the entire Town’s assets.
• Maintain titles, bill of sales and supervise the sale of fixed assets.
• Maintains insurance for vehicles, machinery, and necessary equipment, Workers’ Compensation.
• Ensures all appropriate employees are bonded.
• Prepares and reviews reconciliations of sub accounts to general ledger control accounts.
• Ensures reconciliation of all GL accounts.
• Ensures all internal control policies are designed and kept to achieve effectiveness, efficiency, reliability and in compliance with applicable laws. Internal controls consist of the five interrelated components of controlled environment, risk assessment, controlled activities, information, and communication and monitoring.
• Reviews purchase orders & expenditures to ensure compliance with Town’s procedures & General Statutes.
• Works with Department Heads on bidding process for informal and formal bids.
• Monitors State and Federal guidelines for purchasing thresholds. Ensures all purchases are kept with budgetary compliance.
• Keeps abreast of current trends, changes, practices and developments in Local Government Commission, State, and Federal.
• Make recommendations to Town Administrator any revisions or procedure changes based on law changes.
• Manage the annual external audit process; schedule audit and related workflow; request audit‑related information from other departments; prepare required schedules, reports and work papers; review final report for accuracy before submission; review findings and develop strategies to address areas of improvement.
• Prepare required state and federal reports
• Financial Management,…