Deputy City Manager for Administration and Finance

Salary : $ - $ Annually
Location : Petersburg, VA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 00735
Department: City Manager
Opening Date: 10/10/2023

Description

The purpose of this job within the organization is to perform varied and independent work of a highly responsible nature and to provide day-to-day oversight of the financial management and accounting activities related to the programs and operations of the city.

This position will administer the daily activities of the City of Petersburg in a variety of areas as assigned by the City Manager.

This position formulates long-range goals for the organization, develops policy and position papers, and assists in planning, organizing, and administering the activities of the City.
Essential Functions

Essential Functions:

Serves as the liaison to the City Manager and provides oversight to various departments as assigned.

Provide oversight of City of Petersburg financial operations who are responsible for accounting, financial reporting, internal controls and analysis, administration of accounts payable and debt management, CIP, grants management, and/or related areas.

Provides leadership to address simple and complex situations that may occur while coaching personnel to ensure that they become problem solvers to minimize dependency.

Provides strategic planning to create a more efficient operation and provide quality services to constituents.

Initiates measures to improve the administrative efficiency of the City.

Prepares various reports for the City Manager, and performs other related duties as assigned.
Prepare and/or review, and present technical financial information orally and in writing before the City Council, governmental and regulatory agencies, boards, and commissions.

Represents the City Manager at meetings and conferences as required and as assigned.

Additional Duties:
Works effectively with elected officials and other officials, bond rating agencies and with various department heads to meet the established strategic goals.
Facilitates and attends meetings that have financial and operational impact on the City of Petersburg.
Develops goals and objectives for work units to measure effectiveness.
Reviews and revises policy to advance efficiency and ensure practicality in how the City is governed.
May serve as acting City Manager in the absence of the City Manager.
Presents to a range of internal as well as external customers.
Performs related work as assigned.

Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts
Data Responsibility:

Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.

Synthesizes or integrates analysis of data or information to discover facts or develop knowledge or interpretations; changes policies, procedures or methodologies based on new facts, knowledge, or interpretations.

People Responsibility:

People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.

Negotiates, exchanges ideas, information and opinions with others to formulate policy and programs or arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions or solutions.

Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.

Asset Responsibility:

Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.

Requires responsibility and opportunity for achieving wide-spread economies and/or prevent losses through the management of a department that has an organization-wide impact or significant impact on the general population or the supervision of a staff of attorneys.

Mathematical Requirements:

Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.

Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculates ratios, rates and percents.

Knowledge of financial forecasting methods. Skill in analyzing and interpreting financial records.

Communications Requirements:

Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.

Reads professional literature and technical manuals; speaks to groups of employees, other public and private groups; writes manuals and complex reports.

Skill in oral and written communications and the ability to negotiate highly technical and controversial accounting and financial management issues with key executives from both industry and government.

Judgment Requirements:

Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.

Decision-making is a major part of the job, affecting a major segment of the organization and the general public; works in a dynamic environment;
Responsible for developing policies and practices.

Ability to resolve…