Deputy Director - Finance

Overview

Announcing an exciting opportunity to join the City team as the next Deputy Director - Finance!

The City of Santa Rosa is committed to building a workforce reflective of our community and establishing a lasting culture of equity and belonging within our organization. Our collective talents and expertise contribute to high-quality public services that support a vibrant, resilient, inclusive City for our community and visitors. We celebrate a diverse workforce and welcome all qualified candidates to apply.

• 12 paid holidays annually, plus 2 to 3 “floating” holidays per year depending on years of service
• $500 annually for wellness
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) eligibility for employees

In addition to offering an excellent salary, the City of Santa Rosa provides a generous benefits package, including retirement through CalPERS, a competitive leave package, a choice of three health plans, flexible spending program, employer contributions to Retiree Health Savings plan, and employer-paid vision and dental coverage.

This position is an excellent opportunity for a skilled financial manager to assist the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in evaluating service delivery and bring new, innovative ideas to the City’s financial services. Reporting to the CFO, the Deputy Director will be responsible for developing and managing assigned City-wide financial operations; providing highly responsible and complex administrative support to the department head in developing and accomplishing department objectives and goals;

and serving as Acting Director in the CFO’s absence.

The ideal candidate will be a proactive and engaging leader with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, highly developed leadership and personnel management skills, and several years of supervisory experience involving budgeting or financial analysis in a public sector agency, and:

• Significant knowledge of the principles, practices and methods related to municipal finance management including:
• contract and project management
• debt financing
• cash flow analysis
• economics
• public administration
• governmental accounting, auditing, and budgeting
• revenue forecasting
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, auditing, business administration, public administration, or related field

The Finance Department is responsible for accounting and financial management for the City, Housing Authority, and Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency. Services include collecting tax and other revenues, debt management, investment management, processing the City's payroll, paying the City's bills, annual budgeting, and long-range financial planning.

The department has a total general fund adopted budget of $7.8 million and 32.6 full and part time employees. The Department includes the following divisions:
Administration including Revenue, cannabis, and business tax operations;
Purchasing, including Warehouse services;
Payroll and Employee Benefits;
Financial Reporting that includes Accounting and Accounts Payable; and Budget & Financial Analysis, which includes financial planning, budgeting, and City investment functions.

Santa Rosa provides a full array of municipal services including public safety (police and fire); community engagement; housing & community services; parking; planning & economic development; recreation & parks; transit, transportation & public works; water; and the traditional internal management support functions (finance, human resources/labor relations, communications & legislative affairs, and information technology).

All applications and answers to supplemental questions will be carefully reviewed. Based on this review, candidates who most closely match the needs of the City will be invited to virtual panel interviews. Please note resumes are not included in the initial review. We require a complete job application and responses to supplemental questions so we may give full and fair consideration to all candidates.

Please complete a thoughtful, thorough Supplemental Questionnaire submission. Responses…