Finance Director

The primary purpose of this position is to supervise and manage all staff and operations of the Finance Department, to develop broad fiscal policies, engage in strategic planning, and provide financial guidance to the Municipal Administrator and other municipal officials, ensuring the overall fiscal health and effective financial management of the municipality.

Under the supervision of the Municipal Administrator, the Finance Director exercises independent judgment and discretion in the leadership and management of the Finance Department’s staff, operations, and compliance. The Finance Director directly supervises two or more employees and is responsible for the supervision of all department staff if delegated to other managers or supervisors.

The Finance Director is a management employee who assists and acts in a confidential capacity to the Municipal Administrator, Assembly, Municipal Attorney, and other department heads who formulates, determines, or effectuates management policies.

• Assigns, prioritizes, supervises, motivates, and evaluates the work of staff directly supervised
• Oversees the work and performance by all other department staff supervised by others who report directly to the Director
• Maintains final authority, subject to review by the Municipal Administrator, on all department staff personnel actions and disciplinary decisions
• Prepares, recommends, and provides operational justification for the department’s annual budget to the Municipal Administrator and Assembly
• Approves and monitors the expenditure of funds within the parameters of the budget
• Advises and provides strategic guidance around long-range financial plans and key fiscal policies to ensure fiscal health
• Establishes and maintains all financial and accounting systems, assisting other departments in implementing financial systems and procedures
• Plans, organizes, directs, supervises, and coordinates activities of the Finance Department, including budget, accounting, treasury, and tax collection
• Oversees the preparation of quarterly financial statements and the Annual Consolidated Financial Report (ACFR)
• Coordinates the preparation of the Consolidated Operating Budget, presents it to the Assembly, and oversees departmental budget performance.
• Develops and provides policy direction to department employees to ensure financial, technical or operational, and legal compliance
• Advises the Municipal Administrator, department heads, and the Assembly regarding the status of the CBS’s and department’s obligations, ongoing activities, financial matters, and accomplishments
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Knowledge of:
  Generally Accepted Accounting Principles(“GAAP”), Government Accounting, Auditing Financial Reporting(“GAAFR”) standards, and fund accounting
• Knowledge of:
  Laws and administrative policies governing municipal financial practices, including municipal bond financing
• Knowledge of:
  Information technology as applicable to financial accounting and reporting in municipal government

• Operating a personal computer using standard software, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other customized software for fire and emergency medical services operations
• Long-range fiscal planning and budgeting
• Researching current best policies, procedures, and practices related to GAAP, GAAFR, and municipal finance to prepare analysis and proposals
• Communicating and dealing with a variety of people with various, and sometimes competing interests, calmly and professionally, and maintaining a positive working relationship
• De-escalating potential or actual conflict
• Conducting public outreach and engagement
• Presenting and public speaking, explaining complex and sometimes controversial…