Finance and Budget Manager

JOB TITLE:
Finance and Budget Manager

AGENCY:
Solano Transportation Authority

LOCATION:
Suisun City, CA

FILING DEADLINE:
Open until Filled

SALARY RANGE: $137,496 – $167,148

Under direct supervision of the Executive Director, the Finance and Budget Manager is responsible for STA’s accounting operations and financial reporting. This individual maintains internal controls and establishes operations procedures for the STA budget, project grants and funds, and oversees the STA’s financial systems and status reports, including funding receivable and expenditure coding. Further, the incumbent will: oversee the budget preparation and management;

prepare monthly, quarterly, and year‑end financial reporting and audits; provide oversight of the operations and activities related to insurance, risk management; serve as CalPERS liaison for contract administration/actuarials; monitor dozens of funding sources; and oversee payroll compliance. In addition, the Finance and Budget Manager will interact frequently with all STA department heads.

The ideal candidate will have thorough understanding of accounting, finance, budget, audit and grant operations and supervision, to include GAAP, GAAS and GFOA standards. Further, this individual will have strong verbal and, even more importantly, strong written communications skills for purposes of assisting in reporting to the Board. The STA is a fast‑paced environment, so the incumbent will need to have the right temperament to thrive in those circumstances.

A strong attention to detail and the ability to manage a large and diverse number of projects simultaneously is a must.

• A strong leader who shares the vision of the council and community, and can advocate, articulate, and implement that vision. A manager who is able to blend innovation and creativity, someone who can think outside the box.
• A professional who can lead the organization with a commitment to uphold the values of Wasco, including valuing positive employee working relations and respecting the richness of cultures and diversity.
• A friendly approachable leader who can ensure quality customer service to other city departments and the community.
• Diplomatic, being known as a people person with an engaging style that is comfortable interacting with a wide spectrum of individuals and one who welcomes dialogue and discussion.
• A collaborative leader with the highest integrity, character, and ethics.
• Honest, with the ability to maintain and build trust and actively listen.
• Technologically astute, who recognizes the value of harnessing and integrating the benefits of cutting‑edge technology to ensure best practices and process efficiencies. Experience with Tyler Munis is helpful.
• A proven understanding of budget/structural deficits and the willingness and the ability to bring teams together to find solutions to challenging issues.
• An outstanding fiscal manager, able to develop and implement plans to expand the tax base, obtain grants, and manage costs.

Solano County is located in the northeast corner of the San Francisco Bay Area and is situated in close proximity to the Napa Valley and Sacramento region. Solano County benefits from mild winters and warm summers and is located conveniently close to recreational areas within and outside of Solano County. The STA’s new office is located on the waterfront in Suisun City’s historic and picturesque downtown.

The office is located a short walk from a Capitol Corridor Train Station and two express bus lines with connections to the Bay Area and Sacramento.

For more details about this opportunity, please visit the job brochure at:

To be considered, please submit a resume, cover letter and five work‑related references (who will not be contacted in the early stages of the recruitment) to:  Resumes should reflect years and months of positions held as well as size of past organization(s).

For additional information please contact:

Chelsea Freeman