Senior Finance Analyst

Description

Do you enjoy turning numbers into insights and solving complex financial puzzles? In this role, you’ll be at the center of the organization’s financial operations, helping shape budgets, analyze trends, and support strategic decision‑making. Working under general direction, you’ll take the lead on a wide variety of high‑level administrative and financial responsibilities, including budget development and preparation, implementation of budgeting systems, advanced accounting functions, and creating compelling financial justifications that help drive organizational success.

You’ll dive into financial and statistical analyses, track and report financial transactions, prepare detailed financial statements, conduct special financial studies, perform auditing activities, and help oversee payroll operations. No two days are exactly the same, making this an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives on variety, challenge, and continuous learning. As a trusted partner to the Finance Director and Assistant Finance Director, you’ll provide expert‑level support on complex financial matters, contribute to important organizational initiatives, and help ensure the organization remains financially strong and well‑positioned for the future.

If you love spreadsheets, strategic thinking, problem‑solving, and making numbers tell a story, this could be the perfect role for you.

Receives general direction from the Finance Director and Assistant Finance Director. May provide lead direction to technical and/or administrative support staff.

This classification is distinguished by highly responsible and complex budgeting and accounting work performed with minimum direction. The incumbent works with independence on work projects, in meeting deadlines and with confidential and privileged information.

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

• Assist the Finance Director in planning and coordinating the installation of budgetary and work measurement systems. Prepare reports involving complex cost and statistical analyses, as directed, in response to specific requests of the Finance Director.
• Research, analyze and prepare reports with recommendations on a variety of matters pertaining to the Finance Department.
• Develop short‑and long‑term forecast for City revenues and operating expenses for the annual budget and the City’s strategic plan.
• Coordinate the preparation of the City’s annual operating budget and fiscal forecast; process budget amendments and transfer of funds; review budget expenditures and revenues.
• Assist in the investment of vital funds, reconciliation and investment earnings and the preparation of the monthly investment report.
• Administer the cash management program including performing cash transfers, as needed, and reconciling bank accounts.
• Ensure compliance with accepted governmental accounting practices, Council direction, and City procedures.
• Gather, tabulate and maintain a variety of financial and statistical data and records.
• Plan, assign, direct and review the work of budget staff; allocate staff and other resources to various tasks.
• Prepare complex internal and external financial reports.
• Reconcile subsidiary accounts to general ledger.
• Identify and resolve complex budgetary and financial issues and problems; provide timely, accurate, and informative financial analysis and make recommendations for improvements.
• Participates in all activities related to the City’s accounting function, including the accounting system, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, processing and issuance of checks and warrants, and cash receipts.
• Maintains and reconciles a variety of ledgers, reports, and accounting records; examines accounting transactions to ensure accuracy; approves journal vouchers to post transactions to accounting records; performs month‑end, fiscal year‑end, and calendar year‑end accounting system processing.
• Prepares and analyzes a variety of…