Accounting Director

Description

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

This is the third of five levels in the Accounting series. Incumbents manage a large finance and accounting function for the city or the accounting function for a specific, large City department such as electric or gas and water. Responsibilities may include compiling and preparing an annual budget; managing budgets; cash flows; analyzing financial data and making recommendations regarding operations; preparing and reviewing necessary grant reporting and annual financial reports; monitoring and implementing changes in financial policies and accounting procedures; reviewing financial statements and reports; and supervising lower-level employees.

• PLEASE NOTE : AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION.

Example of Duties

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions :

Manages staff to include : prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.

Manages activities of the accounting function for the City or a large City department, which includes coordinating, administering, updating, and evaluating processes, procedures, systems. and standards; and ensures compliance with Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, codes, and / or standards.

Reviews internal financial reports, worksheets, general ledger entries, and other documents created by subordinates; identifies, researches, and directs the resolution of issues; ensures deadlines are met; and responds to questions from senior management.

Assists in preparation for the City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and other financial reports in preparation for the annual audit. Prepares and reviews reports, worksheets, and audit materials; responds to auditor questions, and resolves identified issues.

Assists in the preparation, review, and approval of City budgets.

Works with the City's outside agencies to ensure effective collaboration.

Responsible for daily cashflow management, optimizing cash balances and forecasting future cash needs.

Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Typical Qualifications

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

Six (6) years of accounting experience.

An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties.

License and Certifications

Certified Municipal Financial Officer (CMFO) (Preferred)

Supplemental Information

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Knowledge of :

Managerial principles.

Financial management principles, practices, and procedures.

Budgeting principles.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) principles.

Internal financial control practices.

Applicable Federal, State, and local laws. rules, and regulations.

Automated financial systems.

Report preparation techniques.

Skill in :

Monitoring and evaluating employees.

Prioritizing and assigning work.

Managing a City department's financial operations.

Evaluating and implementing accounting procedures and systems.

Implementing procedural improvements.

Reading, comprehending, and analyzing financial statements.

Preparing and submitting quarterly and annual reports for various governmental entities.

Organizing, evaluating, and presenting complex financial data.

Applying Federal, State, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.

Physical Requirements :

The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and / or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required :

Feeling : Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Fingering : Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Grasping : Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Hearing : Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.

Mental Acuity : Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.

Reaching : Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Repetitive Motion : Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and / or fingers.

Speaking : Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.

Standing : Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Talking : Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Visual ability 1 : sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and / or extensive reading.

Walking : Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.