Deputy Chief Financial Officer bei City of Clarksville, TN
City of Clarksville, TN · Clarksville, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Onsite
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About the Department
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB
This is the fourth of five levels in the accounting series. Incumbents manage a large finance and accounting function for the City and will act on the CFO’s behalf when necessary. Responsibilities may include compiling and preparing an annual budget; managing budgets, cash flows and investments; analyzing financial data and making recommendations regarding operations; coordinating and supervising the annual external audit; preparing and reviewing the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and/or other financial statement and reports; monitoring and implementing changes in financial policies and accounting procedures; and supervising Finance and Revenue employees.
***PLEASE NOTE: THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO CURRENT CITY OF CLARKSVILLE EMPLOYEES ONLY. YOU MUST BE EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO APPLY AND BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION. APPLICATIONS NOT MEETING THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.***
Position 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.
Oversees activities of the accounting function for all City departments, 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.
Prepares for and completes the 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.
Leads annual budget process encompassing all City departments, including Enterprise funds, component units and outside agencies requesting financial support, compiling, and reviewing for reasonableness all budget requests, meeting with the Mayor and Department Heads, and making changes and presenting final budget for Council approval.
Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.
Four (4) years progressive responsibility in accounting and fiscal management.
An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties.
License and Certifications
Government Finance Manager Certification
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
Managerial principles.
Fiscal 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 annual reports.
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, supervisors, the 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.
