Fiscal Manager na City of Durham, NC

About the Department

Work, Serve, Thrive.  With the City of Durham  
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $85,653- $109,201
Work Day/Hours: 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday

The Fiscal Manager provides fiscal support and professional fiscal analysis and management for the City’s accounting, treasury, budget, payroll, and accounts receivable/payable support. Provide first-level supervision to a minimum of two or more professional level (exempt) employees or oversee a large department financial function and paraprofessional staff.

Responsible for providing input into management objectives, establishing work goals and objectives of a unit to carry out management direction, and selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction.

Position Duties

• Developing and implementing compliance protocols, policies, and procedures.  
• Coordinating internal and external grant monitoring including, monitoring sub-recipients for compliance with Federal regulations.  
• Reviewing contracts for format and language.  
• Reviewing documentation for sufficiency and to determine if site review is required.  
• Supervises and manages department financial operations related to asset, budget, and/or grant management and reporting; supervises and trains staff; establishes unit work goals and objectives; establishes and evaluates financial controls; monitors financial transaction processing, programs, tools, and systems; monitors financial condition; develops and implements business process changes; and ensures compliance with contracts and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Supervises and manages the preparation of and prepares, maintains, and submits complex, financial, analytical, economic, and other reports, spreadsheets, records, files, contracts, bid documents, agenda items, and other documents; oversees research, analysis, and/or reconciliation of information; creates and maintains financial models; prepares or oversees the preparation of financial forecasts and projections; and develops and makes recommendations.
• Manages and/or serves as a liaison to City leadership, auditors, and City departments, and/or external agencies; convenes, facilitates and serves on committees; provides professional subject matter expertise and consultation regarding financial information; manages procurement and payment processes; facilitates audit participation; investigates and resolves staff, operational, project, customer, and other related issues; and assists with management of department operations.
• As assigned, supervises professional, paraprofessional and support staff including conducting performance evaluations, coordinating training, and implementing hiring, and discipline and termination procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field,
• Five years of professional accounting/financial experience in work related to assignment, and
• Two years of supervisory experience.

Other Qualifications

• Master's degree in business or public administration
• Statistics, federal grants management and reporting experience (CDBG, HOME, ESG, CAPER, Annual Action Plan); 
• Experience with the Federal Integrated and Disbursement System (IDIS) and eCon Planning Suite are preferred.