SUMMARY

Responsible for overseeing the Finance Department's activities and ensuring that all operations align with established protocols, procedures, and generally accepted accounting principles for local government. The City Manager or designee guides this role and adheres to City Council policies and applicable state and federal requirements. The Director of Finance manages the City’s complex financial functions, ensuring accurate financial records and timely payments for payroll and goods/services. This executive-level position will plan, organize, and direct all the City’s financial activities, reporting directly to the City Manager or their designee.

The Director of Finance provides top-level management and direction to the assigned Utility Billing division.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. Factors such as regular attendance at the job are not routinely listed in job descriptions but are an essential function. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Plans, organizes, coordinates, and directs the operations of the Finance Department, including financial records, debt management, revenue forecasts, purchasing, audits, treasury, capital assets, financial analysis and reporting, internal controls, grant reporting, and ledger and account reconciliation; monitors operations to assure compliance with state and Federal financial management regulations.
• Provides high-level supervision and consultation to the Finance Department, working with considerable independence while remaining in the administrative direction and review of the City Manager or designee.
• Manages implementing and enforcing financial policies and procedures, internal controls, best practices, and sound government accounting principles.
• Oversee, manage, administer, and supervise all aspects of the City's financial operations, including budget development and monitoring, financial reporting, long and short-term investments portfolio, billing/accounts payable, and all other general ledger responsibilities.
• Serves as principal advisor and expert on financial issues; exercises independent judgment within broad policy guidelines; evaluates and analyzes financial issues; interprets City policies and procedures; and advises on areas of technical expertise.
• Determines department objectives and evaluates progress toward achieving goals; manages training for financial accounting system computer applications.
• Oversees the City’s operational budget.
• Manages the collection, analysis, and reporting of financial data. Review technical documents and other records to evaluate data quality and accuracy; identify and correct errors and inconsistencies in documents and reports; direct coordination of financial programs, audits, and technical issues with state and regional agencies.
• Establish and administer necessary and required accounting control systems with approved Federal and State grants. Maintain a system of control to ensure expenditure does not exceed appropriations.
• Directs the maintenance of general and subsidiary ledgers, accounts receivable, revenue distribution, depreciation, cost, property, operating expenses, and insurance records.
• Prepare statements and reports on estimated future costs and revenues.
• Oversees and ensures accuracy and timeliness of payroll processing.
• Oversee the City utility billing and collections department and ensure compliance with policies, the City Charter, and local, state, and federal laws regarding utility billing and collections.
• Directs internal audits involving review of accounting and administrative controls.
• Develop necessary departmental policies and procedures.
• Working knowledge of CIP management and program development
• Works closely with department directors and department heads in a professional manner.
• Performs other related duties assigned and required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manages Finance staff, Utility Collections supervisor, and Purchasing Agent.
• Responsible for training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Knowledge In

• Municipal operations, policies, and procedures.
• Public Improvement Districts and other financial mechanisms.
• Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB), Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) standards recommended practices and policies, rules, and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Auditing Principles governed by public sector fiscal management.
• Legal, ethical, and professional rules of conduct for municipal finance officers.
• State and federal statutes, rules, and regulations governing public funds and debt management.
• Principles and practices of administrative management, including personnel rules, procurement, contract and grant management, and employee supervision.
• Working knowledge of Incode 9
• Record keeping and filing maintenance principles and procedures.
• General ledger reconciliation standards.
• Business and personal computers and spreadsheet software applications.
• Experience with EDC funds and emergency disaster notes.

Skill In

• Working independently to perform various accounting system management functions, using knowledge of Finance Department policies and procedures.
• Analyzing financial issues, evaluating alternatives, and developing recommendations and strategies.
• Presenting and defending complex financial reports and information in public meetings.
• Using initiative and independent judgment within established procedural guidelines.
• Meeting deadlines and strict time frames for processing technical documents and reports.
• Maintaining interrelated financial and technical records and identifying and reconciling errors.
• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing.
• Utilizing desktop and laptop computers; advanced spreadsheet skills required.
• Calculating figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, and percentages.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The preferred way to obtain the minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform this position's essential duties and responsibilities are listed below. The city reserves the right to allow substitutions if a candidate or incumbent exceeds requirements in one area but may be deficient in another.

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or business administration is required.
• Five to seven years experience as a government finance director or assistant director.

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION

• Must possess a valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License in good standing.
• GFOA certification preferred.
• PFIA certification desired

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this position successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform these functions.

The physical activities of this position include:

• Balancing - Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling, walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing - Particularly for sustained periods.
• Walking - Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Finger Dexterity - Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling - Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching skin, particularly fingertips.
• Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas using the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• 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 discriminations sound.
• Repetitive motion - Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and fingers.

The physical requirements of this position:

• Sedentary work. Exerting up to ten pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.

The visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception, and field vision:

• The worker must have close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal, and read extensively.

The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position

• Work is performed primarily in an office setting or a well-lit, temperature-controlled working environment with occasional travel from site to site.

This job description is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. City management has exclusive rights to alter this job description without notice.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an 'at-will' relationship.

***This position is essential and requires response in an area-wide or local emergency.

The City of Angleton is an Equal Opportunity Employer.