Comptroller

Full-time position with the City of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct supervision, instruction, coaching, and mentorship to Accounting and Budget staff; conducts performance evaluations; supports professional development; and builds a high-performing team culture focused on accuracy, customer service, and continuous improvement.
• Supervises Accounting/Budgeting personnel and monitors those functions for proper compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
• Oversees the City’s Accounts Payable function to ensure proper controls, accuracy, and timely vendor payments.
• Prepares and oversees the preparation of financial statements, budgets, and related analytical reports.
• Conducts long-range financial planning and forecasting activities to support sound fiscal management and inform organizational decision-making.
• Oversees all reporting activities, including standard financial management reports, and Charter- and Code-mandated responsibilities such as monthly closings, quarterly reports, and the annual audit.
• Leads and supervises the preparation of year-end audited financial reports, working closely with external auditors and serving as the primary coordinator of the annual audit process.
• Reconciles periodic computerized reports for accuracy and completeness, including revenue and expenditure reports.
• Develops, recommends, tests, and implements improvements, adaptations, or revisions to accounting systems, procedures, and internal controls.
• Revises or develops new accounting policies to ensure compliance, clarity, and operational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a CHEA accredited four-year college or university with a major in accounting, business administration, finance, or a related field, including a minimum of two (2) basic and two (2) intermediate or advanced accounting courses and seven (7) years of progressively more responsible experience in professional accounting or related field including supervisory experience.
• OR possession of a Master’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in finance, business administration, public administration, or a related field AND four (4) years of progressively more responsible experience in professional accounting or a related field including supervisory experience.
• Must obtain State of Tennessee Certified Municipal Finance Officer certification within eighteen (18) months of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference may be given to applicants with supervisory experience.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Pay

$92,964 - $148,743 (Pay grade 324)

Benefits

• Health plan
• Dental plan
• Vision plan
• "The Center" - in-house health & wellness center
• Pension plan
• 457b deferred compensation plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 11 paid holidays
• Annual & sick leave