DIRECTOR, BUDGET

Responsibilities

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff; this includes handling employee concerns and problems; assigns and directs workloads, counsels employees, disciplines, and completes employee performance appraisals; assigns work to budget analyst positions.
• Provides recommendations to Department Heads, Elected Officials, Constitutional Officers, County Manager, Outside Agencies, and Department Heads; monitors actual performance against estimates and prepare annual and intermediate budgets; coordinates appropriations for divisional and specific programs while balancing the need for emergency funds.
• Develops, prepares, and/or modifies reports of all revenue and expenditure reports for all funds; develops and analyzes annual budgets for all funds, including salary/benefits and operational expenses; directs and monitors revenue and expenditure budget for variances, and work with the department to resolve any fiscal related problems.
• Recommends strategies that enhance financial reporting and/or management, including cost avoidance and cost savings opportunities, and enhances revenue; approves requisitions for expenditures, check requests, and personnel actions including but not limited to budgeted positions, salary increase, and benefits.
• Provides training/technical assistance for any department.

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field; five (5) years of related experience in Budget and Accounting to include GAAP knowledge, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license.
• Must hold Finance Officer Level I and Level II certifications. Certified Public Accountant preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of local government operations, Budget related programs, policies and plans, and modern office practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of financial accounting, auditing procedures, procurement procedures/policies, payroll, accounts payable, and Human Resources.
• Knowledge of the functions and purposes of County departments and Agencies.
• Knowledge of budget documents and financial reports.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other similar programs.

Skills

• Knowledge of computer and software applications related to the essential functions of the job.
• Effective communication, both verbally and in writing.
• Mental acuity including the ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Close visual acuity.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of budget documents and financial reports.
• Knowledge of the functions and purposes of County departments and Agencies.
• Knowledge of local government operations, Budget related programs, policies and plans, and modern office practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of financial accounting, auditing procedures, procurement procedures/policies, payroll, accounts payable, and Human Resources.

Special Requirements

• Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license.
• Must hold Finance Officer Level I and Level II certifications. Certified Public Accountant preferred.

Physical Demands

• The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 20 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.
• Requires mental acuity including the ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes, the ability to express ideas by means of the spoken word and have close visual acuity.

Work Environment

• Relatively safe, and secure work environment.

Henry County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.