Finance Director

About the Role

The City of Kodiak is recruiting for a full-time Finance Director. This executive-level position, under general administrative direction, plans, directs, manages, and oversees the activities and operations of the Finance and Information Technology (IT) department for the City of Kodiak.

Responsibilities

• Directing, coordinating, and managing all activities and staff of the Finance and Information Technology (IT) department
• Overseeing and monitoring the financial condition of the City and its departments
• Ensuring the efficient operation of the department and financial services to maximize cost-effectiveness, productivity, support to City departments, and service to the public
• Assisting in the development of long- and short-range financial management priorities
• Overseeing investment activities
• Implementing improvements to the City's administrative and financial internal control systems and procedures
• Performing complex professional, administrative, supervisory, and technical accounting and financial functions to manage and maintain fiscal systems and records
• Ensuring conformance with government accounting standards and applicable laws
• Conducting periodic and annual financial reporting, budget preparation and oversight, billing and collections, and treasury management
• Providing general liability and other insurance coverage for City assets
• Overseeing the annual auditing process

Qualifications

The goal of the City of Kodiak government is to provide quality municipal services as efficiently and effectively as possible within guidelines established by federal and state law, the Charter of the City of Kodiak, the Kodiak City Code, and the citizens of Kodiak as represented by the City Council.