Finance Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate Votran's annual grant audits as part of the County's single audit of federal and state grants.
• Manage all audits from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and Commission for Transportation Disadvantaged (CTD), which occur at a minimum every three years.
• Care for any internal audits from the County's internal auditor.
• Obtain and supply documents and responses during these audits as needed.
• Research issues and questions asked by the auditors during the audits.
• Carefully coordinate and participate in entrance and exit interviews from these auditors.
• Carefully coordinate the preparation of necessary correction action plan responses.
• Prepare the annual Transportation Disadvantaged rate model.
• Prepare the annual National Transit Database financials.
• Annually reconcile grants due from other governments, other accounts receivable, and prepaid expense balances to prepare the necessary year end closing and adjusting entries to properly state the results of operations on an accrual basis.
• Continuously review general ledger and trial balance account activity and reconcile transactions with County's accounting policies as well as Federal and State reporting requirements.
• Prepare adjusting entries to reclassify expenditures determined to be incorrectly posted during these reviews.
• Prepare Votran's annual budget submission including budgeting for five separate operating units within Votran and approximately 20-30 capital grant units within the Votran fund.
• Forecasting of contracted services for all contracted personnel.
• Supervise and support grant management by assigned staff; review grant applications for compliance and to maximize county funding opportunities; and, collaborate with management to develop strategies for securing the highest possible grant revenues before submitting major operating grant applications.
• Maintain revenues and expenditures for consistency with budget and County/division goals and objectives.
• Ensure that agency funds are reconciled and balanced within the division.

Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or possession of GED and nine (9) years of progressively responsible experience in finance or business administration.
• Or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or related field and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience.
• A comparable amount of education, training, or experience may be substituted for the minimum requirements.
• Must possess a valid driver's license at time of appointment.
• Must obtain a valid Florida driver's license within 30 days of appointment and maintain thereafter.