Financial Analyst

About the role

The Position Come to a City that Builds Careers! As one of the largest cities in Broward County, the City of Hollywood provides an energetic, innovative and collaborative work environment for its employees.

Responsibilities

• Performs specific tasks related to rate development, including cost centers and their relate d expenses, and calculating recovery rates; prepares related reports.
• Creates and analyzes monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and ensures financial information has been recorded accurately.
• Utilizes the City’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system (Oracle Cloud to manage financial data, generate reports, monitor budgets, and support daily fiscal operations.
• Performs financial reconciliations and analysis using Oracle Cloud modules, ensuring accuracy of general ledger activity, payroll expenditures, and revenue tracking.
• Covers timekeeping and payroll data to ensure accurate reporting and reconciling on payroll expenses.
• Maintains and reviews overtime usage, minimum staffing requirements, and personnel deployment to identify trends and provide recommendations for cost control and operational efficiency.
• Develops and monitors personnel services budgets, including salaries, overtime, and fringe benefits.
• Coordinates and oversees billing and revenue collection processes, including coordination with third-party billing vendors, to ensure timely and accurate claim submission and reimbursement.
• Analyzes billing data, payer trends, and collection rates to identify revenue opportunities and operational improvements.
• Coordinates with billing vendors, Finance, and Department staff to ensure timely processing and payment of invoices for services rendered, while resolving billing discrepancies, denials, and compliance-related issues.
• Ensures billing practices comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including Medicare/Medicaid requirements.
• Performs specialized financial or cost analyses; prepares related reports.
• Provides technical assistance in the design of cost accounting or reporting systems and related forms and documents.
• Performs financial forecasting and reconciliation of internal accounts.
• Identifies trends and developments in the field of financial analysis and departmental operations.
• Assists in the review of financial and internal controls to determine whether such controls are adequate to meet management objectives and ensure the safeguarding of assets.
• Assembles spreadsheets and prepares charts and graphs used to illustrate technical reports.
• Performs specific tasks related to budget practices and policies; recommends changes to enhance operating efficiencies.
• Researches and prepares reports for management review concerning revenues and expenditures including short- and long-term forecasts for revenue, expenditure and financial trends.
• Performs cost analysis of the department.
• Effectively and positively represents the City in delivering and performing work with colleagues and clients, irrespective of gender, race, religion, age, disability, political affiliation or belief, or sexual orientation.
• Establish and maintain effective and professional relationships with work colleagues, supervisors, managers and the public.

Requirements

• Required Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration supplemented by two (2) years’ experience in auditing, cost accounting, governmental budgeting and/or financial analysis, payroll reconciliation, lifecycle billing, or revenue cycle management, preferably within a public safety or government environment; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• M.B.A or M.P.A. may substituted for one (1) year experience.
• Additional education and experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience may be substituted for the above requirements.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of governmental budgeting and accounting including general and specific revenue, debt service, capital projects, enterprise, internal service, purchasing and taxation.
• Knowledge of cost and financial accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of microcomputer spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, and database management systems.
• Knowledge of principles and techniques used in conducting management studies, system analyses and financial analyses.
• Knowledge of internal control systems and procedures.
• Skill in performing complex numerical calculations.
• Skill in preparing complex management reports and presentations in a timely basis.
• Skill in optimizing the lifecycle of billing accounts, utilizing multi-payer reimbursement methodologies to ensure fiscal compliance and revenue integrity.
• Skill in the use of personal computers and related financial and statistical software products.
• Skill in both verbal and written communication.
• Ability to evaluate complex financial documents; ability to conduct thorough analytical work.
• Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and professional relationships with work colleagues, supervisors, managers and the public.

Skills

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of governmental budgeting and accounting including general and specific revenue, debt service, capital projects, enterprise, internal service, purchasing and taxation.
• Knowledge of cost and financial accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of microcomputer spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, and database management systems.
• Knowledge of principles and techniques used in conducting management studies, system analyses and financial analyses.
• Knowledge of internal control systems and procedures.
• Skill in performing complex numerical calculations.
• Skill in preparing complex management reports and presentations in a timely basis.
• Skill in optimizing the lifecycle of billing accounts, utilizing multi-payer reimbursement methodologies to ensure fiscal compliance and revenue integrity.
• Skill in the use of personal computers and related financial and statistical software products.
• Skill in both verbal and written communication.
• Ability to evaluate complex financial documents; ability to conduct thorough analytical work.
• Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and professional relationships with work colleagues, supervisors, managers and the public.

Benefits

Repaying Student Loans? Employees at the City with 10 years of public service and on-time payments qualify for the Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program.

Pay

The City of Hollywood provides a competitive pay and benefits package.

Schedule

The City of Hollywood offers a 4-Day Work Week.