Interim Budget / Finance Advisor

Duties And Responsibilities

• Aid in the development, presentation, and implementation of the City’s annual budget.
• Prepare revenue and expenditure forecasts, variance reports, and financial analyses.
• Review fund balances, reserves, expenditures, encumbrances, and departmental budgets.
• Assist with capital planning, financial policies, audit activities, and required financial reporting.
• Provide clear financial guidance and presentations to City management, departments, and elected officials.
• Perform other related financial analyses as assigned.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, or a related field.
• Progressively responsible experience in governmental accounting, budgeting, auditing, or public finance.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Municipal government experience and CPA, CGFO, CPFO, or similar professional certification are preferred.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of governmental budgeting, accounting principles, financial reporting, and internal controls.
• Knowledge of municipal revenue sources, expenditures, fund accounting, reserves, and capital planning.
• Skill in preparing budgets, financial forecasts, variance analyses, and management reports.
• Skill in using financial management systems, spreadsheets, and reporting tools.
• Ability to analyze complex financial information and make sound recommendations.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to management, departments, elected officials, and the public.
• Ability to organize competing priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with employees, auditors, consultants, and other governmental agencies.