Supervising Financial Analyst - Sacramento, United States - City of Sacramento

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THE POSITION:


With supervisor approval, incumbents may be eligible for intermittent remote work; however, they must physically
reside within the Sacramento region or
have the ability to regularly report to a City of Sacramento physical worksite with little notice.**This position will have primary responsibility for coordination of the departmentwide budget and reviewing Division submissions. This position will lead financial analysis efforts, provide critical insights and guidance including oversight of a multimillion-dollar operating and capital improvement program.

IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENT


Under limited direction, a Supervising Financial Analyst manages complex fiscal and budget services for a department; directs a broad range of centralized business services; and plans, organizes, and supervises professional, technical, and clerical staff assigned to the section.


DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

This management level classification may be populated with multiple incumbents who exercise broad range of authority over department capital improvement and operating budgets, fiscal analysis, financing and debt matters and related fiscal matters.

Incumbents may manage other centralized administrative services including system administration, and human resources/personnel functions. This class requires work beyond typical administrative work and typically supervises subordinate analysts, accounting, technical and clerical staff

Supervising Financial Analyst is distinguished from Support Services Manager in that the Support Services Manager is responsible for all administrative services for a department including support to a regulatory board or committee while the Supervising Financial Analyst is responsible for overseeing fiscal and budget analysis and management for a department or division including complex funding and fund accounting, capital budgets, operating budgets, and work management and billing system administration.

Supervising Financial Analyst is distinguished from Business Services Manager in that the latter class has responsibility for a large customer billing function in addition to budget and fiscal responsibilities.


SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Limited direction is provided by a department head, or division manager on specific assignments. Responsibilities include direct and indirect supervision over professional, technical, and clerical staff


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


  • Manages and coordinates the preparation and administration of capital and operating budget including revenue projections, fee analysis, fixed and nonfixed expenditure projections, funding and financing options; recommends goals and objectives; develops business strategies and plans and related planning and monitoring documents.
  • Develops, implements, and manages work management, accounting and billing systems and related procedures, and fiscal tracking and monitoring systems; ensures timely and accurate reporting of financial information for debt issuance, grant monitoring and reporting, and federal, state and local reporting requirements; advises department managers of trends and potential problems.
  • Manages, supervises, trains and evaluates supervisory, professional, technical and clerical staff; selects and monitors consultants and contractors: establishes performance measurement goals; develops policies, procedures, goals and objectives; trains staff and department employees on fiscal and budget matters and systems.
  • Confers with department heads, division chiefs, members of professional staff and other officials on regulations, administrative procedures or practices, and departmental policies; maintains effective working relationships with internal and external customers including other City departments, appointed officials, and outside agencies involved in the department's activities; conducts customer service audits and delivers customer service training; represents the department in a variety of meetings involving budget, fiscal or administrative services.
  • Manages administrative functions including purchasing, contract administration, personnel administration and space utilization.
  • Performs other or related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:


  • Knowledge of:
  • Principles and practices of governmental finance, budget and accounting.
  • Principles and practices of public administration, supervision, personnel administration, and procurement methods.
  • Principles of program performance measurement and benchmarking.
  • Methods and practices of modern office management.
  • Advanced principles and methods of analysis including statistical analysis.
  • Research techniques, methods, and procedures.
  • Applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations.
  • Management information systems.

Skill in:

  • Collecting and analyzing large volumes of data; reaching a conclusion supported by research.
  • Preparing technical or analytical reports.
  • Building a consensus among parties

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