Accounting Manager - Durham, United States - City of Durham

    City of Durham
    City of Durham Durham, United States

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    Accounting Manager
    Salary
    $72, $113,112.00 Annually
    Location
    Durham, NC
    Job Type
    Full time with benefits
    Remote Employment
    Flexible/Hybrid
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    Department
    Finance
    Opening Date
    03/13/2024
    Closing Date
    Continuous

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    Position Description
    Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham
    Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

    Hiring Range:
    $80, $95,000.00

    Hours: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
    Join one of the highest fiscally rated entities in the country.

    A flexible work environment, top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the City of Durham's (City) Finance Department a great place to work.

    The department promotes sound management and stewardship of taxpayer dollars by helping the City Council, City Manager and City departments manage their financial resources and leading risk management administration and training.

    If sound fiscal management is what you're about, join our team
    Devoted to providing paraprofessional fiscal support and professional fiscal analysis and management for the City's accounting, treasury, budget, payroll, and accounts
    receivable/payable support. Provide first-level supervision to two or more professional level (exempt) employees.

    The position is responsible for providing input into management objectives, establishing work goals and objectives of a unit to carry out management direction, and selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction.

    Duties/Responsibilities

    • Assists in managing the development and implementation of department goals, objectives, policies, and priorities; establishes, within City policy, appropriate service and staffing levels; and allocates resources accordingly.
    • Supervises and manages department financial operations related to asset, budget, and grant management and reporting; supervises and trains staff; establishes unit work goals and objectives; establishes and evaluates financial controls; monitors financial transaction processing, programs, tools, and systems; monitors financial condition; develops and implements business process changes; and ensures compliance with contracts and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
    • Supervises and manages the preparation of and prepares, maintains, and submits complex, financial, analytical, economic, and other reports, spreadsheets, records, files, contracts, agenda items, and other documents; oversees research, analysis, and/or reconciliation of information; creates and maintains financial models; prepares or oversees the preparation of financial forecasts and projections; and develops and makes recommendations.
    • Manages and/or serves as a liaison to City leadership, auditors, and City departments, and/or external agencies; convenes, facilitates and serves on committees; assists with finance-related citizen information requests; provides professional subject matter expertise and consultation regarding financial information; facilitates audit participation; investigates and resolves staff, operational, project, customer, and other related issues; and assists with management of department operations.
    • As assigned, supervises professional, paraprofessional and support staff including conducting performance evaluations, coordinating training, working with employees to correct deficiencies, and assists in implementing hiring, and discipline and termination procedures.
    • May perform the duties of the Financial Reporting Manager in his or her absence.
    • Performs other duties as assigned or required.
    Minimum Qualifications & Experience

    • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field,
    • Five years of progressively responsible accounting experience
    • Two years of supervisory experience.
    Additional Preferred Skills

    • Professional experience including management and supervisory experience of professional staff.
    • Experience with either a governmental organization or a public accounting firm.
    • A CPA designation or Certified Local Government Financial Officer designation is preferred.
    Benefits – General Full-Time Employees
    paid holidays per year

    • 12 standard work days of vacation per year
    • 12 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
    • 2 weeks paid military leave per year
    • Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
    • State and City retirement plans
    • Short and long term disability plans
    • Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
    • City contribution of 10.15% into the N.C. State Retirement System
    • Paid funeral leave
    • Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
    • Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
    • 48 hours for volunteer work each year* 4 hours parental leave each year
    • Workman's Compensation Insurance
    • 457 Deferred Compensation Plans
    Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

    • 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
    • State retirement plan
    Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

    • 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
    • State retirement plan
    effective first day of the month following date of hire

    • Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
    • Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
    • Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service
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    How many years of related accounting experience do you have?
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    How many years of related experience do you have with Public Accounting doing Audits?
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    How many years of experience do you have in a supervisory/management capacity?
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    How would you rate your experience level with MS Excel?
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    How would you rate your experience with Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP as MUNIS, Oracle, SAP, etc.)?
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    How would you rate your experience level with grant management?
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    How would you rate your experience level with managing governmental revenues (such as property taxes, sales taxes, intergovernmental revenues, etc.) ?
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    Are you a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) ?
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    Are you a Certified Local Government Finance Officer (CLGFO)?
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