Introduction
The City of Charlotte is the largest municipality in North Carolina and the 17th largest city in the United States, with a total population of more than 872,498 citizens. A major commerce center, Charlotte hosts several of the nation’s largest banks and technology companies.
Also known as the Queen City, Charlotte is home to the Carolina Panthers, the Charlotte Hornets and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. We work hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Join us in helping to keep our City thriving, ensuring upward mobility and advancement in the workplace.
Overview
The Finance Department partners with customers to achieve their service goals through sound management of finances. Finance provides strategic financial planning, accounting and reporting services to the city, processes citywide accounts payable and accounts receivables, manages the investment of city funds and issuance of debt instruments, and provides risk control and prevention for the city.
Function
Executive
Summary
The Finance Department is seeking a Deputy Chief Financial Officer (Deputy CFO) for Finance Operations who has demonstrated progressive leadership success in the financial arena, to include managerial oversight of complex financial operations.
Under the direction of the Chief Financial Officer, the Deputy CFO will directly oversee managers that are responsible for the day-to-day functions of Financial Reporting and Financial Services (Accounts Payable and Receivable).
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Assists the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in planning, organizing, and managing the City’s financial operations.
- Advises the CFO and provides high-quality services to the City by having excellent customer service skills and technical skills.
- Assisting with management of internal and external financial reporting and auditing, accounts payable, and billing and receivables.
- Builds strong relationships with other City departments, vendors, and consultants.
- Utilizes management skills and being proficient in directing and supervising people, projects, resources, budgets.
- Communicates effectively and demonstrates strong abilities in negotiation, persuasion, and conflict resolution.
- Hiring, developing, and retaining high quality employees.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Proven track record of achieving a successful culture of high performance and personal accountability as a highly accomplished financial professional;
• Ability to effectively manage, develop and engage staff to deliver excellent customer service through increased training, responsibility, productivity, morale and retention;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of city management, external partners such as external auditors, financial advisors, banking partners, applicable federal, state, and local agencies and other stakeholders to effectively manage financial resources in order to leverage opportunities and mitigate challenges;
• Knowledge and experience with governmental accounting (GAAP, GASB, etc), financial reporting including production of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and the annual external audit process, and responding to findings and observations made by the auditors;
• Knowledge and experience with processing accounts payable and receivables;
• Knowledge and experience with development and modification of financial policies, procedures and best practices with consideration of internal controls;
• Familiarity with other functional areas of finance including:
o Financing of public facilities, arbitrage rebate, bond disclosure, tax law and state statutes relating to local government debt;
o Available types of municipal financing vehicles such as general obligation, revenue bonds, lines of credit, variable rate bonds and other types of debt;
o Advising on capital financing strategies and financial modeling;
o Cash management and investing;
o Billing, collection and depositing of revenue, and utility billing systems;
o Risk management including insurance and loss control services;
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing including transparency and clear communication of financial position to stakeholders in one-on-one, small groups and public speaking and to make complex financial topics understandable to citizens, staff and Council members;
• Skilled, detail-oriented professional who continuously monitors and engages in process improvement in a service-driven organization.
Preferred Qualification
• Master’s degree in economics, finance, accounting, public administration or closely related field
• Five (5) or more years of relevant full-time professional experience in financial administration and management
• Local government experience
• Understanding of governmental financial statements and pension fund reporting; excellent quantitative, interpersonal, communication, report writing and organizational skills
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree with seven (7) or more years of relevant work experience
• Progressive managerial experience in financial administration and management
Salary
$158,419 to $176,021. Commensurate with experience.
Conditions of Employment
The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.
Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.
Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.
The City of Charlotte requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment for any new City of Charlotte employees. The City is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such, will consider reasonable accommodations as required by law.
How To Apply
Apply online.
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Benefits
The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to all employees.
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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.
In Conclusion
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