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Administrative Officer III #2110-200700-06

Street Maintenance Finance Manager

Date Opened
Monday, October 25, 2021 5:00 PM
Close Date
Monday, November 08, 2021 11:59 PM
Section
Charlotte Department of Transportation
Salary
  • $58,779.00 - $73,473.00/year
Employment Type
  • Full-Time
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Overview

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.

Function

  • Administrative

Summary

The Street Maintenance Finance Section Manager works within a team of professionals to ensure that all material and contractual needs are provided to complete the maintenance of streets, sidewalks, and drainage systems by Street Maintenance staff. The Finance section manager also manages the Street Maintenance Street Cut program and ensures the accurate and prompt billing of internal and external customers that perform utility cuts within the ROW of the City of Charlotte. This position also oversees a staff of three employees responsible for billing, accounts payable and first contact customer service. The Street Maintenance Finance Section Manager will report directly to the Administrative Manager.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

  • Ensure that all material and contractual needs are provided to complete the maintenance of streets, sidewalks, and drainage systems by Street Maintenance staff; 
  • Manage the Street Cut Certification program; 
  • Ensure the accurate and prompt billing of internal and external customers that perform utility cuts within the ROW of the City of Charlotte; 
  • Process and reconcile invoices and pay application; 
  • Develop and review bid documents for materials and service contracts; 
  • Manage financial business processes to ensure compliance with City ordinances and policies; 
  • Process billing and fund transfers between the Street Maintenance Division and other City departments for services provided by division staff; 
  • Prepare the budget and report to the Street Maintenance Management team; 
  • Develop and apply business process improvements; 
  • Manage financial, procurement, and customer service functions and staff; 
  • Review and approve all division purchase orders and procurement card purchases

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge
Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.


Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

SKILLS
Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of you, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

ABILITIES

Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).




Minimum Qualifications

Associate's Degree and three (3) years related work experience

OR

Bachelor's Degree and one (1) year of related work experience

Salary

  • $58,779.00 - $73,473.00 / Year ; 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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

As of October 1, 2021:

The City of Charlotte requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment for all 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

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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.

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