Overview
Position Title:Chief Financial Officer
Company:City Of Durham Nc
Location:Durham, NC, US
Job Description:
As a Chief Financial Officer, you are responsible for serving as the director of the City Finance department as well as serving as the knowledge leader for a mission-critical function of the City that supports and/or frames all other City operations. Position applies advanced management principles with critical impact on residents and the organization. Exercise strategic and visionary thinking having long-term organization-wide application and impact; develop and implement programs critical to the City; and exercise control and supervision of multiple assigned functions and/or divisions and significant resources.
Responsibilities:
- Provides strategic direction and management oversight to the Finance department and functions and serves as a knowledge leader; applies advanced management principles with critical impact on citizens and the organization; exercises strategic and visionary thinking having long-term organization-wide application and impact; develops and implements programs critical to the City; and exercises control and supervision of multiple assigned functions and/or divisions and significant resources.
- Provides leadership and management direction for the department, policy formulation and analysis for the City, and support for the finance-related modules in the ERP system.
- Biweekly payroll checks for approximately 2,450 City employees.
- Accounts Payable for approximately 78,000 invoices per year.
- Financial Reporting including CAFR, annual and quarterly financial reports, and federal, state, and other agency reports.
- Provides a centralized approach for purchasing and bid specifications and solicitations for apparatus, supplies, equipment, and materials for all departments.
- Contract compliance and disposal of surplus property.
- Treasury Management and provides cash, investment portfolio, debt management, and banking services oversight and management.
- Interlocal Tax Contract, Interlocal property tax collection contract with Durham County.
- Billing and Collections providing a centralized approach for non-utility billing and coordinates collections of delinquent accounts due the City.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in public administration or directly related filed
- 10 years of progressively responsible related professional experience that includes significant management and supervisory experience.
- There is a residency requirement to live within the corporate city limits of Durham within 18 months of appointment to the position.