Description

The City of Raleigh is looking for a highly competent and motivated individual to join the Finance Department to serve as a Fiscal Administrator within the Management Accounting Division.  The Management Accounting Division provides a wide range of financial services. This position will work closely with finance leadership team members and is responsible for a wide variety of analysis used to make data driven operational and strategic decisions.  A unique set of skills are required which include a strong accounting background, ability to analyze and interpret data and make recommendations as to the allocation of financial resources.

About You:
We are looking for a collaborative fiscal administrator that is versatile, pays attention to detail while keeping the big picture in mind. The ideal candidate will deliver concise and accurate financial information that allows for timely decision-making while ensuring collaboration to foster transparency and trust. They can use analytical skills to prepare financial forecasts and financial models that drive operational improvements and efficient use of taxes and fees.

About Us:
The City of Raleigh’s Management Accounting Division supports City-wide operations and operates in a fast-paced work environment. From a strategic perspective, there are several overarching priorities to deliver:

• Financial services that allow for fiscal integrity, fiscal stewardship and accountability while providing the highest level of service to customers
• Concise and accurate financial information that allows for timely decision-making, strategic risk mitigation and analysis while ensuring collaboration to foster transparency and trust
• Efficient, streamlined business processes that facilitate ease of operations and that embrace the use of technology and adhere to new and changing regulations
• A workplace culture of high performance, continuous improvement and innovation that encourages employee growth and inclusive collaboration

Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

• Financial Analysis - Provides financial analysis for use by City leadership and City Council
  
• Financial Forecasting - Assists with the annual budget process.  Performs monthly and quarterly variance analysis of major revenue and expenses vs. budgets
  
• Financial Modeling - Creates and maintains predictive forecasting models to support decision-making and short/long-term planning
  
• Financial Reporting - Prepares and/or reviews financial statements, journal vouchers, transaction documents, schedules and management reports
  
• Fiscal Management and Stewardship - Maintains key business models and partners with citywide departments providing governance and analysis to help in operational or strategic decision making
  
• Auditing - Researches, analyzes, maintains, or oversees the maintenance of financial records related to assigned function, program, project and/or process

Typical Qualifications

Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Accounting, Finance, Public Policy, or related field, and 3 to 5 years' experience in financial, budgeting, public sector, accounting, or a related field

OR

Any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted

Additional Information

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

• Principles and practices of general accounting, financial management and budgeting
• Principles, practices, and applications of qualitative and quantitative research, critical thinking, and analysis
• Best practice research, benchmarking, trend analysis and emerging technologies
• Enterprise-wide Financial Systems, Accounting, Spreadsheet and Word processing software
• Managing fiscal processes
• Gathering data, analyzing findings and applying logic and reason
• Interpreting, monitoring and reporting financial information and statistics
• Working effectively under pressure, with multiple deadlines and changing priorities
• Authoring and preparing original reports, documents and presentations
• Facilitating group discussions and building consensus using persuasive reasoning
• Managing project or program finances and preparing and administering budgets and related reporting
• Applicable federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations
• Applicable City policies and procedures and Code of Ordinances