FISCAL SERVICES MANAGER

The City of Billings is seeking a Fiscal Services Manager to perform a variety of highly complex professional management tasks specifically related to the planning, coordinating, and analysis of fiscal activities with the Public Works Department; provides financial reporting and budget analysis to all Public Works' divisions; plans, organizes, and controls the preparation and submittal of the multi-funded Public Works budget. Oversees internal accounting functions, manages debt, provides long range forecasts, and coordinates rate and fee studies; provides financial and budgetary projections and oversees fiscal services staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Responsible for overall management of all accounting functions of the Department.

- Prepare audit work papers, evaluate audit inquiries, and work closely with City and State auditors.

- Manage all fixed asset reports, schedules, and records.

- Ensure compliance to all Federal, State, and City laws, regulations, standards, and policies.

- Recommend and implement internal controls.

- Participate in the development and implementation of financial goals, objectives, policies, procedures and work standards.

- Develop and participate in a wide variety of financial studies.

- Responsible for the overall management of Public Works assessments.

- Work with the Department of Revenue to coordinate information and resolve issues.

- Oversee all cost and project accounting functions and databases.

- Direct the preparation and analysis of a variety of fiscal reports, statements, cost analysis, financial forecasts, internal cost allocations, cash flow analysis, spreadsheets, and schedules.

- Oversee the administration of all funds of the Department.

- Prepare short term and long range forecasts of cash flows, revenues, and expenditure requirements.

- Monitor funds for adherence to loan/debt agreements.

- Recommend and administer financial policies and procedures.

- Prepare budgetary and expense data for grant applications and to meet grant reporting requirements.

- Provide financial data to support Public Work's asset management goals.

- Administer and participate in the development and administration of department budget.

- Oversee the fiscal administration of all budgets within the Public Works Department.

- Recommend appropriate budget levels.

- Oversee and manage the monitoring of budget levels.

- Approve expenses.

- Perform analysis of the budget.

- Forecast funds needed for staffing, equipment, supplies, and capital.

- Continuously monitor funds, cash flow, budget, and expenditures of entire Public Works budget.

- Select, train, motivate, and evaluate assigned personnel; provide or coordinate staff training.

- Work with employees to correct deficiencies.

- Supervise, plan, organize, and direct the work activities of subordinate accounting and financial staff.

- Plans, organizes, and oversees the work processes of the Fiscal Services staff.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field.

- Three (3) years of progressively responsible financial management and/or accounting experience; OR

- Seven (7) years of working experience performing accounting and financial functions for an organization; AND

- Must be proficient with Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

- Experience with advanced spreadsheet applications.

- Must be able to pass a State and Federal criminal background check.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

- Experience with municipal government or governmental accounting knowledge.

- CPA license.

- Supervisory experience.

Salary Range: $74,933.0400 - $95,648.1760 per year. Salary reflects Step 1 and Step 6 of a 7-step pay scale. Salary at hiring will be dependent upon the applicant's education, experience, and training.

Equal Opportunity Employer.