Jobs In The City of Oakland Park

POSITION

Under the general direction of the Director of Financial Services, the position oversees major functions of the Financial Services Department including supervising professional, paraprofessional, and clerical personnel involved in varied finance related activities and responsibilities. The position performs advanced managerial and administrative activities of considerable difficulty. Assists in managing a comprehensive financial management system to include procurement, specific accounting functions, debt and treasury management, financial reporting, program performance evaluation, assigned staff, and manages the annual external audit. Functions as the Director in the absence of the Director of Financial Services. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

• Leads the preparation of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements, and Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) award criteria.
• Directs and supervises various department staff, provides guidance and training, reviews job performance, evaluates and make recommendations as appropriate.
• Directs activities and programs of the department to ensure adherence to applicable law, regulations, rules, policies and procedures and that goals, objectives and standards are met in a timely and effective manner.
• Develops and administers work programs, practices, procedures and policies for improving the effectiveness of programs and projects.
• Completes special projects and assignments issued from time to time for analysis and recommendation
• Participates in various strategic planning and review meetings to provide information and guidance applicable to the City’s information technology development goals and objectives.
• Maintains current knowledge of trends and developments in the information technology and management information systems disciplines for application to functions under charge.
• Participates in the administration of financial trends assessment reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis to reports to monitor the City’s financial condition and status.
• Participates in the administration of the City’s information systems strategic planning, implementation, and management of technology infrastructure, enterprise applications, local and wide area networking, web and web services administration, and desktop support functions.
•  Represents the City in meetings, conferences, and professional association forums.
• Participates in the implementation of policies to define responsibilities, establish operating procedures, and assure program effectiveness in providing required data management and processing for user departments.

MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE

•Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Finance, Public Administration or similar with five (5) years’ experience or Masters’ degree with 3 years’ experience within a governmental structure in budget development and administration, human resources management, organization, and delegation of responsibilities.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

•  Master’s Degree in Business or related field

•  Certified Government Finance Officer

•  Certified Public Finance Officer

•  Certified Government Financial Manager

•  Certified Data Processor

•  Certified Public Accountant