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.
