City of Beaverton, OR - Chief Financial Officer

Raftelis•Beaverton, OR

3d•$155,315 - $208,139

About The Position

The City of Beaverton seeks a visionary and highly skilled Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the City’s complex financial operations, enhance transparency, and ensure long-term fiscal stability. This position is responsible for guiding the strategic direction of the Finance Department and fostering high-performing, customer-oriented operations. The CFO plays a critical role in developing and advising the City Manager and elected officials on financial strategies, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. The CFO ensures alignment with the City’s strategic goals and strengthens its position as a forward-thinking organization by guiding intricate financial and operational matters. Reporting to an Assistant City Manager, the CFO directs the City’s Finance Department, overseeing citywide accounting, financial operations, budgeting, utility billing, purchasing, and related functions. As a key member of the City’s leadership team, the CFO serves as a trusted advisor to the City Manager, City Council, Budget Committee, boards and commissions, and staff on the City’s short- and long-term financial needs. This role oversees the annual citywide budget process, working closely with the City Manager to develop, present, and implement a balanced budget that aligns financial resources with service priorities and organizational goals. This position partners with regional and special district stakeholders to represent the City's interests. The CFO provides operational leadership to the Finance Department, including staff supervision, hiring, performance management, and professional development. Responsibilities include developing and approving departmental strategic plans, work programs, policies, procedures, and performance standards. In collaboration with staff, the CFO also stays abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of finance, evaluates program effectiveness, identifies opportunities for improvement, and implements necessary changes. The CFO fosters a high-performing, collaborative work environment that emphasizes accountability, continuous improvement, excellent customer service, and adherence to collective bargaining agreements, city policies, and applicable laws. This position ensures the integrity and transparency of the City’s financial systems by directing central accounting and purchasing functions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, preparing annual financial reports, ensuring audit compliance, and producing financial statements, cost reports, and other analyses as requested by the City Manager and City Council. The CFO manages City investments consistent with policy direction, coordinates bond sales and refinancing, authorizes payments to contractors and consultants, and provides technical financial guidance to leadership and stakeholders. The CFO leads with honesty, professionalism, and respect, modeling the City’s values and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The CFO promotes a positive and supportive workplace culture grounded in teamwork, clear communication, and ongoing development, while maintaining confidentiality as required. This role professionally represents the City in every interaction and consistently delivers high-quality work that advances the City’s vision, strategic plan, and service to the community.

Requirements

Eight years of progressively responsible management or administrative experience in financial and services administration, including at least three years in a leadership role, is required.
Experience leading finance, accounting, and budget functions is essential.
A bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in finance, accounting, business, or public administration, or a related field is required.
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying.
A commitment to supporting the diversity of the Beaverton community is essential to success.

Nice To Haves

A diverse background, including experience in local government, is ideal.
Direct experience building and maintaining a high-functioning team is critical to success.
Experience working directly with an elected body, ideally in a council-manager form of government, is desired.
Change management experience coupled with business and digital transformation is ideal.
Prior experience navigating organizational complexity and advising leadership on adapting to evolving financial realities is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as a key leader and thought partner in the next phase of the city’s fiscal sustainability efforts, balancing the city’s fiscal reality with the needs of the community to ensure long-term financial stability.
Strengthen understanding of the City’s financial position across the organization and community by developing educational materials and delivering clear, accessible presentations to internal and external audiences.
Build trusted, proactive relationships and partnerships across the organization by understanding departmental needs and collaborating on solutions.
Provide financial insight, guidance, tools, and support that advance City Council priorities, departmental initiatives, and citywide goals.
Lead the modernization of the Finance Department’s systems, structure, and processes. With an emphasis on continuous improvement, thoughtfully identify opportunities for efficiency, work to streamline processes, and implement best practices.
Lead ongoing digital transformation and future financial technology initiatives, including the upcoming Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation.
Collaborate to advance the City’s transformation into a data-informed organization by strengthening data competency and using data to inform policy, prioritize investments, improve service delivery, and assess program effectiveness.
Partner with the City Manager and Assistant City Managers to modernize the City’s budget process, strengthening strategic alignment, equity, transparency, and the connection between financial investments and service outcomes.
Foster a culture of teamwork, innovation, outstanding customer service, and shared problem-solving within the Finance Department.
Create opportunities for employee growth and development through training, succession planning, and employee empowerment.