FT Director of Municipal Finance - Finance Dept

City of Beverly•Beverly, MA

About The Position

The Director of Municipal Finance directs the organization’s financial planning and accounting practices and its relationships with lending institutions and the financial community. The role oversees municipal finance functions and may perform duties personally or through subordinate managers. The department also assumes municipal-finance duties and responsibilities, with additional related powers and responsibilities as the City may provide by ordinance. The Director manages subordinate supervisors and is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the Accounting, Assessor’s, and Treasurer/Collector’s units. The position carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws.

Requirements

  • Education, experience, and training that especially fit the candidate to perform the duties of the office.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and direct treasury, budgeting, audit, tax, accounting, purchasing, real estate, and insurance activities.
  • Direct the City Accountant in maintaining procedures and systems for proper records, accounting controls, and services.
  • Direct the Treasurer/Collector in custodial activities involving organizational funds, securities, and assets.
  • Assess the organization’s financial position and issue periodic financial and operating reports.
  • Direct and coordinate the establishment of budget programs.
  • Analyze, consolidate, and direct cost-accounting procedures and related statistical and routine reports.
  • Oversee and direct the Assessor’s functions.
  • Direct and analyze studies of general economic, business, and financial conditions and their impact on organizational policies and operations.
  • Manage subordinate supervisors overseeing employees in the Accounting, Assessor’s, and Treasurer/Collector’s offices.
  • Provide overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units, and carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws.
  • Perform municipal-finance duties and responsibilities, including additional related functions and activities assigned by City ordinance.
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