Finance Director - City of Homewood

JobsQuest•Homewood, AL

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Homewood is seeking a Finance Director to be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the city's financial operations. This position carries substantial responsibility for financial management activities, including overseeing the Finance Department, managing investments, maintaining and monitoring the general ledger, and ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations. The Finance Director works closely with executive leadership (e.g., Mayor, City Manager, department heads) to develop, manage, and maintain the city's budget. The Director also coordinates and oversees a variety of internal audits (e.g., annual, state, workers’ compensation) and ensures that any required corrective actions identified through these audits are properly implemented. As a supervisor, the Director assigns and reviews work, conducts performance evaluations, provides feedback, and makes recommendations for disciplinary action when necessary. In September 2024, residents of the City of Homewood approved a referendum to transition to the Council-Manager form of government, and the new government structure officially went into effect on November 3, 2025. The City of Homewood will be transitioning to Tyler Technologies Incode 10 over the next year from InCode 9.

Requirements

Driver’s license.
Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration with a minimum of 15 semester hours in Accounting.
Experience supervising employees to include training and directing the work of multiple subordinates.
Experience developing, monitoring, and managing, a departmental budget (e.g., forecasting revenues, tracking expenditures).
Experience closing books, preparing financial reports, and interpreting financial results to include reviewing for accuracy and completeness, analyzing budget variances, and identifying favorable and unfavorable trends.

Responsibilities

Coordinates audits (e.g., annual, State, Workers’ Compensation) by maintaining audit-related records throughout the year, communicating with the audit company throughout the audit process, assigning audit-related work to staff, and reviewing final audit for accuracy and completeness.
Coordinates the bond issue process by gathering financial information and working with bond attorney and the bond surveillance process by filling out bond questionnaires and answering financial questions during conferences.
Prepares, monitors, and administers departmental or organizational budget by reviewing spending trends, expenditure reports, analyzing financial data and ensuring expenditures are within annual budgetary limits.
Oversees the Finance Department of the City (e.g., accounts payable, cash receipts, payroll, human resources) and ensures compliance of federal, state, and local guidelines and laws (e.g., Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)).
Maintains general ledger by moving money between operating funds, making journal entries, reviewing back account reconciliations, closing the books at the end of the fiscal year, and creating reports.
Coordinates and/or manages city investments.
Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress of work, providing feedback and/or training.