Public Safety Administrator

City of Fort Lauderdale•Fl 33311, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is responsible professional fiscal, administrative, and supervisory work of considerable difficulty in the Fire-Rescue’s Office of Financial Management. The position oversees, coordinates, directs and supervises seven interconnected elements: fiscal strategies, accounts payable, accounts receivable, timekeeping, employee records, payroll and records management, advises on major strategic decisions and changes that impact the services that the Fire Department provides, recommends whether current programs are sustainable and/or proposed projects are monetarily feasible, and represents the City during negotiations with other governmental agency officials regarding service contracts for services provided to them by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Department. An employee in this class is an integral part of the executive level management team of the Fire Rescue Chief's Office and reports directly to the Fire Rescue Chief. This is a non-classified "at-will" position and is not subject to Civil Service Rules or any collective bargaining agreement. This is a Management Category I position which includes ten (10) additional Management Vacation Days and a Vehicle Allowance of $390/month.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business or public administration, finance, accounting, or related field.
Possess at least seven (7) years of increasingly responsible experience in managerial and administrative areas including, business operations, accounting, procurement, development and administration of large budgets and preparations of management reports.
Experience must include at least 3 years in a supervisory capacity.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office solutions specifically in Microsoft excel and other database management and solutions.
As public servants, employees may be required to work immediately before, during, and/or after an emergency.
All employees must be available and able to work assigned shifts as determined by their Department Heads.

Nice To Haves

Experience in government accounting and government finance management is preferred.

Responsibilities

Supervises and coordinates the work of the Financial Management Unit staff responsible for revenue generation and collection, purchasing, expenditures, payroll, timekeeping, employee records, and incident records management
Directs the budgetary and fiscal control process for the Fire Rescue Department; directs and prepares the department’s operating and capital budgets; develops pro forma reports; serves as lead on financial items with the Finance Department
Develops complex financial statements, statistical and administrative reports used to analyze, forecast, interpret, and summarize trends for budgetary and planning purposes; recommends to management short-term or long-term financial strategies.
Recommends cost effectiveness/efficacy of existing and proposed programs for the Fire Rescue Department through the direction and control of the budgetary and fiscal processes.
Provides oversight and guidance to the logistics bureau in procedural and administrative issues; ensures operational compliance with the City’s procurement and financial guidelines.
Provides staffing recommendations based on current staffing allocations to reduce and mitigate overtime impact for our Operational bureau.
Analyzes current and historical data; makes recommendations to maintain service levels based on projected geographical and/or density growth for service areas
Develops, reviews and monitors accounting and auditing reports, capital requisitions, fire rescue service contracts, fleet replacement charges for accuracy and conformance to Federal, State and City requirements.
Develops, submits and monitors the Fire Rescue Department’s annual County, State and Federal grant requests.
Develops, submits, and monitors the Fire Department’s submissions for County, State, and Federal deployment reimbursements.
Develops, submits, and monitors the Fire Department’s interlocal contractual agreements.
Develops, submits, and monitors cost reimbursements or State and Federal programs (PEMT – Public Emergency Medical Transport programs.
Develops, submits, and monitors the Fire Assessment Cost Recovery program.
Working knowledge of contractual agreements with City designated labor groups.
Must be available for on-call inquiries from the Fire Rescue Chief and the executive team.
Performs related work as required