Supervising Financial Analyst

City of Sacramento • Sacramento, CA

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Public Works, Engineering Services Division, is seeking a Supervising Financial Analyst to manage the Project Fiscal Team. This team is responsible for managing state, federal, and local transportation funds, audits, and processing all fiscal transactions related to Engineering Services’ Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs) and Private Development Projects. Under limited direction, a Supervising Financial Analyst manages complex fiscal and budget services for a department; directs a broad range of centralized business services; and plans, organizes, and supervises professional, technical, and clerical staff assigned to the section.

Requirements

• Principles and practices of governmental finance, budget and accounting.
• Principles and practices of public administration, supervision, personnel administration, and procurement methods.
• Principles of program performance measurement and benchmarking.
• Methods and practices of modern office management.
• Advanced principles and methods of analysis including statistical analysis.
• Research techniques, methods, and procedures.
• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations.
• Management information systems.
• Collecting and analyzing large volumes of data; reaching a conclusion supported by research.
• Preparing technical or analytical reports.
• Building a consensus among parties with competing or conflicting interests.
• Use of computers, computer applications, and software.
• Managing multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Supervising and motivating employees and generating department-wide cooperation in support of strategic goals and plans.
• Interpret and apply practices, rules, and policies to actual situations.
• Present ideas effectively, orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with elected officials, government agencies, and the business community.
• Meet deadlines in a highly political environment.
• Effectively plan, develop, and implement a comprehensive fiscal and business services section.
• Manage highly complex subject matter.
• Analyze complex fiscal and administrative problems and make sound policy and procedures recommendations.
• Exercise administrative supervision and direction over professional, technical, and clerical staff.
• Six years of progressively responsible fiscal or budget management experience including a minimum of three years in a public agency.
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in business or public administration, accounting, economics or a closely related field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with management or supervision of staff is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages and coordinates the preparation and administration of capital and operating budget including revenue projections, fee analysis, fixed and non-fixed expenditure projections, funding and financing options; recommends goals and objectives; develops business strategies and plans and related planning and monitoring documents.
• Develops, implements, and manages work management, accounting and billing systems and related procedures, and fiscal tracking and monitoring systems; ensures timely and accurate reporting of financial information for debt issuance, grant monitoring and reporting, and federal, state and local reporting requirements; advises department managers of trends and potential problems.
• Manages, supervises, trains and evaluates supervisory, professional, technical and clerical staff; selects and monitors consultants and contractors: establishes performance measurement goals; develops policies, procedures, goals and objectives; trains staff and department employees on fiscal and budget matters and systems.
• Confers with department heads, division chiefs, members of professional staff and other officials on regulations, administrative procedures or practices, and departmental policies; maintains effective working relationships with internal and external customers including other City departments, appointed officials, and outside agencies involved in the department's activities; conducts customer service audits and delivers customer service training; represents the department in a variety of meetings involving budget, fiscal or administrative services.
• Manages administrative functions including purchasing, contract administration, personnel administration and space utilization.
• Performs other or related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager