Finance Manager

*City Application Required*

THE POSITION
The Finance Manager is a key member of the City’s management team,
playing a central role in safeguarding the City’s financial health and supporting
sound fiscal decision-making across the organization. The Finance
Manager oversees advanced financial, accounting, and budgetary functions
and assists in guiding the City’s long-term fiscal strategy. Reporting to the
Director of Finance, the position plans, coordinates, and supervises daily
departmental operations while ensuring compliance with generally accepted
accounting principles and applicable laws and policies. The Finance
Manager participates in and assumes responsibility for all departmental
functions including financial audits, quarterly reports, G/L accounting, purchasing,
payroll, A/P, A/R, fixed assets, bank reconciliation, and other municipal
financial activities. This position also oversees and manages daily
cash flow, transfers funds between bank accounts; processes wire transfers;
meets with bank representatives and related parties; prepares audit
schedules for external auditors, monitors and controls citywide expenditures,
assess the City’s fiscal position; ensures current and complainant financial
procedures are maintained; prepares staff reports and makes
presentations to City Council as needed. Under general direction from the
Director of Finance this position may perform other related duties as necessary
to ensure the successful performance of the City’s Finance/Treasury
Services Department.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, combining financial expertise with
strong leadership and communication skills. The successful candidate is
comfortable navigating complex financial issues, interpreting regulations,
ensuring compliance, and making sound, ethical decisions that support the
City’s mission and long-term sustainability, while also establishing positive
relationships with City staff, consultants, and the public. The ideal candidate
should also have professional experience selecting, training, motivating
and evaluating assigned personnel, and be able to effectively assist with
the development and administration of departmental goals.

QUALIFICATIONS (The following are the minimal qualifications necessary for entry into the classification.)

Education/Experience:
At least five (5) years of increasingly responsible professional financial experience in
the public sector including two (2) years of supervisory experience. A Bachelor’s
Degree from an accredited college or university, in finance, accounting, business, public
administration or a closely related field is required.

License/Certificate: Possession of a valid Class C California driver’s license or the ability
to get from point to point for meetings, events and trainings.

BENEFITS PACKAGE

Benefits: The City provides competitive insurance plans for employees including paid
family HMO health, dental and vision coverage, in addition to a $50,000 life insurance
policy, cell phone stipend and longevity incentive opportunities. Also available at the
employee’s expense are voluntary life, accident, critical illness, cancer/short-term
disability insurance options and flexible spending accounts.

Leave Accruals: The City offers the option of a 9/80 or 4/10 alternative work schedule,
twelve (12) paid holidays per year and generous leave accruals including: Vacation,
Administrative, Sick and Personal Leave.

Retirement: The City is a member of the San Bernardino County Employees’
Retirement Association (SBCERA) which is reciprocal with CalPERS. The City’s
retirement formula is 2% @ 55 with prior qualifying public service or effective January
1, 2013 the formula is 2.5% @ 67 for new participants.

Salary/Compensation: $129,875 - $157,851 per year