• Conducts a comprehensive review and analysis of proposed budgetary items;
• Researches and analyzes data and information relative to budgetary issues;
• Conducts audits of City operations, programs and activities; evaluates actual versus projected outcomes; identifies areas of risk; recommends functional and operational changes needed to improve the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of City government services and programs;
• Conducts audit planning, executes field work, and documents audit steps in working papers;
• Develops comparative studies of other cities as they relate to municipal finance;
• Reviews fiscal forecasts including review of past, current, and proposed revenues and expenditures;
• Researches federal, state, and local programs to determine sources of funding and appropriate expenditure options;
• Researches and analyzes the policy and fiscal effects of new or proposed legislation;
• Participates in the construction of economic models and indexes;
• Assists in the preparation of fiscal and economic project analysis;
• Develops reports relating to budgetary and legislative policy concerns;
• Performs supervisory work as needed;
• Prepares and presents recommendations for review by higher-level management in connection with the analysis, studies, and reports described herein;
• Drives automotive vehicle as necessary in order to conduct research and attend meetings; 
• Conducts fraud, waste, and abuse investigations;
• Periodically attends and presents reports at evening City Council meetings; 
• Performs other or related duties as assigned.

• Principles, practices, and techniques of public administration and public policy.
• Principles and practices of organizational, financial, and policy analysis.
• Principles, methods, and practices of municipal finance, budgeting, and accounting.
• Principles, methods, and practices of long-range financial planning.
• Operational characteristics, services and activities of audit and performance measurement programs.
• Principles and practices of complex auditing and accounting functions and their application to municipal/governmental accounting systems, with emphasis on fiscal and operational aspects of such organizations.
• Various professional accounting standards such as Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and Generally Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards (GAGAS).
• Advanced research and analytical methods, techniques, and procedures.
• Technical report writing and presentation.
• Basic supervisory skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

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