Fiscal Manager (Finance Department) - Financial Accounting and Reposting Division (FAR)

About This Position

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The Phoenix Finance Department is seeking an experienced, innovative, customer service-focused Fiscal Manager to oversee professional employees and lead major programs consisting of financial accounting and reporting, federal grant monitoring and reporting, system reconciliations, and capital asset tracking. The Fiscal Manager is responsible for directing a wide range of activities including preparation of audited financial reports, acting as point of contact for both internal and external auditors, interpreting and implementing accounting guidance as promulgated by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), and providing accounting guidance to City Departments.

Working collaboratively with City Departments and external partners, the Fiscal Manager plays a key role in strengthening the City's financial stewardship and ensuring a shared commitment to reliability, transparency, and sound fiscal management. The position exercises significant initiative and independent judgment under the general direction of a Deputy Finance Director.

The Financial Accounting and Reporting Division (FAR) provides current, comprehensive and accurate information about the financial position of the City to both internal and external customers while maintaining the highest levels of customer service.

Areas of responsibilities for the Fiscal Manager in the FAR Division may include:

• Responsibility for the compilation of the City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report including primary contact for the external auditors.
• Responsibility for the compilation of the City's annual Federal Single Audit including primary contact for the external auditors.
• Responsibility for the preparation of financial statements necessary for bond sales and continuing disclosure materials for the bonds.
• Supervision of professional level staff including prioritizing work, writing performance evaluations and reviewing work product.
• Working with departments to improve grant reporting and oversight.
• Oversee reporting for the Housing Department Mixed Finance Properties.
• Oversee accounting and reporting for the City's utility joint ventures.
• Oversee accounting and reporting for the City's fiduciary funds.
• Oversee capital project and capital asset reporting and tracking.
  
  

Upon supervisory and department head approval, after a six (6) month period, this position may work remotely up to 3 days per week.

SALARY

Pay Range: $102,668.80 to $144,476.80 annually.

Hiring Range: $102,668.80 to $131,040.00 annually.

Pay Range Explanation

• Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
• Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
  
  

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package is offered which includes:

• Traditional pension with employer and employee contributions, click here for more details: Pension Information
• 401(a) and 457 plans with employer contributions
• Choice of generous medical HMO, PPO, or HSA/HDHP plans
• Medical enrollment includes a monthly $150 City contribution to a Post-Employment Health Plan
• Wellness incentive of up to $720 annually
• Dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Employer paid long-term disability
• Free Bus/light rail pass
• Tuition reimbursement program up to $6,500 per year
• Paid time off includes 13.5 paid holidays, 12 vacation days, and 15 sick days and personal leave days
• Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees up to 480 hours (12 weeks) of paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child during a 12-month period
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness offered through Savi
  
  

For more details, visit: Unit 007 Benefits

Minimum Qualifications

• Four years of professional experience in budget, finance, public administration or accounting, including either one year of supervising professional staff or responsibility for an agency-wide governmental capital improvement program.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, statistics, business, or a related field.
• Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
• All finalists for positions are subject to a criminal background check applicable to the department or position.
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• The City job description can be found here.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:

• Experience with implementing new accounting standards promulgated by GASB.
• Ten years of professional-level supervisory experience in governmental accounting, federal financial reporting and compliance, budgeting, auditing, cost accounting and payroll.
• Experience in management accounting, preparing financial statements, governmental accounting.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• Licensed CPA.
  
  

RECRUITMENT DATES

Recruitment closes June 15, 2026. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.

This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.

How To Apply

Apply online by completing the required information and attaching, as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.

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REFERENCE

Fiscal Manager, JC:05500, ID# 61923, 05/29/26, USM, PA, Benefits:007

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