Finance Director

JOB TITLE: Finance Director

AGENCY: City of Wasco

LOCATION: Wasco, CA

FILING DEADLINE: January 16, 2025

SALARY RANGE: $113,106.91 – $158,236.67 Annually

The Position

The Finance Director manages the City’s Finance Division, which includes Treasury, Billing and Collections and Accounting. This position is responsible for formulating policy, developing goals and objectives, supervising staff, administering the division’s annual budget and directing the day-to-day operations of the Finance Division. Assignments allow for a high degree of administrative decision making in their execution. The Director manages an overall staff of nine.

Essential functions include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Develops and directs the implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures and work standards for the Finance Division, including budget administration
• Plans, organizes, assigns, directs, reviews and evaluates the work of assigned staff; selects personnel and provides for their training and professional development; interprets City policies to employees
• Provides professional assistance to members of City departments on finance and related matters in areas of responsibility
• Formulates and implements policies, procedures and systems pertaining to financial record keeping, controls and reporting; provides comprehensive financial management services and solves varied accounting and collection problems
• Analyzes revenue generating and cost reducing proposals for City programs and prepares revenue projections
• Secures financing packages utilizing tax exempt financing; manages the City’s investment portfolio including daily investments as well as long-range investment policies

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be an honest, collaborative, and confident leader with excellent supervisory skills; a strong communicator able to write reports with clarity and verbally articulate fiscal concepts to all levels of audiences. The Finance Director will manage a solid team and should have a willingness to delegate, and be a mentor, willing and able to develop staff. The incumbent will be a responsible steward for the community, City staff, and leadership, ensuring trust and transparency within and outside the organization. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in implementing efficiencies, allowing the Department to assist the organization in achieving its financial goals.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated expertise and a solid track record in municipal finance and budget management and administration. Excellent interpersonal abilities are necessary to build and maintain solid relationships with elected officials, regional business partners, union representatives, staff, and the community through open and respectful dialogue.

Key Attributes and Qualifications

• A strong leader who shares the vision of the council and community, and can advocate, articulate, and implement that vision. A manager who is able to blend innovation and creativity, someone who can think outside the box
• A professional who can lead the organization with a commitment to uphold the values of Wasco, including valuing positive employee working relations and respecting the richness of cultures and diversity
• A friendly approachable leader who can ensure quality customer service to other city departments and the community
• Diplomatic, being known as a people person with an engaging style that is comfortable interacting with a wide spectrum of individuals and one who welcomes dialogue and discussion
• A collaborative leader with the highest integrity, character, and ethics
• Honest, with the ability to maintain and build trust and actively listen
• Technologically astute, who recognizes the value of harnessing and integrating the benefits of cutting-edge technology to ensure best practices and process efficiencies. Experience with Tyler Munis is helpful
• A proven understanding of budget/structural deficits and the willingness and the ability to bring teams together to find solutions to challenging issues
• An outstanding fiscal manager, able to develop and implement plans to expand the tax base, obtain grants, and manage costs

The Community

Wasco is located approximately 25 miles northwest of Bakersfield, 130 miles north of Los Angeles, and 250 miles south of San Francisco. The population in Wasco is approximately 27,566 and you’ll find friendly, safe and quiet neighborhoods and a readily available workforce with a strong work ethic. To learn more about the City of Wasco, go to: https://www.cityofwasco.org/.

For more details about this opportunity, please visit the job brochure at: https://koffassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Rev3-Wasco-FD-Brochure.pdf

To be considered, please submit a resume, cover letter, and five work related references (who will not be contacted in the early stages of the recruitment) to: https://koffassociates.com/wasco-finance-director/. Resumes should reflect years and months of positions held.

For additional information, please contact:

Frank Rojas

(510) 495-0448

Frank_Rojas@ajg.com

Website: https://koffassociates.com/