Deputy Finance Director

Maine’s premier City to work and live is becoming Maine’s premier municipal employer - welcome to Biddeford, Maine, where citizens are proud of their community and employees thrive!

The City of Biddeford, a beautiful, resurgent, coastal Maine community, is seeking dynamic people to join our award-winning team of professionals. As an employee in one of Maine’s youngest communities, you can become part of a team that is guiding its economic revival. You will need to be highly motivated, talented, with a strong desire to make a difference in the daily lives of citizens.

The City of Biddeford greatly values employee wellness and work/life balance. Many of our positions, including all positions in City Hall, have a four-day, 40-hour work week (Fridays off!) with flexible scheduling and remote opportunities one day per week.

The City of Biddeford is seeking a Deputy Finance Director to fill a complex management position within the Finance department and support the Finance Director in oversight of various financial functions and systems throughout the City.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership within the Finance Department, including coaching, mentoring, and training;
• Offers input to the Director on team performance and performs quality assurance monitoring;
• Tracks grants and capital projects, including budgets and spending
• Exercises considerable independent judgement in performance of the daily functions of the position;
• Works closely with the Payroll Specialist, Accounting Clerk (AR/AP), Revenue Analyst and Deputy City Clerk;
• Responsible for all day-to-day operations of the City’s finances, including the reconciliation of bank statements, posting and reconciliation of ledgers and accounts, oversight of payroll and sales tax, preparing for the annual audit, tracking capital project budgets and spending, determining and documenting work procedures, etc.;
• Supervises staff and has oversight of the Finance department, including management of Finance Committee meetings (when the Director is unavailable); and
• A willingness to demonstrate a commitment to the City of Biddeford's work around diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 5 years of progressive experience in Municipal Finance;
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field;
• Experience with Munis Software and/or CPA;
• Management skills;
• Accounting experience (3 years );
• Municipal (working for a city or town – 1 year );
• Ability to lead an independent, functional, and productive team; and
• Any combination of education and experience that provides the equivalent knowledge, skills, and abilities.
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer

The City of Biddeford’s mission is to cultivate and sustain a diverse, inclusive, equitable, welcoming, and belonging-based workplace where employees actively practice solidarity for the greater good of the work environment and employee experience.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the City of Biddeford shall employ, develop, and work to maintain the best qualified person(s) available without discrimination to: age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, dimensions of gender, disability, citizenship, veterans’ status, ancestry, national origin, and/or political affiliation or any other status protected by law.

Equitable access to services and employment is available and those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for this application and/or the interview process should notify the Deputy Director of Human Resources at 207.286.0589.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid parental leave
• Paid bereavement leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Remote work opportunities
• Retirement plans w/ employer match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance
  
  

Schedule: Monday – Tuesday, 7am – 5pm // Wednesday – Thursday, 8am – 4pm