Deputy Finance Director

DEPARTMENT: Finance

REPORTS TO: Finance Director

TERM: Mayoral Appointment/Executive Staff. Appointment runs concurrently with Mayor

STATUS/HOURS: Salaried/Full-time

The Deputy Finance Director is responsible for the daily operations of the Finance Department including supervision of staff within the department.

Responsibilities to assist the Finance Director in the area of budgeting:

• Maintenance of the budget throughout the fiscal year. The Deputy is responsible to match line item expenditures to the budgeted line items. Investigations and explanations for variances are the responsibility of the Deputy. Corrections of errors, transfers between line items requested by departments and approved by the Director of Finance are processed by the Deputy.
• Assist in the monthly reporting of actual expenditures as compared to budgeted expenditures and submit for approval to the Finance Director to present to Town Council for final approval.

Responsibilities to assist the Finance Director in the area of the Town's accounting functions:

• Responsible to oversee the correct daily recording of all general ledger transactions. These are performed on the eFinance data system. General ledger transactions include direct deposit receipts, wire transfers, payroll and benefits transfers to the school department, entry adjustments and budget transfers.
• Bank account balance verification and adjustment transfers.
• Monthly review of all tax and collection reports from tax collection, Town Clerk, and Water Department.
• Process payroll in the absence of the Payroll Administrator
• Review and approval of the Town’s bi-weekly payroll.

Financial reporting duties include:

• Assist the Finance Director in preparing the quarterly financial statements to the Auditor General
• Assist independent CPA firm to conduct annual audit of the Town's Financial Statements. Gather information for auditors; prepare account analyses and adjustments as appropriate and necessary. Assist the Finance Director with the review and approval process of the Town's Audited Financial Statements. Provide copies to appropriate parties.
• Assist Town departments in various requested financial reports. 

Responsibilities to assist the Finance Director in the area of Tax Collections:

• Supervision of Tax Collectors.
• Review and approval of tax refunds, adjustments/corrections.
• Preparation and management of the annual Tax Sale list.

• The candidate must possess a minimum associate's degree in accounting, finance or equivalent Knowledgeable in computer programs and management systems plus two (2) years of experience in a municipal finance department with graduate coursework preferred or any equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Must have a strong working knowledge of municipal accounting, taxation practices, budgeting and finance control including payroll processing.
• Strong written, oral and technical communication skills.

RANGE:

Pay: $70,000.00 - $88,400.00 per year

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person