City of Philadelphia

City of Philadelphia

Director of Finance

Philadelphia, PA, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specified$87k-$107kDetected 70 days ago
Project ManagementAgileFinancial AnalysisAccountingForecastingBudgetingLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationFinancial ReportingInternal Audit

About the role

  • The Director of Finance is responsible for the integrity of CEO's financial and accounting oversight.
  • The Director of Finance will play a critical role in partnering with the Senior and Executive Leadership team in decision making of both short and long-term financial planning.
  • CSBG, WorkReady and other grants as awarded or transferred).

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop all departmental staff.
  • Hire and retain support staff as needed in the future.
  • Develop training, professional development, and employee retention strategies to provide stability and success for the workforce in the fiscal department.
  • Develop and maintain CEO's financial standard operating procedures within compliant budgetary and legal requirements.
  • Manage all fiscal responsibilities and grants accounting for compliance with all federal, state, and private grants/contracts.
  • Lead efforts with IT staff on Fiscal system design and implementation plan and implement it successfully to meet City and DCED requirements in mind as the agency grows.
  • Develop successful and trusting relationships with program leaders and recipients necessary to create and sustain an environment at CEO that supports these relationships.

Requirements

  • This position falls within the larger Operations unit within CEO and is required to identify the best practices to be shared across the broader organization.

Skills

  • ability to be a great team member and to work independently as
  • appropriate.
  • Value centric and encourages diversity of thought, background, and perspective.
  • Demonstrated experience and understanding of financial and grant management compliance on local, federal and state levels.
  • Experience should include legal, audit, compliance, budget, and resource development.
  • Experience in executing initiatives in a multi-stakeholder environment.
  • Ability to adapt and thrive in a continually evolving, autonomous and highly detail and deadline-oriented
  • environment.
  • Tech savvy with experience and fluency in office and accounting software programs.
  • Strong project management skills.
  • Agile methodology experience preferred.
  • Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or related field. Master's degree preferred.

Compensation

  • $87,000 - $107,000
  • Transportation: City employees get unlimited FREE public transportation all year long through SEPTA's Key Advantage program. Employees can ride on SEPTA buses, subways, trolleys, and regional rail for their daily commute and more.
  • Pay off your student loans faster - As a qualifying employer, City of Philadelphia employees are eligible to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
  • Join the ranks of hundreds of employees who have already benefited from this program and achieved student loan forgiveness.

Benefits

  • The City offers its employees 8 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • We offer Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents.
  • Our wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan
  • Employees receive paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
  • Generous retirement savings options are available
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Company info

  • We are transparent and honest about our plans, our actions, and our results.
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