City Treasurer

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is Americas Queen City opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety health and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork openness accountability productivity and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous responsive accessible and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify analyze and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

The Deputy Director/Treasurer assists the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in planning organizing and managing the Citys financial operations. As a member of the Finance Leadership Team the Deputy Director/Treasurer advises the CFO and provides high-quality services to the City by having excellent customer service skills and technical skills; providing leadership and oversight regarding debt management functions and issuance of debt and credit rating process; overseeing management of the Citys investment portfolio cash flow and banking activities;; overseeing management of cash collections and e-Business for both payments and receipts; building strong relationships with other City departments vendors and consultants; utilizing management skills and being proficient in directing and supervising people projects resources budgets; communicating effectively and demonstrating strong abilities in negotiation persuasion and conflict resolution; and hiring developing and retaining high quality employees. The Deputy Director serves as an ex officio trustee and Treasurer for the Charlotte Firefighters Retirement System (CFRS) and is responsible with oversight of the collection disbursement and investment activities for CFRS.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Proven track record of achieving a successful culture of high performance and personal accountability as a highly accomplished financial professional

• Ability to effectively manage develop and engage staff to deliver excellent customer service through increased training responsibility productivity morale and retention;

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of city management external partners such as financial advisors bond counsel banking partners underwriters underwriters counsel applicable federal state and local agencies and other stakeholders to effectively manage financial resources in order to leverage opportunities and mitigate challenges;

• Knowledge of laws and regulations governing financing of public facilities arbitrage rebate bond disclosure tax law and state statutes relating to local government debt;

• Knowledge and experience with available types of municipal financing vehicles such as general obligation revenue bonds lines of credit variable rate bonds and other types of debt;

• Knowledge and experience with advising on capital financing strategies financial modeling effective borrowing for capital projects and evaluating financial proposals pursuant to financial policies and financing requirements;

• Knowledge and experience with cash management and investing;

• Knowledge and experience with billing collection and depositing of revenue and utility billing systems;

• Familiarity with other functional areas of finance including:

• Governmental accounting financial reporting including the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and external audit process;

• Processing accounts payable and receivables;

• Development and modification of financial policies procedures and best practices with consideration of internal controls;

• Risk management including insurance and loss control services;

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing including transparency and clear communication of financial position to stakeholders in one-on-one small groups and public speaking and to make complex financial topics understandable to citizens staff and Council members;

• Skilled detail-oriented professional who continuously monitors and engages in process improvement in a service-driven organization.

Preferred Qualifications:
Masters degree in economics finance accounting public administration or closely related field with four or more years of relevant full-time professional experience in public finance; financial management and investment experience in a government agency; knowledge of North Carolina general statutes including Chapter 159 - Local Government Finance; understanding of governmental financial statements and pension fund reporting; excellent quantitative interpersonal communication report writing and organizational skills.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors degree with five (5) years of relevant work experience; or a Masters degree with three (3) years of relevant work experience; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience that provides the necessary knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the essential job duties. Qualified candidates should have progressive managerial experience in financial administration and management. Local government experience is highly preferred but not required.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Citys Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes but is not limited to: reference checks social security verification education verification criminal conviction record check and if applicable a credit history check sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidates written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process candidates may be asked to take a skills test and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex national origin marital status age disability sexual orientation political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress appearance or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street Suite 200 Charlotte NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST) excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process please email .

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request auxiliary aids written materials in alternate formats language access and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.

BENEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.