Finance Manager I (Promotional Only)

Monterey County Department of Social Services is searching for a Finance Manager with interpersonal and analytical skills. Overseeing and managing fiscal and grant accounting management systems to ensure the accuracy and quality of all financial operations within the department. This role also includes budget administration oversight of fiscal contract monitoring reconciliation of large data and compliance with state and federal laws affecting fiscal operations. The successful candidate will play a key role in maximizing the departments revenue by providing guidance and training for staff coding their time to various programs.

This classification is part of a flexible series. Incumbents appointed at the lower level of the career series may be promoted up to the higher level of the career series subject to their meeting the employment standards for the higher class and a recommendation for their promotion by the appointing authority.

1. Plans develops and coordinates fiscal management policies goals objectives procedures standards and programs with the management team; implements and evaluates departmental fiscal management policies and procedures.
2. Plans implements organizes directs and monitors departmental fiscal systems financial controls and accounting operations including general ledger and cost accounting budgeting program billings contractor payments financial reporting and internal auditing.
3. Analyzes departmental financial needs and develop systems for controlling expenditures.
4. Communicates and interprets fiscal management goals objectives policies procedures standards programs and services to departmental management and support staff.
5. Develops quality standards and continually evaluates departmental accounting billing financial reporting and auditing systems to ensure compliance with sound accounting principles and local State and Federal policies and guidelines.
6. Researches and interprets legislation to ensure compliance with laws rules and regulations which fiscally impact departmental programs.
7. Provides training and supervision to professional technical and clerical staff in the areas of accounting applications budget administration application of the law and other fiscal and administrative support as necessary.
8. Assures that the departments fiscal program meets standards and stands up to State and Federal audits.
9. Prepares responses to disputed State and Federal audits and prepares material for appeals as appropriate.
10. Prepares technical financial reports.
11. Prepares budget for the department or a portion related to the major area of responsibility.
12. Identifies computerized accounting budgeting billing program management and other management information system requirements and works with management team to design and implement the requirements.
13. Designs and participates in quantitative analysis of systems and programs analyzes cost experience and projected trends and prepares financial reports rate studies and project plans.
14. Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with departmental management and staff other County departments outside agencies vendors and State and Federal program auditors.

Knowledge of:

1. Principles and methods of public finance administration particularly in the areas of accounting operations budgeting preparation and management; fiscal control auditing cost accounting financial reporting forecasting financial analysis internal financial and operations auditing.
2. Principles and practices of reimbursement grant management monitoring and control.
3. The application of data processing to accounting operation including budgeting billing fiscal monitoring and reporting.
4. Accounting and auditing principles and practices used in public finance including third-party reimbursement principles policies and procedures.
5. State and Federal law affecting fiscal operations reporting and resource management including regulations specific to public finance.
6. Principles and practices of internal auditing and operations auditing.
7. County policies regarding travel and cash handling.
8. Computerized data processing as it relates to accounting operations and management information systems.
9. Principles and methods of supervision and management including work planning analysis and organization; selection training development and evaluation of employees.
10. Quantitative analysis and statistical reporting.
11. Operating principles and capabilities of personal computers and mainframe computer systems.
12. Word Excel Access and other common computer software applications.

Skill and ability to:

1. Plan organize direct and coordinate the fiscal and accounting operations of a county department.
2. Properly interpret and make financial decisions in accordance with appropriate laws regulations and policies.
3. Develop implement and administer automated data gathering processing and reporting systems.
4. Analyze financial problems and develop effective policies procedures and fiscal controls.
5. Prepare review and interpret financial reports summaries and data.
6. Read interpret and apply laws rules and regulations.
7. Develop and evaluate department fiscal goals.
8. Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
9. Plan organize direct and evaluate the work of others.
10. Present financial and technical information before a group.
11. Use a personal computer telephone and calculators.
12. Establish and maintain effective working relationships and provide courteous customer service.

• The ability to speak read and write Spanish in addition to English would be an asset in this position is optional.
• Employees who drive on County business to carry out job related duties must possess a valid CA Driver License for the class vehicle driven.
• The Department of Social Services will conduct a thorough background and reference check process which includes a Department of Justice fingerprint check.
• Employees must have and show their original Social Security Card and a valid CA Driver License or CA State ID on the first day of work.
• Government agencies accessing US government information which include federal tax information must ensure that background investigation requirements for all agency employees and contractors that have access to federal tax information are consistent to the IRS background investigation requirements for access to federal tax information. A background check may be required if the position requires access to these types of records. Background requirements consist of three components which include fingerprinting citizenship verification and local law enforcement checks. Applicable agencies must conduct an investigation during the time of hire and ensure a reinvestigation is conducted 5 years from the date of the previous background investigation for each employee that has access to federal tax information.