Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in accounting, finance, public administration, business administration, or a related field; and
- Five years of broad and increasingly responsible experience in public sector finance or administration, including two years of lead worker/supervisory responsibility.
- Possession of an additional five years’ experience in public sector finance or administration may be used to substitute for the Bachelor’s degree.
- Licensed as a Certified Public Accountant by the California Board of Accountancy may also be used to substitute for the years of experience.
The City of Calistoga is located at the northern end of the Napa Valley and has the charm of a small town and the sophistication of a world-class tourist destination. The City is famous for its natural hot springs and has drawn residents and visitors to the Napa Valley for nearly 160 years. Calistoga offers outstanding regional cuisine and is the perfect place to relax and enjoy fine wines. The City is approximately 2.6 square miles with an estimated population of 5,348.
The City of Calistoga is a full-service city providing a full range of services including police and fire protection; planning activities; code enforcement and building inspections; park facilities, aquatics, and recreation programs; construction and maintenance of streets, public buildings, and other infrastructure facilities; water production and distribution; and wastewater collection, treatment, and recycling.
The City of Calistoga is seeking a strong, technical and collaborative leader to provide general guidance and leadership and assist in overseeing the responsibilities for managing the City’s professional accounting duties and programs.
The incumbent will be responsible for leading and applying professional accounting principles to facilitate fiscal control, perform fiscal analyses, and/or establish fiscal accounting systems. This position will receive general direction from the Administrative Services Director and will be responsible for finance programs and other functional areas including professional accounting duties, preparation of financial reports and/or statements, and supervision of assigned staff.
Essential Duties:
Below is a representative list of essential job duties, they include but are not limited to:
- Plan, organize, and direct the activities and operations of utility billing/revenues, accounts payable, general accounting, and the general ledger.
- Prepares the Administrative Services Department’s budget, goals, objectives, and priorities and programs; participates in the development of the City’s operating and capital budgets.
- Prepares ACFR, State Controller’s report, and other highly analytical, financial, and statistical reports.
- Monitors the various departments’ budget revenues and expenditures; reports any variances to department directors, Administrative Services Director, and City Manager; works with others, as assigned for identification and implementation of any corrective actions.
- Coordinates and participates in the preparation and analysis of various financial statements, schedules, and reports; develops format for the preparation of financial reports; ensures financial statements are prepared on a timely basis in accordance with GAAP and GASB and related governmental accounting regulations; assist in the preparation of the quarterly financial report.
- Carry out supervisory responsibility in accordance with City policies, procedures, and applicable law; work with Administrative Services Director to develop department goals, objectives, and systems and in the overall management of staff including selection, training development, motivation, supervision, discipline, and evaluation.
- Performs grant management, preparation, tracking, and reporting, and administration.
- Ensures financial payments for goods, services, and capital improvements are in accordance with City contracts.Receives and verifies that vendor certificates of insurance are in accordance with contract terms; files required certificates.
- Draft financial policies and procedures and provides implementation and oversight of such policies and procedures.
- Develops and performs tests of the internal controls and identifies opportunities to improve internal controls.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.