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DEPUTY FINANCE DIRECTOR

• Formulates and implements accounting policy directives and standards on a city-wide basis; assures that all accounting activities comply with general accepted accounting standards and ethics; develops and implements new and effective accounting processes and resolves the most complex and sensitive accounting problems.
• Directs all activities of the City's centralized accounting bureau through subordinate managers; develops policies, goals, and objectives for the accounting bureau; commissions studies and selects audits, develops policies and plans to implement policies; reviews bureau activities and products to determine if goals and objectives have been achieved.
• Directs City-wide accounting functions, including the computerized maintenance of all financial transactions and statements for City funds; oversees the preparation of the City's comprehensive Annual Report for the City of Philadelphia mandated by the City Charter within specified time frames; assures that the Annual Report complies with all government, accounting, and ethical standards and practices; oversees the preparation of complex financial statements such as the Supplemental Reports for Revenues and Obligations, Bonded Debt Report, and Schedule of Financial Assistance.
• Establishes and implements policy and directives for all of the City's accounting transactions including payments, financial documents, purchase orders and determines that documents are properly recorded in compliance with accepted accounting standards and practices; meets with department heads, Controller, City Treasurer, vendors and others to establish the most efficient flow of financial documents to provide current and accurate information of the City's cash flow status.
• Sets the City's policy for deciding whether to close out prior year documents and establishes schedules for when documents should arrive in the accounting bureau from departments; establishes cut off dates for documents.
• Establishes the policy determining the flow of financial information to departments; evaluates and determines the best and most efficient format for providing that information.
• Sits on the City's Payment Review Committee; determines which of the City's obligations can be met with cash on hand; sets priorities for meeting future obligations; negotiates with contracted vendors to prevent lawsuits from delayed payments for goods and services.
• Serves as technical financial consultant to the Managing Director's Office and department heads on major financial issues such as the separation of Water and Aviation Fund from the General Fund; establishes proper safeguards to assure that appropriate issues and concerns are addressed.
• Has overall responsibility for the on-going recordkeeping and contract auditing on all of the City's grants monies.
• Provides overall direction for the processing of city payrolls in accordance with all City regulations, Civil Service Regulations, Administrative Board Rules and Union Contracts.
• Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• the standards, guidelines and requirements for governmental accounting as promulgated by the Government Accounting Standards Boards.
• the principles, standards and practices of the accounting profession.
• generally accepted accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• principles and practices of governmental accounting.
• the principles and procedures used in the analysis, maintenance, development and installation of accounting systems, methods and procedures.
• principles and practices of public administration and their application to a large centralized accounting operation.
• financial statements and reports used in municipal accounting.
• the principles and practices of modern management as applied to management problems in the accounting field.
• the uses and application of computer systems to accounting, fiscal reporting and preparation of the City's payroll.
• the principles, practices and techniques of accounting as they refer to municipal bond indebtedness and bond sales.
• the application of computing equipment and software to the maintenance of financial records.

• supervisory practices and techniques.
• the application of computing equipment and software to the maintenance of financial records.

• examining and analyzing financial records.
• preparing a variety of comprehensive accounting statements and reports.

(Both Specialties)

• enlist the cooperation of officials to implement policy and procedural changes.
• present ideas effectively, both orally and in writing.
• exercise judgment and discretion in applying and interpreting policies and procedures consistent with overall policy and objectives.
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, departmental officials, and the public.

• plan, organize, direct and coordinate the activities of a staff of budget analysts in the evaluation and control of operating budgets.
• analyze and comprehend organizational and procedural problems and budgetary recommendations based on such trends.
• prepare and interpret a variety of financial reports and statements.
• analyze and resolve complex budgetary problems and make sound recommendations consistent with budgetary principles and departmental policies.

• direct the work of a large staff of managerial, professional, technical, and clerical personnel.
• administer a large centralized municipal accounting program.
• establish and implement city-wide accounting policy.
• develop and install standard and special accounting methods, procedures and forms.
• resolve technical accounting problems and issues encountered in municipal accounting.

Operating Budget Specialty

EDUCATION

• Completion of a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university with major course work in business administration, public administration, economics, finance, accounting or urban studies.

• Seven (7) years of budget experience in a central government budget agency reviewing and analyzing budget requests.

• Three (3) years in a supervisory capacity in the analysis of the day-to-day operations of a group of budget analysts within a central operating budget agency.

EDUCATION

• Completion of a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university with major coursework in accounting.

• Three (3) years of accounting experience.

• Three (3) years of supervisory accounting experience.

• Three (3) years of supervisory accounting experience supervising through subordinate accounting supervisors a major section of a central fiscal operation which has included accounting control and the issuance of accounting reports.

Or any equivalent combination of experience determined to be acceptable by the Personnel Department that has included the specific experience described above.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

PAY RANGE: EP31
Class Established:
  CSC - 3/1982 ; Ad Board - 4/1982

Latest Spec. Revision:
  CSC - 8/1992 ; Ad Board - 9/1992

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