Sr Manager, Finance Ops
Apply NowCompany: City of Fort Collins
Location: Fort Collins, CO 80525
Description:
POSITION TITLE: INTERNAL ONLY - Sr Manager, Finance Ops (Full-Time Regular) (Classified)
REQUISITION #: req7963
DEPARTMENT: Utility Financial Operations
LOCATION: 222 LAPORTE
BENEFIT CATEGORY: Classified (Non-CBU) View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time Regular
ANNUAL SALARY RANGE: $93,564.00 - 155,940.00 (Salaries are paid biweekly)
ANNUAL ANTICIPATED HIRING RANGE: $120,000.00 - 130,000.00 (Salaries are paid biweekly)
SELECTION PROCESS: Application deadline is 3:00 p.m. MT on 1/17/2025.
This posting is the result of a position regrade and is currently occupied by a City employee.
You will receive an email acknowledgment when you have successfully submitted an application. Your completed application will be forwarded to the hiring manager. You will be notified if you are selected for further testing or interviews. Please keep your contact information up-to-date. The status of your application will be updated in your applicant profile.
Why Work For the City of Fort Collins?
To learn more about The City of Fort Collins and Our Community, please read Our Community and Our Organization Brochure
Job Summary
The Senior Manager, Financial Operations leads and develops a high-performing team across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Treasury. This role encompasses hiring, onboarding, and mentoring staff, while fostering an inclusive work environment. The Senior Manager ensures compliance with accounting, audit, and tax regulations, maintaining robust financial policies, procedures, and controls.
Key responsibilities include driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the quality, efficiency, and timeliness of financial transactions, implementing best practices and optimizing processes. The role includes monitoring performance through dashboards and analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs), collaborating with City departments to streamline operations, and overseeing cash management, investments, and financial planning.
Additionally, the Senior Manager develops strategic solutions for secure cash handling, vendor partnerships, and emerging technologies. They also represent financial operations in City meetings and provide insightful financial analysis to inform stakeholder decision-making.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The following duties and responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.
Management Responsibilities
Yes
City Competencies
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Required Qualifications
MinimumPreferred
College degree or equivalent work experience. Some positions may require functionally related certification or advanced degrees
Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
Associates / Bachelor's degree or other specialized skill training / certification may be required in some positions
Master's in Business Administration (MBA) or related field
Experience Requirements
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform every job description task. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less traditional background. The City may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet minimum qualifications. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for the role.
Certifications/Licenses/Specialized Training
The content in this posting was created for recruitment purposes. To view the full job description click the link below.
Sr Manager, Finance Ops
The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call ([redacted] for assistance.
Notice Regarding Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana Use:
Because the possession and use of marijuana,whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the City is a drug free workplace, the City will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the City while marijuana is in the body. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed, or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy.
The City of Fort Collins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, sexual orientation (including perceived sexual orientation), gender identity and expression, disability, age 40 years or older, pregnancy or related condition, genetic information, and, in certain specific circumstances, marriage to a coworker or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
Note: Some information in your application may be public information under the Colorado Open Records Act.
REQUISITION #: req7963
DEPARTMENT: Utility Financial Operations
LOCATION: 222 LAPORTE
BENEFIT CATEGORY: Classified (Non-CBU) View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time Regular
ANNUAL SALARY RANGE: $93,564.00 - 155,940.00 (Salaries are paid biweekly)
ANNUAL ANTICIPATED HIRING RANGE: $120,000.00 - 130,000.00 (Salaries are paid biweekly)
SELECTION PROCESS: Application deadline is 3:00 p.m. MT on 1/17/2025.
This posting is the result of a position regrade and is currently occupied by a City employee.
You will receive an email acknowledgment when you have successfully submitted an application. Your completed application will be forwarded to the hiring manager. You will be notified if you are selected for further testing or interviews. Please keep your contact information up-to-date. The status of your application will be updated in your applicant profile.
Why Work For the City of Fort Collins?
- Medical, dental, vision (for self, spouse, domestic partner, children) - eligible on the 1st of the month following date of hire
- Paid vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional one-time bank of 40 PTO hours for new, full-time, Classified and Unclassified Management hires
- Retirement + company contributions - after 6 month probation period and immediate vesting
- Flexible spending: Medical expenses FSA, dependent FSA or both
- Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal, financial assistance
- Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Wellness program, workout facilities
- Employee/family onsite health clinic
- Learning and development opportunities at all levels in the organization with opportunities for career mobility
- Collaborative work environment
To learn more about The City of Fort Collins and Our Community, please read Our Community and Our Organization Brochure
Job Summary
The Senior Manager, Financial Operations leads and develops a high-performing team across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Treasury. This role encompasses hiring, onboarding, and mentoring staff, while fostering an inclusive work environment. The Senior Manager ensures compliance with accounting, audit, and tax regulations, maintaining robust financial policies, procedures, and controls.
Key responsibilities include driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the quality, efficiency, and timeliness of financial transactions, implementing best practices and optimizing processes. The role includes monitoring performance through dashboards and analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs), collaborating with City departments to streamline operations, and overseeing cash management, investments, and financial planning.
Additionally, the Senior Manager develops strategic solutions for secure cash handling, vendor partnerships, and emerging technologies. They also represent financial operations in City meetings and provide insightful financial analysis to inform stakeholder decision-making.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The following duties and responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.
- Team Leadership:
- Hire, onboard, and develop personnel in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Treasury.
- Provide coaching and mentorship, fostering a high-performance and inclusive work environment.
- Policy and Compliance:
- Develop and maintain financial policies, procedures, and controls.
- Ensure compliance with accounting, audit, and tax standards, updating internal controls as needed.
- Continuous Improvement:
- Drive initiatives to improve quality, efficiency, and timeliness of financial transactions.
- Implement best practices to meet service level targets and optimize processes.
- Performance Monitoring:
- Create dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs) for financial operations.
- Analyze metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Collaboration and Process Optimization:
- Work with City departments to enhance processes like requisition to payment, billing to cash receipt, and vendor management.
- Collaborate on strategies for investment optimization and financing projects.
- Financial Oversight:
- Oversee cash management, investments, and financial planning for the City.
- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Strategic Solutions:
- Implement innovative solutions for secure cash handling and vendor partnerships.
- Evaluate emerging technologies to improve financial operations.
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Represent financial operations in City meetings and communicate financial insights effectively.
Management Responsibilities
Yes
City Competencies
- Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.
- Strong learning orientation. Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.
- A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.
- A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Creates and maintains a strong customer service-oriented work environment with an ability to work across all City Service Areas as a solutions partner.
- Broad knowledge of the intricacies of accounting and accounting standards, with emphasis on government accounting.
- Attention to detail as well as ability speak to the full picture of financial reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and lead supporting staff.
- Advanced experience with relational databases and accounting software.
- Advanced level skills with Microsoft Office products.
- Knowledge of Federal grant compliance regulations, as outlined in Uniform Guidance2CFR200.
- Skilled in internal control systems design and operation.
- Strong public speaking skills, including to governing boards.
Required Qualifications
MinimumPreferred
College degree or equivalent work experience. Some positions may require functionally related certification or advanced degrees
Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
Associates / Bachelor's degree or other specialized skill training / certification may be required in some positions
Master's in Business Administration (MBA) or related field
Experience Requirements
- Five (5) years of supervisory/management experience and analysis and preparation of financial statements, including balance sheet, income statement, and monthly management reporting or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform every job description task. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less traditional background. The City may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet minimum qualifications. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for the role.
Certifications/Licenses/Specialized Training
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.
The content in this posting was created for recruitment purposes. To view the full job description click the link below.
Sr Manager, Finance Ops
The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call ([redacted] for assistance.
Notice Regarding Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana Use:
Because the possession and use of marijuana,whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the City is a drug free workplace, the City will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the City while marijuana is in the body. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed, or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy.
The City of Fort Collins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, sexual orientation (including perceived sexual orientation), gender identity and expression, disability, age 40 years or older, pregnancy or related condition, genetic information, and, in certain specific circumstances, marriage to a coworker or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
Note: Some information in your application may be public information under the Colorado Open Records Act.