City of Tampa

This is highly responsible accounting, budgeting, planning, and managerial work for the Revenue & Finance Department. This position provides the functional leadership involved in the implementation and ongoing administration of budget information systems and all city functions those systems support.

An employee in this class is responsible for supervising and coordinating teams of highly qualified professionals in the performance of tasks of all levels of difficulty. Work involves the analysis and improvement of accounting and budgeting methods, processes, procedures, and business activities. Work includes supervising personnel, conducting research, coordinating between functional and technical users, establishing priorities, and project planning. Employees are required to exercise considerable initiative and independent judgement to complete significant projects, develop innovative solutions, and keep the organization current to best practices. Work requires the use of accounting principles, analytical knowledge and a variety of methods and techniques. Positions require serving as a supervisor and consultant to one or more teams of professionals with diverse areas of focus. An important result of work activities is the development of changes that will result in more efficient and economical municipal operations.  Work is reviewed while in progress through conferences and reports submitted and upon completion through results obtained. Appointed position; employee serves at the pleasure of the Mayor.

Serves as the principal role in design, implementation, maintenance, and control of budgetary systems and a major role for the same functions in other financial systems throughout the city.

Develops system documentation and user manuals for new processes and revisions to standard operating procedures for existing processes.  

Works with management to determine project priorities and timelines and reports progress as required.

Analyzes problems, determines solutions, and supervises implementation of corrective action; consults with users, functional and technical project team members, and management personnel on questions.

Coordinate change management efforts affecting Budget functions within the division and act as liaison for City Change Management agents to implement improvements originating externally to the department.

Develop and implement training and metric programs to ensure end users have understanding and support in their daily functions.

Assist other department leadership through participation in strategic planning, policy development, system administration, budget preparation, management meetings and advice, special projects, and general Revenue & Finance administration.

Participate in or support negotiations and strategic planning through preparation and discussion of financial impact modelling for such projects as collective bargaining, personnel forecasting, and other special economic interest projects.

Serve as a subject matter expert and point of contact for parties interested in budget information. Coordinate contact with the public through the department director or designee as required.

Coordinate the development, testing, and deployment of systems and programs in coordination with the appropriate technical staff and in compliance with current city technology policies.

Ensure the performance of assorted functional tasks using a variety of automated tools in support of other related system products; maintain and develop tools and repositories in support of efficiency and growth in compliance with city technology policies.

Prepare cost/benefit analysis for strategic choices with respect to both monetary and non-monetary impact or benefit to the organization.

Recruit, supervise, and evaluate the work of subordinate employees.

Complete performance evaluations, ensure team core competency, administer discipline, respond to grievances, and review leave requests.

Lead and empower teams responsible for improving enterprise-wide business processes and increasing system utilization.

Participate in preparation and maintenance of disaster recovery plans for budget systems in conjunction with citywide emergency response teams.

Coordinate and participate in testing efforts for financial software updates and implementations.

Perform additional duties as assigned.

Knowledge of: budget, accounting and procurement practices and procedures; laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to municipal governmental budgeting; Microsoft Office applications; project management principles; data handling and reporting practices.

Ability to: analyze work processes, procedures, and workflows to create efficiencies; design, implement, monitor, and modify programs, methods, procedures, and workflows; solve complex problems through innovative thought and experience; facilitate a team-oriented work environment and exhibit proficient supervisor skills; communicate effectively across all functional levels of the organization.

Mostly sedentary, indoors, requires extended use of computer, typing and viewing a monitor.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree, preferably a master’s degree, in finance or business or a related field and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in budgeting or finance including three (3) years supervisory experience.

Possession of a valid Florida driver’s license required.

Evaluation of education and experience. Drug testing is included in all pre-employment processing.

During periods when the mayor issues an emergency declaration for the City of Tampa, all employees may be required to work in preparation, response or recovery activities related to the stated emergency.