Chief Financial Officer

To apply, please visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/developmentalassociates and click on the Chief Financial Officer – South Fulton, GA title.

The next CFO has significant technical skills and is highly successful in managing governmental accounting and reporting, including grant management, interpretation, and reporting. In addition to addressing the day-to-day operations of the finance department, the City of South Fulton’s CFO will prioritize:

• Overseeing the department’s data migration in
• to the newly adopted Tyler financial system while educating staff to use the system and expediting account reconciliation, audits, and other timely needs.
• Assessing department needs, developing a long-term vision and short-term action plan to increase institutional knowledge, improving staff training and development, and creating departmental success.
• Developing financial policies, procedures, and processes and executing a plan to educate staff, ensuring a sustainable system of internal controls, accountability, and compliance.
• Creating and maintaining a trusting, team-centric culture with high morale where staff are encouraged and empowered to excel.
• Enhancing communication, collaboration, and trust in financial practices, systems, and financial reporting among department staff, City staff and leaders, community, and other stakeholders.

The City’s Finance and Administrative Services Department is responsible for providing oversight and support for financial, administrative, and technology operations. Staff works within four functional divisions: Accounting, Budget, Grants Administration, and Revenue Management.

The Finance Department records all City revenues; ensures that adequate funds are available to meet daily financial obligations; ensures departmental expenditures are within budget; prepares payrolls, accounts payable payments, and accounts receivable transactions; monitors businesses to ensure appropriate licenses are obtained and performs cash and debt service management; provides contract and procurement oversight; prepares annual budgets; and assists external auditors in completing annual audits.

• Georgia General Statutes, the principles and practices of general fund and local governmental accounting, the preparation of internal financial statements and complex external financial reports, including the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and other required regulatory reports;
• the principles and practices of cost and fixed asset accounting, grants management and compliance, internal controls, and audit principles and practices;
• the principles and practice of municipal budgeting, capital improvement budgets and funding, forecasting and financial modeling; and,
• economic development tools such as development authority, tax allocation districts, the process of abatements, and an understanding of the difference between policies and procedures of development authorities vs. cities.

• A bachelor’s degree* in accounting, finance, business, public administration, or related field.
  • Note: A master’s degree, Georgia’s Certified Public Finance Officer designation, and/or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) are preferred.
• 5 - 7 years of progressively responsible and broad-based professional experience managing financial and accounting functions for a local government or private industrial organization. An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered.
• Georgia Public Finance Officer Certification within one year of hire, contingent upon the availability of the courses.
• The ability to be bonded and possess a valid driver's license in Georgia.

To apply, please visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/developmentalassociates and click on the Chief Financial Officer – South Fulton, GA title.