City of Huntington Beach, CA Hiring for FINANCE MANAGER Job at Huntington Beach, CA Full Time

The City of Huntington Beach is located in northwestern Orange County, 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles and 90 miles northwest of San Diego. With a population of about 202,265 residents, Huntington Beach is the fourth largest city in Orange County and the 24th largest city in California. Known as “Surf City,” Huntington Beach features nearly 8.5 miles of spectacular beaches and one of the largest recreational piers in the world. The City is home to a thriving beach community and is consistently named as one of the top ten beaches in California. The City hosts an annual visitor population of over 11 million people, featuring numerous large-scale special events, surf competitions, and festivals. Even with its swell of summer visitors, Huntington Beach has been listed for decades as among the FBI’s safest cities in the nation. In 2021, WalletHub ranked Huntington Beach as the best-run city in California. The City is supported by nearly 1,500 employees and has a General Fund budget of $269 million (total budget $532 million).

While Huntington Beach is no stranger to front-page news, it’s really what’s happening behind the scenes that makes the City a fantastic place to live, work, and visit. Huntington Beach has emerged as a regional leader in the development of innovative services, like the City’s Project HOPE mobile crisis response program, increasing beach access by rolling out ADA accessible Mobi-Mats, and standing up a homeless navigation center.

Here in Huntington Beach, we believe passionately that the key to becoming the best beach City in the world starts and ends with finding the right people to join our team. At this time, we have an outstanding career opportunity available, as we’re looking for the “right person” to serve as Finance Manager – Accounting with the Finance Department.

First and foremost, the City is seeking an individual who has an unwavering commitment to team-based environment, and recognizes that leaders must be focused always on serving their people. For us in Huntington Beach, successful candidates must be genuinely committed to living our organization’s behavioral values, which include:

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  Humility… be willing to place the team before self.
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  Exceptionality… be really (REALLY) good at what you do.
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  Social Awareness… say and do those things that bring people together.
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  Passion… recognize the awesome responsibility we have to serve the people of HB.
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  Integrity… live our values authentically.

Outside of these behavioral characteristics, we’re also looking for candidates who are ready to grow and develop and who can envision new ways to improve and enhance services.

The Finance Department, through its four Divisions, provides financial management, oversight, monitoring and reporting functions for the City’s complex financial resources. The department accomplishes this objective by providing budgetary oversight, monitoring and preparation; purchasing and procurement expertise; accounting and financial reporting services; cashiering, accounts receivable and collections services; payroll and accounts payable services; utility billing; and business license customer service.

The Finance Manager-Accounting plans, organizes and manages the activities of the General Accounting Division in the Finance Department.

• Provides overall management of the activities, assignments, and responsibilities of the Accounting Management Division
• Responsible for all payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivables, general ledger and journal voucher entries activities
• Coordinates the City’s financial reporting requirements, including the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and the Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR)
• Monitors general ledger activities; reviews and approves journal entries and bank reconciliations; prepares and/or reviews major changes to the chart of accounts; reviews and approves the integrity of the general ledger in the financial information system
• Coordinates accounting and financial software systems functions
• Directs the preparation of highly complex periodic and special reports involving cost accounting, expenditure reports and functional legal requirements
• Develops procedures and policies for accounting procedures within the financial systems, record keeping, accounting controls and cost accounting records
• Supervises the audit liaison of the City’s accounting systems, procedures and policies
• Acts as the primary resource on accounting practices contained in the City’s general ledger and financial software system.

Education: A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Business Administration or other directly related field. A Masters degree is desirable.

Experience: At least five (5) years of increasingly responsible professional level governmental accounting experience of which at least three (3) years has included direct responsibility for the supervision of professional level accounting staff. Current or recent experience with a California municipality is highly desired.

Certification/License: A valid California Class C driver license with an acceptable driving record required by time of appointment. Certification as a Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.

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• Application Review – Please scan and attach to your job application prior to submitting a cover letter and a resume.
• Examination(s) – A virtual oral exam (weighted 100%) is tentatively scheduled for August 17, 2022.
• Selection Interview
• Background Investigation
• Appointment