Financial Services Manager

Pay Range: $89,975- $110,000 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 

The City of Fort Worth Financial Services Department is hiring a Financial Services Manager. The Financial Services Manager will assist the City Treasurer by providing strategic direction and oversight of city-wide disbursements, the central payroll and central accounts payable/vendor payments service areas. In addition, this position will support the City Treasurer with other areas of Treasury administration such as cash & Investment administration, revenue billing, collection, and revenue analysis, and other special projects.

Reporting to the City Treasurer, the Financial Services Manager will provide oversight and strategic direction to one (1) supervisor and a staff of eight (8) professional and clerical level employees with the central accounts payable service area and one (1) supervisor and a staff of three (3) professional and clerical level employees with the central payroll service area.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in public administration, business administration, economics, accounting, or a closely related field
• Five (5) years responsible experience in fiscal services or a closely related field
• Four (4) years of administrative and supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Billing, cash collection, revenue analysis/forecasting and delinquent account collection best practices
• Cash flow management and modeling techniques & investment programs
• Knowledge and demonstrated application of LEAN process improvement methodologies
• Experience with managing a fast paced, continually evolving, centralized and/or decentralized payroll and accounts payable operations in a large municipality or other governmental entity
• Experience with managing a fast paced, continually changing, centralized billing, cashier & revenue collection operations in a large municipality or other governmental entity
• Demonstrated comfort with forecasting techniques (straight line, moving average, simple linear regression, multiple regression, etc.)
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and/or SQL database/ERP query/analysis tools

The Financial Services Manager job responsibilities include:

• Research, recommend, write, implement, and administer policies and procedures relative to assigned departmental functions or projects; assist with the development of the City’s annual financial report and coordination of the City’s annual audit; assist in reviewing significant reports, plans, and documents drafted by staff members; prepare or assist in preparing a variety of complex reports involving statistics, legal requirements, fund accounting, data processing, and financial projections, including informal reports, administrative regulations, memoranda, and Mayor and Council Communications.
• As needed, represent the Financial Management Services department to other internal City departments, elected officials and outside agencies (such as the third-party consultants, the County Tax Office, various federal agencies, the appraisal district, etc.)
• Provide staff assistance to the Finance Director or assigned management; prepare and present staff reports and other necessary correspondence; conduct presentations to the City Manager’s Office and department head meetings regarding financial aspects of projects, policies and practices; prepare PowerPoint presentations for senior management.
• Working knowledge and ability to stay current on Relevant IRS 1099 regulations and the State of Texas escheatment process and requirements
• Working knowledge and ability to stay current with large entity payroll processing and related IRS requirements and reporting standards and Federal, State, and local rules/laws and regulations pertaining to payroll processing
• Experience making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions and recommendations and with preparing performance appraisals and setting performance goals and targets
• Knowledge of large entity payroll processing, centralized accounts payable, and revenue billing and collection processing best practices
• Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals and how to read and interpret financial statements