Why It’s a Great Opportunity:
As an accomplished accounting professional with a true aptitude for leadership, you will have a unique opportunity to improve current financial practices as well as create ones to help the Pierce County Parks Department achieve optimal efficiency. Because you will be working in a very large and complex organization you will have much more than a few ample opportunities to really impact how well the department can deliver services in an efficient and ethical manner to cut out waste and provide true value.
Why It’s a Great Department:
The Parks Department prides itself on how it focuses on community impact providing real opportunities to connect with nature, live healthy lifestyles, enjoy the community, and learn about sustainable practices.
How to be Successful in the Role:
Bring in your knowledge and experience in accounting/budgeting principles and your knowledge of how it intersects with multiple government projects coupled with a true desire to improve the community that you live in and you are sure to thrive in an environment that will help you realize your goals.
Your Future in this Role:
Your leadership and knowledge will help build and solidify a truly modern and effective financial direction for one the most pivotal departments in the County. You will be able to help enable effective utilization of resources to further develop needed projects in the community and make it safer, environmentally sound, and more vibrant overall.
Core Daily Responsibilities:
- Provide tactical and strategic leadership for the Parks Department.
- Support and compile information to make extensive financial decisions.
- Oversee the processing of all financial transactions.
- Track utilizing solid metrics all money flow (expenditures/revenue) and use data to develop strategy, processes, and recommend changes.
- Collaborate with senior management in developing, presenting, and implementing the Department’s budget for operations, capital, maintenance, and administration.
- Analyze complex rate and cost-of-service fee models, recommending appropriate adjustments and implement changes.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County officials, employees, and the public.
- Other duties as necessary.
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QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a very closely related field of study.
- Six years of progressively responsible work experience in monitoring and developing large complex budgets with multiple funds, accounting, financial planning, or other experience clearly demonstrating the ability to perform the work of this position.
- Experience working with capital budgets.
- Three years of supervisory experience with provable effective people management skills.
- Additional specifically relevant education and experience may substitute on a year for year basis.
- Successful completion of background investigation.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Government budgeting experience strongly preferred.
- Strong proven ability to build and maintain effective and amiable inter-departmental business relationships.
- Experience with governmental accounting or auditing.
- Master’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Public Administration, or Business Administration strongly preferred.
- CPA license strongly preferred.
- CAFR desirable.
APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS
To be considered for this opportunity please:
- Complete and submit an online Pierce County Employment Application by selecting “APPLY” above or go to: www.piercecountywa.org/jobs.
- If you do not have internet access, you may visit your local public library or any WorkSource location and use their computers.
- Individuals needing accommodation in the application, testing process or need this job announcement in an alternative format may call Human Resources at (253) 798-7480, at least two days prior to the need.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, Pierce County welcomes a diverse workforce. Pierce County does not discriminate based on race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a disabled person.