Basic Function
Manages and coordinates financial activities for Metro in the areas of accounting, treasury operations, employee benefits, budgeting, risk management, finance, and labor economics.
This position will report to the Countywide Planning and Development office. This position will develop funding plans, forecast revenues, and identify funding strategies that include the use of state and federal grants as well as debt financing. Responsibilities include financial analysis, Excel modeling, reconciliation with budget and accounting data, preparation of written reports and presentations, and programming funds for major projects and funding programs.
Example Of Duties
- Utilizes technology to coordinate and assemble all data provided by agency departments resulting in management reports and agency-wide budget documents
- Provides research, analysis, and problem resolution to executive management
- Conducts studies of the more complex financial system operations, including the development of forecast models for estimating salary and benefit changes and budgetary impacts
- Serves as project manager in various ad hoc research studies, such as designing management financial reports, evaluating the impact of capital programs, and other projects
- Supervises, train, mentors, and motivates assigned staff
- Communicates and implements safety rules, policies, process, and procedures in support of the agency′s safety vision and goals; and maintains accountability for the safety performance of all assigned employees
- Contributes to ensuring that the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies and programs of Metro are carried out
May be required to perform other related job duties
Requirements For Employment
A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a two-for-one year basis. A typical combination includes:
Education - Bachelor′s Degree in Business Administration or in a technical financial discipline, such as Accounting, Finance, or Economics; Master′s Degree in a related field preferred
Experience - Six years of relevant experience or three years of relevant supervisory-level experience in the area of finance
Certifications/Licenses/Special Requirements - A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions
- Professional certifications such as CPA (Certified Public Accountant) or CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) preferred
Preferred Qualifications Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity. These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs will help support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically be selected.
- Experience conducting governmental financial planning and analysis or other quantitative modeling for funding of public capital infrastructure projects
- Experience preparing funding strategies for projects and programs, and revenue and cost projections
- Experience managing state or federal funding and grant programs
Knowledge:
- Theories, principles, and practices of accounting, finance, business administration, banking, economics, modeling, and investment management
- Theories, principles, and practices of transportation, planning, and public finance
- Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations governing investment options and pension and benefits administration
- Federal and state regulations governing financial institutions
- Financial analysis, research procedures, and document retention
Skills: - Managing and performing analytical work in financial management
- Determining strategies to achieve goals
- Analyzing situations, identifying problems, and developing and recommending solutions
- Exercising sound judgment and creativity in making decisions and recommendations
- Communicating effectively orally and in writing
- Preparing complex, comprehensive reports and correspondence
- Interacting professionally with Metro′s Board of Directors and their respective staffs, Metro executive staff, various levels of Metro employees, elected officials, union, and outside representatives
- Supervising, training, mentoring, and motivating assigned staff
Abilities:
- Compile, analyze, and interpret highly complex data
- Handle highly confidential material
- Communicate complex issues which are critical to achieving Metro's goals and objectives
- Establish and maintain business relationships with executive level staff
- Understand interpret, and apply Metro policies, rules, regulations, contracts, budgets, and labor agreements
- Read, write, speak, and understand English
Selection Procedure
Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
Application Procedure
To apply, visit Metro's website at www.metro.net and complete an online Employment Application.
Computers are available to complete online Employment Applications at the following Metro location:
METRO Headquarters, Employment Office
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Telephone: (213) 922-6217 or persons with hearing or speech impairments can use California Relay Service 711 to contact Metro.
All completed online Employment Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date.
*Open to the public and all Metro employeesThis job bulletin is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform other related job duties.
Closing Date/Time: 02-MAY-24
