Financial Manager

Financial ManagerThe Financial Manager coordinates and monitors various financial activities and procedures to effectively manage budgets, programs and services for Harris County Universal Services (HCUS). This role leads the full lifecycle of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) submission process, ensuring accurate forecasting, cross department collaboration, and timely delivery of all required documentation. The Financial Manager develops advanced reporting tools, dashboards, and financial models; prepares monthly and ad hoc financial reports; and delivers department wide budget training to strengthen financial literacy and compliance. The position also supervises and develops the Financial Analyst, ensuring consistent, high quality financial analysis and support across the department.Duties and Responsibilities:Direct the end-to-end CIP submission process, including annual planning, forecasting, documentation review, and coordination with Directors and Project Managers.Ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with departmental priorities, funding strategies, and long-range capital planning.Serve as the primary point of contact for CIP requirements, deadlines, templates, and process improvements.Monitor all HCUS expenditure and revenue funds, developing financial forecasts, trend analyses, and long-range models.Provide actionable insights to senior leadership to support strategic decision making.Lead department wide budget training, including annual budget kickoff, CIP training modules, and targeted workshops.Develop training materials, guides, templates, and dashboards to support consistent financial practices across HCUS.Design and maintain financial tools, dashboards, and automated reporting solutions using Power BI, QuickBase, and advanced Excel functionality (pivot tables, data modeling, complex formulas).Identify and implement process enhancements to improve efficiency, accuracy, and transparency in financial reporting.Prepare monthly financial reports for Directors, including key metrics, CIP progress, financial outcomes, and variance analysis.Complete ad hoc reporting requests from senior and executive leadership.Oversee budgetary review and approval of requests submitted through the PPA system.Manage and direct daily activities of the Financial Analyst, including recruitment, training, coaching, and performance evaluation.Provide mentorship in forecasting, modeling, CIP preparation, and financial systems.Serve as backup to the Budget Director for budget transfers, fund structure maintenance, budget entry, and annual budget development.Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you need special services or accommodations, please call View phone number on click.appcast.io or email View email address on click.appcast.io. This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.