Head of Finance and Accounting

Job Description The City of Bangor is seeking candidates for the position of Finance Director. This is a highly visible leadership position, responsible for ensuring the City's financial resources are properly utilized, accounted for, and safeguarded. This includes the planning, directing, and coordinating the accounting, budgeting, treasury, auditing, and debt management operations of the city.

Please apply through the City of Bangor's website ( )for consideration. The Finance Director is responsible for ensuring the City’s financial resources are properly utilized, accounted for, and safeguarded; This includes the planning, directing, and coordinating the accounting, budgeting, treasury, auditing, and debt management operations of the City as prescribed by policy, statute, and local ordinances. Serves as a high-level leader in the organization reporting directly to the City Manager, providing insight and support to current and future programs and goals for all functions of the City. Plans, organizes, directs and reviews budget preparation and execution, revenue collection, fund accounting, and internal auditing for the City within established deadlines; Leads departmental personnel management activities including: recruitment and development, performance evaluations, and corrective action of employees.  Monitors all City department accounts by following prescribed accounting policies and statutes, reviewing departmental budget requests, and advising department heads of proper accounting procedures and practices.  Assists City Manager and other officials with developing and implementing City policies, procedures and projects, including: bond issues, financial forecasting and analyses, capital improvements investment of City monies, and other financial, budgeting and operating policies.  Oversees the development and implementation of departmental policies, procedures, and systems to provide appropriate internal financial controls and improve operational efficiency. Finance Director Page 1 of 4  Ensures compliance with the issuance of debt. This may involve serving as main liaison with Municipal bond Rating Agencies, City Financial Advisor, Bond Counsel, and other local financial institutions; and negotiating short-term revenue notes or tax anticipation loans based on analyses and estimates of municipal bank balances, receipts, and expenditures.  Coordinates City efforts as required to ensure accuracy and timelines of annual outside financial audit; coordinates City response to any audit findings and recommendations included in management letter.  Assists other key executive staff in understanding and complying with standard accounting/budgeting procedures, grant application and management, developing cost-benefit analyses of various City programs and services, developing cost of service information related to establishing fees for service, and responding to financial questions from the Council, the Manager, and the public.  Continually reviews City’s overall financial and budgetary status, identifies areas of potential financial problems and weaknesses and brings these to the attention of the City Manager and City Council along with recommendations on how to address these problems.  develops and presents policy and operational recommendations to the City Manager/City Council.  Represents City and Department before civic, professional and community groups; Handles information requests/complaints from the public as related to the Finance Department; explains departmental and City policies to the public; nCompany Description The City of Bangor provides a great number of services to our citizens across a dozen departments. We take pride in the variety of services we offer including a major Airport in Maine, a regional transit system, one of two Public Health Departments in the State, and the more typical type of service that our citizens have come to expect.
Our community is the third largest in Maine with just over 31,000 residents with a large influx during the day as commuters arrive to begin their workday. Nicknamed the “Queen City”, we boast several local colleges, full-service convention center, and a waterfront concert venue that draws large crowds to Bangor every year.
The City of Bangor provides a great number of services to our citizens across a dozen departments. From plowing roads to emergency response to registering your vehicle, the City of Bangor does it all. We take pride in the variety of services we offer including a major Airport in Maine, a regional transit system, one of two Public Health Departments in the State, and the more typical type of service that our citizens have come to expect.\n\nOur community is the third largest in Maine with just over 31,000 residents with a large influx during the day as commuters arrive to begin their workday. Nicknamed the “Queen City”, we boast several local colleges, full-service convention center, and a waterfront concert venue that draws large crowds to Bangor every year.\