SENIOR MANAGER, BUDGET (FINANCIAL PLANNING) at Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CA) – Los Angeles, California

Conducts, coordinates, and implements the financial activities necessary for developing agency-wide annual funding plans and projections; uses financial modeling and revenue forecasting to fund agency-wide annual budget; and manages and maintains the agency-wide funding allocation, funding amendments, and fund balance. 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.

• Conducts and implements the production, audit, and analysis of Metro's agency-wide annual funding plans and 10-year funding projections

• Utilizes technology to manage and maintain the agency-wide funding allocation, funding amendments, and fund balance

• Assists in production of Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and Adopted Budget

• Utilizes technology to monitor and analyze economic trends in the region, monitors budget impact of state and federal funding, develops forecast models for estimating sales tax revenues and operating revenues, monitors the actual sales tax revenue, and analyzes the variance impact to the budget and operating

• Oversees the development of an integrated comprehensive revenue and fund management system

• Manages Metro's multi-billion-dollar annual operating budget process, including budgeting assumptions, training, analysis of budget submittals, and final presentation materials to Board of Directors

• Utilizes technology to coordinate and assemble all data provided by agency departments resulting in management reports and agency-wide budget documents

• Directs development of complex financial analysis models and provides financial impacts to agency management

• Resolves inter-unit and agency-wide budget issues

• Provides research, analysis, and problem resolution to executive management

• Assists in the budgeting, allocation, and analysis of benefits, insurance, allocated overhead, and pension plans, and recommends changes

• Assists in the analysis and recommendation of methods for the budgeting of workers' compensation, casualty and liability, and property risks

• Conducts studies of the more complex financial system operations

• 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

• Leads and prepares agency's quarterly variance report and quarterly Financial Board Report

• Prepares monthly reports to the Board of Directors regarding activities in Finance and Budget

• Keeps up to date on current benefit, insurance, and pension legislations and industry practices to sufficiently and appropriately inform the Board, CEO (Chief Executive Officer), and the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of the changes and impact

• Supervises, trains, mentors, and motivates assigned staff

• Communicates and implements safety rules, policies, processes and procedures in support of the agency's safety vision and goals; 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

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 year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, or a related field; Master's Degree in a related field preferred

Experience

• Six years of relevant experience or three years of relevant supervisory-level experience in budgeting, financial forecasting, government funding, government finance, and debt issuance in a finance organization; experience in transit finance preferred

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

• Treasury Department personnel must qualify to be bonded

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license 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.

The following are the preferred qualifications:

• Experience securing local, state, and federal transportation funding, including grants

• Experience managing and preparing capital project budgets, developing funding plans and strategies, and forecasting revenue and cost projections related to public infrastructure

• Experience applying debt financing or other forms of borrowing to fund capital projects

• Experience interpreting budget data and working with accounting to accurately produce complex financial calculations on Excel

Knowledge of (defined as a learned body of information that is required for and applied in the performance of job tasks)

• Theories, principles, and practices of accounting, finance, and economics, including GAAP, GASB, governmental accounting, and business finance
• Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations governing pension and benefits administration
• Federal, state, and local regulations governing financial institutions
• Federal, state, and local grant funding and application procedures
• Agency funding procedures
• Transit industry
• Metro's organization
• Modern management theory

Skill in (defined as the proficient manual, verbal, or mental utilization of data, people, or things)

• Statistical and financial research, analysis, and complex modeling
• Developing, implementing, and evaluating budgeting and performance policies, targets, and controls for the entire agency
• Determining strategies to achieve goals
• Analyzing data and situations, identifying problems, implementing solutions, and evaluating outcomes
• Exercising sound judgment and creativity in making decisions and recommendations
• Communicating effectively orally and in writing complex issues which are critical to achieving Metro's goals and objectives
• Preparing comprehensive reports and correspondence
• Interacting professionally with the Board of Directors and their respective staffs, Metro executive staff, various levels of Metro employees, elected officials, and union and outside representatives
• Collaborating with groups
• Supervising, training, mentoring, and motivating assigned staff
• Applicable business software applications

Ability to (defined as a present competence to perform an observable behavior or produce an observable result)

• Develop resolutions and recommendations
• Define complex issues
• Multi-task and work under pressure
• Meet precision and productivity requirements
• Think and act independently
• Handle highly confidential material
• 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

Special Conditions

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Metro provides reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working Conditions

• Typical office situation

• Close exposure to computer monitors and video screen

Physical Effort Required

• Sitting at a desk or table

• Operate a telephone or other telecommunications device and communicate through the medium

• Type and use a keyboard and mouse to perform necessary computer-based functions

• Communicating through speech in the English language required
  
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