Finance Manager - San Dieguito Water District at City of Encinitas – Encinitas, California

• Supervises employees to include prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations, ensuring staff are trained, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
• Prepares a variety of reports related to departmental operations and activities; may prepare agenda reports for City Council and Water Board approval.
• Assists in developing and implementing departmental goals and objectives; implements and maintains assigned program area procedures; evaluates effectiveness of programs, including researching, analyzing, and recommending policy or program changes.
• Investigates and resolves the more complex inquiries, requests, and customer complaints; provides information and explanations to customers regarding policies, rules, and regulations.
• Coordinates use of the computer systems in assigned areas including facilitating, scheduling, and troubleshooting program, application, and system errors; ensures accuracy of data and records.
• Assumes responsibility for the performance of all functions within the assigned division.
• Conducts a variety of organizational studies, investigations, and operational studies; recommends modifications to assigned programs, policies, and procedures, as appropriate.
• Reviews, evaluates and recommends improvements to the District's administrative and financial internal control systems and procedures to safeguard District assets and ensure compliance.
• Manages the monitoring and maintenance of the District's computerized accounting and financial reporting system; maintains chart of accounts; performs year end close; analyzes and creates financial software set-ups; implements corrections and enhancements to the system as necessary.
• Prepares and makes effective presentations to senior management, elected officials, and the public.

• Responsible for preparing and monitoring the District’s annual multi-million dollar operating and CIP budgets and present quarterly updates to the District Board

• Analyze District water sales and purchases to ensure sufficient supplies.

• Periodically review District water rates and charges to determine if sufficient funds are being generated to operate the enterprise.

• Initiate cost of service studies to develop new water rates and charges when needed and ensure that all state required noticing requirements for implementation are followed.

• Coordinate and represent District with partner agencies including Metropolitan Water District, San Diego County Water Authority on its various committees, SEJPA, SFID, OMWD, as well as private businesses.

• Provide direction over the District’s water conservation and outreach program

• Provides highly responsible staff assistance to the Department Director and District Manager.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge of: principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation; advanced principles and practices of budget preparation and administration; advanced principles and practices of municipal financing and governmental accounting; advanced financial analysis and research procedures; pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations concerning finance and accounting functions; principles and practices used in dealing with the public. The ideal candidate will have skill in: managing the programs, services and staff responsible for providing accounting functions effectively and efficiently; analyzing, developing, and improving upon accounting records and procedures; analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions, and implementing recommendations in support of goals; forecasting revenue and cash flows; preparing and administering budgets; monitoring and evaluating employees; prioritizing and assigning work; using a computer and related software applications; communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.