Director, Grants Accounting
About the Company
At the City of Atlanta, we are passionate about building and improving our community. Our police officers, firefighters and building inspectors keep our citizens safe. Our Public Works staff keeps our City clean and helps maintain, build and improve our City’s infrastructure. Our City planners help envision and shape future City growth. Our Parks & Recreation professionals enhance our quality of life.
Our engineers help keep our drinking water clean, the largest airport in the world (by passenger volume) operating and our buildings maintained. Along with the host of Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources professionals whose support is vital, we are the City of Atlanta! If you are seeking a meaningful role where you can make a real difference improving and growing our City, we welcome you to explore the job opportunities we have to offer.
About the Job
The Director of Grants Accounting builds and maintains a long term financial plan for DOA that integrates revenue, expense, financing and capital expansion plans into cohesive program. This is a high level of strategic and operations management reporting to a top department executive or a department deputy. Position manages a primary function of the department and recommends operating policy and procedure subject to department executive approval. This level would be expected to manage a varied array of professionals and managers. This is NOT a routine promotional level and the specific justification for classification at this level must be documented.
Responsibilities
Builds and maintains a long term financial plan for DOA that integrates revenue, expense, financing and capital expansion plans into cohesive program
Forecasts and plans for the financial needs of the Airport (Long Range Financial Plan - LRFP)
Analyzes and measures financial risk
Actualizes the plan through budgeting and performance management
Directs and supports the LRFP updates
Directs and supervises the annual budgeting process
Provides reports and presentations to senior management regarding forecasting, planning and budgeting and financial performance
Manages the day to day operations. Creates operating plans, forecasts and reporting systems
Manages the budget preparation, submittal and administration
Develops organizational structure and selects, develops and manages staff
Establishes internal processes, interprets and applies organizational policies
Provides input into policy and strategy
Manages purchasing, inventory, equipment maintenance and other asset related functions and approves purchase/supply orders, expense accounts
May make purchasing or resource allocation decisions within organization guidelines
Applies organizational policies
May interpret organizational policies and recommend exceptions
Qualifications
Education & Experience:
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field with 8-12 years' of accounting experience and demonstrated management experience
Master's degree in accounting, finance or related field with 5-8 years' of accounting management experience is preferred
Equivalent professional experience may be considered for substitution for the required degree on an exception basis
Knowledge & Skills:
Strong general accounting and GAAP knowledge. Strong knowledge of spreadsheet modeling
In depth knowledge of airport operations
Strong leadership and management skills
Strong planning, organizational and presentation skills
Ability to perform economic analysis and modeling
Knowledge of operating procedures for Microsoft Office, accounting software and other financial databases
Ability to analyze situations or data requiring an in depth knowledge of selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
