City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Hybrid, Director & above Andrew DeZarn City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Hybrid, Director & above Andrew DeZarn

Director, Grants Accounting

  • Develops and maintains a long-term financial plan, integrating revenue, expenses, and capital expansion for the Department of Aviation

  • Forecasts financial needs, analyzes risk, directs the annual budgeting process, and provides performance reports to senior management

  • Manages daily operations, develops organizational structure, and leads staff, ensuring policy application and resource allocation


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

Read More
Evercore, New York, On-site, Early career Andrew DeZarn Evercore, New York, On-site, Early career Andrew DeZarn

Exp. Analyst, Internal Audit

  • Conducts control testing, gathers supporting documentation, and documents audit findings

  • Identifies and evaluates control weaknesses and monitors their remediation

  • Assists with SOX compliance, researches new guidelines, and supports various internal audit activities


About the Company

Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm. It is dedicated to helping clients achieve superior results through trusted independent and innovative advice on matters of strategic significance to boards of directors, management teams, and shareholders—including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder advisory, restructuring, and capital structure. Evercore also assists clients in raising public & private capital, delivers equity research, equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth individuals. Founded in 1995, the Firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices and affiliate offices in major financial centers in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

About the Job

The Internal Audit Department (‘IA’) provides the Audit Committee and Senior Management with independent, objective assurance and advises on leading practices designed to add value and enhance operations. The Analyst will report directly to the Associate Internal Auditor.

Responsibilities

  • The Analyst’s primary responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

    • Perform control testing over certain areas of the business in support of the Firm’s annual Sarbanes Oxley 404 attestation and certain operational and compliance related audits

    • Participate in the coordination and request of relevant supporting documentation from control owners and business unit leads

    • Summarize audit fieldwork and ensure IA’s workpapers are of high-quality standards and align with IA’s methodology

    • Identify, evaluate, document and monitor the remediation of control deficiencies

    • Keep abreast of new accounting and SOX compliance guidelines and interpretations

    • Assist in supporting non-audit related activities and projects, internal of and external to, the IA Department

Qualifications

  • The ideal candidate will have a strong team-based attitude and work ethic

  • They will be ambitious and resourceful, as well as intellectually curious and eager to learn

  • B.A. in Accounting required;

    • minor in Information Technology or Data Analytics is a plus

    • CPA candidate is also a plus

  • Mature, proactive and willing to take initiative with high commitment to providing quality client service

  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and work with professionals of all levels

  • Able to work well in a team-oriented environment and independently

  • Strong time management skills and quick ability to learn

Read More