Financial Analyst III

Performs highly responsible and complex professional work in the administration and coordination of the Countywide budgeting and financial reporting processes. Works independently and exercises significant professional judgment in providing financial analysis and monitoring to ensure compliance with given fiscal constraints and policy objectives. Reports to Deputy Chief Financial Officer or other designated person and works with co-workers, department directors, auditor, vendors, the general public, and elected officials and representatives to provide accurate and accessible reporting.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Manages assigned areas of Augusta's overall financial operations, providing ongoing monitoring and regular reporting. Proactively provides recommendations to Chief Finance Officer, Deputy CFO, Budget Manager, and other managers for proposed solutions and adjustments.
• Develops and maintains substantial assigned areas of the annual budget with a significant degree of independence. Performs technical analysis, research, and reporting; performs or reviews monthly reconciliations; meets with department heads and other senior leadership; assists departmental staff with request preparation; monitors budgets; and researches and assesses programs and community needs
• Coordinates data gathering in assigned areas for preparation of annual financial statements, ACFR, and other financial reporting throughout the fiscal year. Works with departments and other analysts to ensure information provided is complete and correct; provides analysis; compiles reports and schedules as needed.
• Provide high-level fiscal, management, and productivity studies for departmental and senior leadership; prepares cost-benefit analyses, projections, and other fiscal and management studies; analyzes data and develops conclusions and recommendations for the Chief Financial Officer and other leadership.
• Provides consultative guidance and training for customer departments, other analysts, and interns a needed.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature.

Education: BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or other related occupational field. Master's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration or related field strongly preferred.

Experience: Five (5) years in Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, or Business Management. Governmental accounting/budget experience strongly preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Considerable knowledge of procedures and requirements for budget preparation, review and analysis procedures, financial system operation, and local government accounting.
• Considerable knowledge of cost accounting and project accounting.
• Proficiency in financial analysis and report development.
• Familiarity with relevant federal, state, and local laws and county policies and procedures.
• Proficiency in principles of generally accepted accounting practices, planning, organizing, establishing priorities, and interpersonal relations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience in using with financial system software for transactions and reporting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Demonstrated ability to think critically and solve problems, organize information clearly and precisely, work under time constraints, and work independently.
• Preferred: Considerable knowledge of Governmental accounting.
• Preferred: Considerable knowledge of grant management and/or capital project financial management.  

Certification:  CPA, CGFM, CFPO preferred.

Other:  This position requires travel from office to other locations.

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria. Includes exercising discretion in determining actual or probable consequences and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to work with others to coordinate the more complex programs and more complex problems associated with the responsibilities of the Often represents the department and/or organization when dealing with others.
• Equipment: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Verbal: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.
• Math: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving broader aspects of organizational programs and operations, moderately unstable situations, or the direction, control and planning of an entire program or set of
• Physical Abilities: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental.

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, respon ibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.