· Oversees the financial aspects of projects, ensuring they stay within budgetary restraints and align with organizational objectives.
· Facilitates communication and collaborates between team members, management, and vendors to achieve project goals.
· Processes and reviews construction invoices, verifies retainage, ensures timely payments to vendors.
· Enters and reviews budget adjustments for compliance with City policy.
· Reviews expense requisitions for appropriate coding.
· Provides assistance to departments on matters related to budget allocations and reports.
· Reviews expense reports and researches discrepancies to ensure expenditures remain within budgeted amounts.
· Provides assistance to departments in preparing the operating fiscal year budget, capital plan, and position allocation list.
· Prepares a variety of regular and special reports.
· Assists in reviewing operational and financial budget proposals submitted by department heads and managers.
· Assists in preparing and submitting operation and capital budget summaries for review by senior management and City Council.
· Assists in the preparation of final budget documents.
· Performs related duties.
· Knowledge of project life cycles.
· Knowledge of AIA construction invoices and computation of retainage.
· Knowledge of budget development and GAAP principles and practices.
· Knowledge of relevant federal and state laws, city ordinances, and department policies and procedures.
· Knowledge of computers and job-related software programs.
· Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
· Skill in problem solving.
· Skill in prioritizing and planning.
· Skill in interpersonal relations.
· Skill in oral and written communication.
· Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of a baccalaureate degree in a course of study related to Accounting or Finance.
· Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.
· Ability to be bonded.