Finance Director - City of Vestavia Hills

TARGET CLOSE DATE:

07/08/2025

PAY GRADE:

Grade 35

TYPE:

Full time

JOB SUMMARY:

The City of Vestavia is seeking a Finance Director to be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing financial operations within their respective jurisdictions. Employees in this position have a significant responsibility with regard to financial matters including the management of their jurisdiction’s finance department, selection and management of jurisdiction investments, the maintenance and oversight of the general ledger, and ensuring compliance with relevant federal/state/local laws. Finance Director IIIs work closely with executive-level management (e.g., Mayor, City Manager, department heads) to develop, manage, and maintain the budgets for their jurisdiction. They are also responsible for the coordination and oversight of various internal audits (e.g., annual, state, worker’s compensation), and ensuring that their jurisdiction is able to satisfy any corrective issues that may need to be made based on the results of the audit process. As supervisors of subordinate personnel, Finance Directors assign and review work, administer performance appraisals, provide work-related feedback, and make recommendations for disciplinary action when needed.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

The City of Vestavia Hills provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more. The pay range for this job is presented below:

City of Vestavia Hills: $106,849 - $165,755

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:

• Driver’s license.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration with a minimum of 15 semester hours in Accounting.

• Experience supervising employees to include training and directing the work of multiple subordinates.

• Experience developing, monitoring, and managing, a departmental budget (e.g., forecasting revenues, tracking expenditures).

• Experience closing books, preparing financial reports, and interpreting financial results to include reviewing for accuracy and completeness, analyzing budget variances, and identifying favorable and unfavorable trends.

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:

• Coordinates audits (e.g., annual, State, Workers’ Compensation) by maintaining audit-related records throughout the year, communicating with the audit company throughout the audit process, assigning audit-related work to staff, and reviewing final audit for accuracy and completeness.

• Coordinates the bond issue process by gathering financial information and working with bond attorney and the bond surveillance process by filling out bond questionnaires and answering financial questions during conferences.

• Prepares, monitors, and administers departmental or organizational budget by reviewing spending trends, expenditure reports, analyzing financial data and ensuring expenditures are within annual budgetary limits.

• Oversees the Finance Department of the City (e.g., accounts payable, cash receipts, payroll, human resources) and ensures compliance of federal, state, and local guidelines and laws (e.g., Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)).

• Maintains general ledger by moving money between operating funds, making journal entries, reviewing back account reconciliations, closing the books at the end of the fiscal year, and creating reports.

• Coordinates and/or manages city investments.

• Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress of work, providing feedback and/or training.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time, but may involve occasional walking or standing for brief periods. Job may also involve occasional light lifting of items or objects weighing up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is conducted almost exclusively indoors in an office setting and involves use of standard office equipment, such as computer, phone, copier, etc.

EEO STATEMENT:

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other