Manager, General Ledger - Metropolitan Council

Posting number: Metropolitan Council

Department: Not Applicable

Job classification: City Job

Posting type: Open

Categories: Accounting and Finance

Summary

The Manager, General Ledger provides leadership/daily work direction to GL team. Ensures financial controls are appropriately used in gathering financial data for Operations/Capital transactions. Verifies necessary financial controls/procedures are being used to gather information for financial reports.
•Provide leadership/direction to GL team in development of the Council’s Comprehensive Financial Report, State Audit, Federal/State reporting for grant monies and internal management and financial reports.
•Lead staff on accounting activities (month-end/year-end close, reconciliation of external data to general ledger, grant accounting, internal/external reporting, capital asset accounting, payroll accounting, and journal entries.
•Act as primary advisor for financial theory GASB’s and document effects statements have on the Council’s financials. Communicate to all areas of impact.
•Monitor compliance with legal/policy requirements/effectiveness of internal controls in our systems/practices. Monitor new financial policies that need to be in place for the GL team.
•Develop goals and benchmarks to evaluate individual performance.

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