[Hiring] Financial Analyst @Las Virgenes Municipal Water District

Role Description

Under the general supervision of the Principal Financial Analyst, a Financial Analyst I/II coordinates the development of the District budget and performs a variety of financial analyses, projections, and reporting.

• Coordinates the development of District budget data
• Publishes budget guidelines and calendar
• Conducts and overviews analysis of budget revenue and expenditures
• Works with departments to prepare monthly budget analysis
• Maintains records of budget transfers and approved changes
• Ensures accuracy of budget data in the system
• Publishes the completed budget and presents to the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and California Society of Municipal Finance Officers (CSMFO) for awards
• Supports water and sewer rate analysis
• Analyzes variance in revenue and expenses
• Analyzes working capital for various funds
• Analyzes and maintains data used in financial forecasts
• Records and reviews prepaid capacity fees
• Reconciles general ledger to subsidiary balances
• Conducts financial analyses and participates in the preparation of annual reports and audited financial statements and disclosures
• Prepares monthly and quarterly capital projects status report
• Prepares a variety of local, state, and federally mandated reports
• Participates in year-end closing and audit activities
• Prepares a variety of year-end schedules and reconciliations and Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA)
• Works with operating departments to prepare and monitor adherence to federal, state, and local grant financial reporting requirements
• Assists the purchasing unit with monitoring contract agreements
• Prepares and distributes reports related to contract agreements to help ensure the effective procurement and management of contracts in compliance with purchasing policies
• Responds to internal and external customers, and other agencies' requests for specialized information
• May provide training and technical guidance to employees

Qualifications

• Generally accepted accounting principles and practices, methods and techniques
• Principles and practices of governmental budget management
• Methods of economical and statistical analyses
• Automated accounting systems
• Business software applications including spreadsheet software
• District and governmental financial reporting requirements

Requirements

• Develop, analyze, and monitor complex budgets
• Operate common office equipment including computers and related accounting and financial reporting software
• Analyze a variety of accounting transactions and related data to develop financial statements and reports
• Interpret and apply District and other policies and procedures, laws and requirements related to financial transactions and reporting requirements
• Use good judgment in the application of policies and procedures to assigned work
• Organize work to meet deadlines
• Independently complete assigned tasks under minimal supervision
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Establish effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of assigned duties

Training and Experience Guidelines

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, economics, or a related field
• Financial Analyst I: One (1) year of increasingly responsible experience preparing and analyzing financial records and reports
• Financial Analyst II: Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience preparing and analyzing financial records and reports including experience with budget development, analysis, and monitoring

Required Certifications, Licenses, and Registrations

• None

Desired Certifications, Licenses, and Registrations

• None