Salary : $51,417.00 – $79,969.00 Annually
Location : Grand Prairie, TX
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2023-00314
Department: Parks, Arts & Recreation
Division: Lake Operations
Opening Date: 08/23/2023
Closing Date: 9/23/2023 5:00 PM Central
Job Summary
Do you enjoy preparing departmental annual budgets? Do you have a passion for administering and monitoring financial and statistical reports? The City of Grand Prairie might be the place for you! We are seeking a talented individual to prepare budgets, oversee departmental purchases and so much more! Apply with us today and become an integral part of our team!
The purpose of this position is to monitor and prepare the department’s annual budget and provide financial and statistical reports. This is accomplished by managing and preparing various budgets and computing financial and statistical reports. Other duties include monitoring and administering the billing and collections system and programs and making departmental purchases.
Essential Job Functions
This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The following examples do not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent.
This position has responsibilities that require exerting up to 10 pounds occasionally or negligible weights frequently; sitting most of the time.
- Manages various budgets by assigning account numbers; approving payments; tracking expenses and revenues; computing and analyzing projections; reconciling accounts monthly; providing project status updates to managers; making recommendations; administering professional services, equipment maintenance and grant contracts; completing and submitting budgets; making transfers; auditing the petty cash drawer; and seeking other funding sources.
- Prepares the annual department proposed budget by analyzing historical trends; requesting and receiving staff recommendations; researching cost and necessity; computing impacts; surveying other cities; computing revenue expectations; providing summary reports; attending meetings; making recommendations; completing required forms; providing supporting documentation; and discussing or justifying needs.
- Computes financial and statistical reports by reconciling expenses, revenue, and calls; entering criteria parameters; running reports from user systems (Lawson, VMS, EMS, etc.), and Amazon, to compute various reports.
- Makes departmental purchases by assigning account numbers; researching bid specifications; initiating bids with Purchasing; following City purchasing procedures; analyzing bids; making purchasing recommendations; coordinating and communicating with other departments, vendors and staff; and completing and submitting council communications when required.
- Monitors and administers billing and collections system and programs by attending courses to maintain compliance with claims filing, privacy and governmental requirements; making changes to billing system tables according to governmental requirements; reviewing documentation; determining or authorizing medical indigence qualifications; maintaining member program; applying charges and payments; and reconciling monthly.
- All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may qualify. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:
- Education: Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. Knowledge is normally acquired through four years of college resulting in a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Relevant experience may be substituted for education.
- Experience: Over one (1) year
- Licenses: Valid Driver’s License required
- Certifications Required: None
The City offers a full range of benefits for full time employees, including, but not limited to the plans as defined in the Benefits Guide.
01
What is the highest level of Education obtained?
- Some high school, no diploma or GED
- High School Diploma/GED
- Some College, no degree
- Technical or Trade School (Did not complete)
- Technical or Trade School (Completed)
- Associate’s Degree
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Master’s Degree
- Doctorate Degree
02
Do you have a Valid Driver’s license?
- Yes
- No
03
Are you available to work a flexible schedule to including nights, weekends, and some holidays if needed?
- Yes
- No
04
Do you have any public sector financial administration experience?
- Yes
- No
05
Please select your computer skill level using Microsoft Office.
- No experience
- Basic
- Intermediate
- Advanced
06
How many years of increasingly responsible experience and comprehensive background in a financial and related government discipline do you have?
- Under 6 months
- 1 year under 2 years
- 2 years under 3 years
- 3 years under 4 years
- 4 years under 5 years
- Over 5 years
Required Question