Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Houston, TX
Job Type: Regular Full-time
Job Number: 17059
Department: Universal Services
Opening Date: 08/20/2026
Closing Date: 9/20/2026 11:59 PM Central
Max Number of Applicants: 100

Position Description
POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Financial Manager coordinates and monitors of various financial activities and procedures to effectively manage budgets, programs and services for Harris County Universal Services (HCUS). This role leads the full lifecycle of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) submission process, ensuring accurate forecasting, cross department collaboration, and timely delivery of all required documentation. The Financial Manager develops advanced reporting tools, dashboards, and financial models; prepares monthly and ad hoc financial reports; and delivers department wide budget training to strengthen financial literacy and compliance. The position also supervises and develops the Financial Analyst, ensuring consistent, high quality financial analysis and support across the department.
Duties and Responsibilities:

Lead CIP Program Planning & Submission

• Direct the end-to-end CIP submission process, including annual planning, forecasting, documentation review, and coordination with Directors and Project Managers.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with departmental priorities, funding strategies, and long-range capital planning.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for CIP requirements, deadlines, templates, and process improvements.

Financial Forecasting & Fund Monitoring

• Monitor all HCUS expenditure and revenue funds, developing financial forecasts, trend analyses, and long-range models.
• Provide actionable insights to senior leadership to support strategic decision making.

Budget Process Leadership & Department Training

• Lead department wide budget training, including annual budget kickoff, CIP training modules, and targeted workshops.
• Develop training materials, guides, templates, and dashboards to support consistent financial practices across HCUS.

Advanced Reporting, Tools & Data Visualization

• Design and maintain financial tools, dashboards, and automated reporting solutions using Power BI, QuickBase, and advanced Excel functionality (pivot tables, data modeling, complex formulas).
• Identify and implement process enhancements to improve efficiency, accuracy, and transparency in financial reporting.

Monthly & Ad Hoc Reporting

• Prepare monthly financial reports for Directors, including key metrics, CIP progress, financial outcomes, and variance analysis.
• Complete ad hoc reporting requests from senior and executive leadership.

Pre-Purchasing Application (PPA) Review & Approval

• Oversee budgetary review and approval of requests submitted through the PPA system.

Supervision & Staff Development

• Manage and direct daily activities of the Financial Analyst, including recruitment, training, coaching, and performance evaluation.
• Provide mentorship in forecasting, modeling, CIP preparation, and financial systems.

Budget Director Support

• Serve as backup to the Budget Director for budget transfers, fund structure maintenance, budget entry, and annual budget development.

Requirements
Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible financial analysis experience.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory or team lead experience.
• Demonstrated experience with Power BI, QuickBase, advanced Excel (pivot tables, modeling), data manipulation, and report writing.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with staff at all levels and across multiple divisions.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, data modeling, complex formulas, and large dataset manipulation.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and present complex financial data clearly.
• Detail oriented with a high level of accuracy and commitment to data integrity.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
• Ability to develop financial tools, templates, and automated reporting solutions.
• Preferred
• Strong experience with Power BI, including DAX, data modeling, and interactive dashboard development.
• Experience with Quickbase or similar workflow/low code platforms for financial processes or reporting.

Applicants for this position will be subject to a criminal background check that includes being fingerprinted. This applies to any position with network access to Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) or access to an area where CJIS is received, maintained or stored either manually or electronically (i.e. custodian, maintenance).

Automatic Disqualification:

• Convictions, probation, or deferred adjudication for any Felony, and any Class A Misdemeanor
• Convictions, probation, or deferred adjudication for a Class B Misdemeanor, if within the previous 10 years
• Open arrest for any criminal offense (Felony or Misdemeanor)
• Family Violence conviction

NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.

Preferences

• Experience with financial planning or ERP systems (e.g., Oracle PeopleSoft).
• Experience working with government agencies and governing bodies
• In-depth knowledge of public sector finance, including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards

General Information
Location:

• 406 Caroline St., Houston, Tx 77002

Work Schedule:

• 8 hours/day

Work Arrangement:

• Hybrid (combination of working from home and onsite through the work week)

Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.

HARRIS COUNTY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Harris County offers a highly competitive benefits program, featuring a comprehensive group health plan and defined benefit retirement plan.
The following benefits are offered only to Harris County employees in regular (full-time) positions:
Health & Wellness Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Wellness Plan
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Ten (10) days of vacation leave per year (accrual rate increases after 5 years of service)
• Eleven (11) County-observed holidays
• One (1) floating holiday per year
• Paid Parental Leave*
• Sick Leave

Retirement Savings Benefit

• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

The following benefits are available to Harris County employees in full-time and select part-time positions:

• Professional learning & development opportunities
• Retirement pension (TCDRS defined benefit plan)
• Flexible work schedule*
• METRO RideSponsor Program*

* Participation may vary by County department. The employee benefits plans of Harris County are extended to all eligible participants across various departments with the exception of the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, for which the cited Health & Wellness Benefits are administered through the State of Texas.
In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, group health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time. Harris County Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed.
For plan details, visit the Harris County Benefits & Wellness website:
01

Which of the following best describes your highest level of education completed as it relates to this position?Qualifying information must be documented in the Education section of your application.

• High School or GED diploma
• Associate Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree or higher
• None of the above

02

If you selected a college degree in response to the previous question, which of the following best describes your major?

• Finance
• Accounting
• Economics
• Other Related Field
• Unrelated Field
• N/A; No Degree

03

Please describe your educational background including level of education completed, area of study and completed major and minor programs.
04

Which of the following best describes your verifiable progressively responsible financial analysis experience?(To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history)

• Less than five (5) years
• Five (5) years but less than six (6) years
• Six (6) years but less than seven (7) years
• Seven (7) years or more
• I do not have this experience

05

Please provide the dates of employment during which you obtained experience working in a financial analysis role. Provide the month and year that began and ended the experience ( Example: "January 2020 - December 2025" ) If this experience is not clearly documented in the Work Experience section, your application will be disqualified. If you do not have this experience, type "N/A" in the space provided.
06

Do you have a minimum of 2 years of supervisory or team lead experience?

• Yes
• No

07

Which of the following do you have knowledge and/or experience with?Select all that apply:

• Experience with financial planning or ERP systems (e.g., Oracle PeopleSoft).
• Experience working with government agencies and governing bodies
• In-depth knowledge of public sector finance, including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards
• N/A; None of the above

08

Which of the following describes your level of proficiency using a personal computer and common office software such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Please select your level of proficiency based on the following descriptions:

Advanced:
A person with this level of skills is able to produce very large, complex formal documents that require a table of contents, footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, and other special elements; a wide range of graphic effects, and use advanced techniques for analyzing and manipulating data. Has full mastery of Macro commands and skills to tie the objects together into a cohesive system by using Macros and Visual Basic for Applications code. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons.

Intermediate:
A person with this level of skills is able to customize toolbars, import and insert graphs, embed Excel data, and elaborate reports. Understands the concepts of databases and is able to work with charts and to use the list management capabilities of Excel. Able to use complex query techniques, create efficient forms and reports, and create Macros to automate these forms. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons.

Basic:
A person with this level of skills is able to use basic formatting, editing, printing functions, and understands the document page setup. Has the ability to enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions. Understands the different database concepts and structures and is familiar with data validation and is able to create a simple presentation in PowerPoint, run it, and print it.

Entry Level:
A person with this level of skills has the ability to open, create, save and modify documents in Word, send and receive email in Outlook and create spreadsheets in Excel. Format documents for printing, comfortable using the printer menu to preview documents. Has ability to change the font, the margins, insert or delete pages and use the built-in spellchecker and grammar check.

• Advanced
• Intermediate
• Basic
• Entry Level
• Not proficient

Required Question