Title: Director of Municipal Finance
Supervisor: Mayor
Grade: N/A
Union: No
Classification: Exempt
Summary: Directs the organization's financial planning and accounting practices as well as its relationship with lending institutions and the financial community by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate managers.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Include the following; other duties may be assigned.
- Oversees and directs treasury, budgeting, audit, tax, accounting, purchasing, real estate, and insurance activities for the organization.
- Directs the City Accountant in providing and directing procedures and systems necessary to maintain proper records and to afford adequate accounting controls and services.
- Directs the Treasurer/Collector in activities as custodian of funds, securities, and assets of the organization.
- Appraises the organization's financial position and issues periodic financial and operating reports.
- Directs and coordinates the establishment of budget programs.
- Analyzes, consolidates, and directs all cost accounting procedures together with other statistical and routine reports.
- Oversees and directs the Assessor's functions.
- Directs and analyzes studies of general economic, business, and financial conditions and their impact on the organization's policies and operations.
- Manages subordinate supervisors who supervise employees in the Accounting, Assessors office, and Treasurer/Collector's office. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units.
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
- The Department of Municipal Finance shall assume all of the duties and responsibilities related to municipal finance activities and it may have such additional powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to municipal finance related functions and activities as the City may from time to time provide, by ordinance.
QUALIFICATIONS: - The Director of Municipal Finance shall be a person especially fitted by education, experience and training to perform the duties of the office.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance or stoop.
The employee must lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to [redacted] or City of Beverly, Human Resources, 191 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA 01915 
