CONTROLLER

Effective: 11/21/03
Range M-29
Respirator Class: 3

Definition
Plan, organize, direct, and control the District's financial, accounting, treasury activities and management information systems; provide management and the Board of Directors with effective assistance in the areas of fiscal planning and control, accounting, budgeting, and investing public funds; and perform other work as required.

Supervision Received And Exercised

• Receive general direction from the Director of Administration.
• Exercise direct supervision over professional, technical, and clerical staff.

Examples Of Essential Duties
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Plan, organize, direct, and review the work of Accounting staff in the Accounting and Management Information Systems Division; develop and implement goals, objectives, work standards, policies, and procedures.
• Establish and monitor internal accounting controls.
• Manage preparation of the District's annual budget; prepare and review monthly financial statements, account reconciliations, and financial analyses; present reports to the Board of Directors; project and monitor annual Sewer Service Charge Revenue Program, including the collection of revenue through the County tax rolls.
• Prepare and administer budget for areas of responsibility.
• Prepare a wide variety of detailed and analytical accounting, statistical, and narrative reports necessary for fiscal review.
• Manage the District's temporary investment portfolio; provide instructions to the County Treasurer's Office for execution; review the District's investment policy and recommend  revisions to the Board of Directors; participate in planning and administering long-term revenue or debt financing.
• Direct the preparation for, and coordinate the completion of, the District's annual audit; prepare or supervise the preparation of various reports to regulatory and other agencies.
• Direct the design and installation of computer-based applications for the District's financial management information system.
• Oversee the District’s Management Information Systems and computer/internet activities.
• Confer with financial institution representatives on District accounts.
• Act as Trustee for District’s Deferred Compensation Program.
• Recommend selection of personnel; evaluate staff; provide or coordinate staff training; encourage professional growth.
• Represent the District in meetings with governmental and regulatory agencies, private firms, public, and others; coordinate activities with other divisions and departments.
• Assume responsibility for the Administrative Department as assigned.
• Perform related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge of:

• Principles and practices of effective supervision and management.
• Principles and practices of municipal accounting, finance, budgeting, debt funding, and record keeping.
• Internal accounting control concepts and auditing principles, techniques, and practices.
• Budget preparation and control procedures.
• Applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
• Basic knowledge of management information systems and computer networks.
• Methods of using data processing applications for statistics, investment, and financial management reporting and control.

Ability to:

• On a continuous basis know generally accepted accounting principles; observe subordinates' work activity; remember consistent application of accounting procedures; and understand financial issues reviewed at Board of Directors meetings.
• Intermittently analyze financial and accounting reports; identify problems by reviewing financial statements and reconciliations; interpret government statutes and regulations; resolve problems related to personnel issues; and explain causes of financial statement variances to the Board of Directors.
• Sit at desk and in meetings for long periods of time on a continuous basis. Intermittently use telephone, write or use a keyboard to communicate through written means, and lift or carry weight of 10 pounds or less.
• Plan, organize, and manage complex financial and accounting activities, and related data processing.
• Analyze financial data and prepare findings.
• Oversee operation of Management Information Systems and computer network.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Comprehend and interpret complex statutory regulations and requirements.
• Monitor and control operating expenses within budget constraints.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Supervise, evaluate, and train personnel.

Experience And Education
Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:

• Eight years of varied and progressively responsible financial and accounting experience, at least three of which included supervisory and/or management responsibilities.  Postgraduate education can be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of two years.

Education:

• Equivalent to possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in an accounting or related field, and possession of a master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.

Licenses And Certificates

• Possession of a valid California Driver's License.