Description
Develops, interprets and implements highly complex financial/accounting concepts and advanced techniques for financial planning and control. Provides expert advisory capability and interpretation on all levels of financial activity. Plans, coordinates and executes policy implementation applicable to the installation of improved financial operations. Provides specialized technical analysis to determine present and future financial performance. Directs the development and implementation of new concepts and techniques for financial information analysis. Coordinates with all levels of management, within and outside of the institution, to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans, acquisition activity, trended future requirements, operating forecasts and similar complex financial matters. Acts as consultant to management on financial policy, procedure and application. Organizes information from a variety of sources to establish data banks for use in analyzing and creating future plans and forecasts. Performs complex economic research and studies on subjects such as rates of return, deprecations, working capital requirements, investment opportunities, investment performance, impact of governmental requirements and the like. Prepares and presents reports of findings and recommendations to management. May provide functional and technical direction to other financial staff members. Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in a financially related field and 5 to 7 years of experience. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.