Finance Director

General Summary:

This exempt position is pivotal in managing the City's financial health, ensuring that funds are budgeted and allocated appropriately and that revenue streams are optimized. By implementing robust financial strategies, practices, and controls, the Director is responsible for helping the City manage its resources effectively and plan for long-term capital projects. In addition to financial oversight, the Finance Director plays a crucial role in streamlining business processes and enhancing operational efficiency. This involves evaluating and improving existing systems, implementing best practices, and recommending changes to policies and rules. The position fosters a culture of transparency and accountability within the organization and with citizens.

Essential Job Functions:

• Oversees and directs treasury, budgeting, audit, tax, accounting, purchasing, real estate, long range forecasting, and insurance activities for the organization. 
• Provides and directs procedures and computer application systems necessary to maintain proper records and to afford adequate accounting controls and services. 
• Works with Administration staff in activities such as custodian of funds, securities, and assets of the organization. 
• Appraises the organization's financial position and issues periodic reports on organization's financial stability, liquidity, and growth.
• Directs and coordinates the establishment of budget programs.
• Coordinates tax reporting programs and investor relations activities. 
• Analyzes, consolidates, and directs all accounting procedures together with other statistical and routine reports.
• Oversees and directs the preparation and issuance of annual financial statements. 
• Directs and analyzes studies of general economic, business, and financial conditions and their impact on the organization's policies and operations. 
• Analyzes operational issues impacting functional groups and the whole institution, and determines their financial impact.
• Evaluates and recommends business partnering opportunities.
• Establishes and maintains contacts with financial institutions and the investment community. 
• Assists the City Manager and Council in matters of financial policy making and implementation. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Educational and Experience Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field. Four (4) years or more of progressive experience in municipal government accounting, finance, fiscal management, and administration, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job may have supervisory responsibilities.

Skills & Abilities:  

Continuously requires hearing, vision, and talking. Frequently requires carrying, fine dexterity, handling/grasping, lifting, pushing/pulling, reaching, twisting, bending, sitting, standing, walking, and foot controls. Occasionally requires climbing, crouching, kneeling, and balancing. Light strength demands include exerting up to zero (0) pounds frequently and up to twenty (20) pounds occasionally.

Frequently requires performing multiple tasks simultaneously, tedious or exacting work, and working closely with others as part of a team. Occasionally requires time pressures, frequent change of tasks, noisy/distracting environment and emergency situations.

Note:  The listings of duties in this class specification are representative, not exhaustive.  It is not necessarily a detailed description of all work responsibilities, and it does not give exclusive title to every function described.

This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

*Disclaimer: The above information has been designed to represent the general nature and level of work performed. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive description of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employee assigned to this position.

Starting salary range: $70,486.79 - $91,162.53. The City of Hanahan offers a competitive benefit package including health insurance and participation in the State Retirement plan (PEBA.)

To Apply:

Submit your Resume and City Employment Application by email to Human Resources.

In person submit:

City of Hanahan – Attn: Human Resources                             

1255 Yeamans Hall Road

Hanahan, SC 29410

The City of Hanahan is an Equal Opportunity Employer.