The City of Delano is seeking an experienced, energetic, strategic municipal professional to serve as its Finance Director. The Finance Director acts as the City’s Treasurer, overseeing, managing, and planning the City’s Finance Department, including payroll, budget, pension, accounting, billing, purchasing, business licensing and investment portfolio.
The ideal candidate brings a strong background in administration, accounting, leadership skills, and a demonstrated history successful innovation.
Compensation: $13,595 to $16,525 monthly, plus excellent benefit packet!
Closing date: November 23, 2026.
For a full description of duties and benefits and submittal of application, visit the City’s website at:
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All applications must attach the following documents in order to be considered:
- DMV printout (not older than 3 mo)
- BA degree
- Resume
- Letter of Interest
- 5 professional references
Under direction of the City Manager, manages the finances of the City, advises the City Manager on all matters relating the finances of the City, and plans, organizes, and directs the activities of a Finance Department that provides professional accounting and accounting clerical support to the various departments of the City. Serves as City Treasurer.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Disclaimer- This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. Some incumbents may not perform all the duties listed. Other cases related duties may also be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Assists in the development of City goals, objectives, and priorities for the City.
- Establishes departmental programs consistent with and supportive of these goals, objectives, and priorities.
- Plans, organizes, and directs all departmental programs.
- Oversees and evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of all aspects of the department’s programs in light of the City’s goals, objective, and priorities.
- Participates in the selection and assignment of department employees and provide for the supervision and training of all such personnel.
- Assigns directs, evaluates, rewards, and disciplines those employees directly supervised in accordance with City policy.
- Prepares City Council agenda items for review and approval by the City Manager.
- Negotiates with outside entities concerning the establishment of approved contractual relationships with the City concerning those matters under department cognizance.
- Administers these and other City contracts that relate to and are within the scope of department responsibilities.
- Authorizes purchase of departmental materials and equipment.
- Provides professional staff assistance, technical support, and advice to the City Manager and other department heads.
- Prepares staff analysis and reports on various projects and programs.
- Serves as the Redevelopment Agency Finance Officer, Delano Public Improvement Corporation Finance Officer, and City Pension Plan Administrator and Trustee.
- Serves as City Treasurer and handles all City Cash Management and Investments.
- Assists the City Manager in the development of the City budgets.
- Prepares and presents the Annual Operating and Capital Improvement budget for the City, including the Community Correction Facility.
- Estimates revenues, audits departmental budgets.
- Schedules and conducts internal audits and coordinates the annual audit
- Coordinates the preparation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
- Supervises the timely preparation of mandatory annual reports to the State of California and other agencies.
- Prepares additional periodic financial reports for the City Manager, City Council, and department heads.
- Serves as the City’s Purchasing Officer.
- Supervises the purchasing of all City goods and equipment.
- Establishes purchasing guidelines, review and monitor purchases
- Manages debt service activity, fiscal agent reconciliation, arbitrage calculation, and continuing disclosure.
- Administers the Section 457 Deferred Compensation Plan.
- Coordinates with designate City contractors on sales tax and property tax audits and revenue recovery.
- Controls the marking, cataloguing, valuing and insuring the Cities fixed assets
- Performs a variety of other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required to satisfactorily perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
Knowledge of:
- Principles and practices of PC’s and related software.
- Municipal finance and fund accounting principles and techniques including automated accounting.
- Governmental purchasing practices and procedures.
- Principles, practices, and procedures in municipal budgeting, treasury management, public administration and municipal management.
- Supervisory principles and practices as they relate to the public sector.
- Applicable Federal, State and local laws, regulations and codes.
- Mathematical and statistical analysis and theory
Skilled in:
- Conducting complex analytical and fiscal studies evaluate alternatives and make effective recommendations.
- Reading, interpreting, and applying complex procedures, policies, rules and regulations.
- Negotiating and representing City interests.
- Preparing reports, correspondence and other written materials.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
- Communicating with employees and employee representatives.
Ability to:
- Operate a PC and related software
- Maintain effective working relationships with other people
- Devise, install and maintain a comprehensive accounting system and instruct subordinates in its operation.
- Plan, organize and direct the activities of several units engaged in a variety of financial and accounting service activities.
- Install, modify and supervise an efficient purchasing system.
- Devise and operate effective internal auditing procedures.
- Oversee comprehensive accounting, finance, and treasury programs.
- Assist in the development and audit of complex operating and capital improvement budgets.
- Reduce complex financial data to readily comprehensible forms.
- Organize, assign, direct, review and evaluate the work of assigned staff.
- Communicate in oral and written English.
Effectively represent the City in meetings with representative of public and private organizations and the public.Education and/or Experience:Any combination of education and experience that demonstrates possession of the requisite knowledge, skill and abilities. A typical way to obtain these would be:
- Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance, public administration, business administration, city or a related field (required)
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certificate is desirable.
- Masters Degree in one of the above fields, preferred
- Maintains a valid California Driver License with a driving record acceptable to the City.
- May be required to use his/her personal vehicle
- Must show proof of automobile insurance coverage at or exceeding the minimums specified by city policy.
- Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience in governmental accounting and auditing
- Two (2) two years of supervisory experience (required)