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Applications are being accepted for the position of Financial Analyst II with the City of South San Francisco in the Finance Department.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED OR UPON RECEIPT OF THE FIRST 100 ONLINE APPPLICATIONS. IF INTERESTED, PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY, AS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME. FIRST APPLICATION REVIEW WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024.
THE CITY OFFERS AN ATTRACTIVE BENEFIT PACKAGE, AS WELL AS CALPERS RETIREMENT PLAN AND SOCIAL SECURITY PARTICIPATION.
The City of South San Francisco is a General Law city with a population of 66,185 residents that grows to 110,000 during business hours. South San Francisco is strategically located on the west shore of the San Francisco Bay, in northern San Mateo County, 10 miles south of San Francisco. This City is also located along the Bay Area's main transportation routes, including 101, 280, Caltrain, BART, San Francisco Bay Ferry, and the San Francisco International Airport.
The City of South San Francisco is a full-service city with 12 City Departments including Police; Fire; Parks and Recreation; Public Works; Economic and Community Development; City Attorney; Library; Finance; Information Technology; Human Resources; City Clerk; and Office of the City Manager. The City has a Council-City Manager form of government with more than 460 full-time regular employees.
The City of South San Francisco proudly remains The Industrial City, a reflection of its steel mill and ship building past. In recent years, the City has been redefined to reflect the innovative, entrepreneurial and industrious spirit, which has made South San Francisco the Biotech Capital of the World.
South San Francisco’s biotechnology cluster is the largest in the world, with roughly 45,000 life science workers, 200 biotech companies, and over 12 million square feet of office/R&D facilities – with an additional 9 million square feet of new R&D facilities in the development pipeline.
South San Francisco enjoys a high quality of life with an extensive public parks system, active library and learning programming and a dynamic, engaged community making South San Francisco a great place to live, learn, work and play.
The Department
The duties of the South San Francisco Finance Department are to provide financial services to the departments of the City and to provide fiscal accountability and adequate control over the use of City funds. The services provided by the Finance Department include maintaining the City's accounting system, auditing bills, managing payroll and purchasing procedures, issuing business licenses, managing parking districts, and collecting occupancy taxes and other City fees.
Ideal Candidate
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented professional to join our team as a Financial Analyst II. This role involves performing moderately complex financial and technical analysis across Citywide functions, with a focus on accuracy and reliability.
The ideal candidate will be thorough in their work, ensuring every detail is meticulously handled. We value individuals who exhibit a strong work ethic, consistently working with diligence and precision, delivering tasks in a timely manner, and maintaining a high level of accuracy with minimal mistakes.
The successful candidate will have a high capacity for training, as well as the willingness and ability to quickly learn and adapt to new challenges and systems. They will possess excellent research skills and the ability to translate knowledge into workable solutions. This role demands exceptional attention to detail, along with the ability to exercise independent judgment in complex situations. The successful candidate will demonstrate adaptability by managing multiple projects and shifting priorities while maintaining high standards of accuracy. Strong interpersonal skills are essential, as this role involves maintaining ongoing relationships with other departments to support collaborative decision-making. Additionally, they will be open to taking direction, trying new approaches, and learning from failures while being supported by their manager.
In this role, the candidate will provide valuable insights and recommendations that support organizational decision-making, contributing to the financial success and stability of the City. If you are dedicated to excellence, continuous improvement, and passionate about making a real impact on the City's financial success, we can't wait to meet you!
TYPICAL AND IMPORTANT DUTIES:
1. Manages various projects, special studies, and grants.
2. Gathers and evaluates information from various sources, both within and outside the City, and prepares appropriate reports, requests for proposals, and applications.
3. Reviews city workflow procedures related to administrative functions that impact finance and make process improvement recommendations.
4. Drafts financial policy and procedures.
5. Prepares a variety of reports to City Manager, City Council, and executive-level staff.
6. Performs financial forecasts; prepares forecast of Citywide revenue and expenditures.
7. Develops rate or financial models of moderate complexity and/or maintains such model, may also maintain more complex models other have developed.
8. Reviews and analyzes budget requests for needs, conformance to stated objectives, and the historical basis of use; makes recommendations for increases or decreases to resource allocations.
9. Manages real property projects including administration of contracts or lease agreements, coordination of condemnation procedures, and preparation of specifications, leases, deeds or other documents.
10. Participates in cash flow modeling by either developing models or maintaining them. Ability to research financial source documents (General Ledger, debt records, payroll, budget documents) to plan cash flow.
11. Prepares Requests for Proposals; do documents for debt issuance.
12. Supports labor negotiations by developing and maintaining salary models.
13. Advises in the selection of financial institutions and contract administration.
14. Interprets City financial policies for other City departments, and makes recommendations as the appropriateness of policy changes.
15. Attends and participates in City Council and various advisory or citizen committee meetings.
16. Operates standard office equipment, including job-related computer hardware and software applications, facsimile equipment, and multi-line telephones; may operate other department specific equipment.
17. Takes a lead role in coordinating projects, which may involve other departments.
18. May train others in work procedures; may direct the work of hourly or volunteer staff on a project or day-to-day, short-term basis.
19. Performs related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills, and abilities would be:
Experience: Three years of progressively more responsible experience in municipal government administration or a related field demonstrating financial management, project management, and independent judgment experience.
Training: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in finance, public policy or administration, economics, or a related field. A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field may be substituted for one year of the experience requirement.
Licenses and Certificates: Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid, appropriate California driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record, which must be maintained as a condition of employment.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS:
To be considered, applicants must submit the following REQUIRED items:
- City application
- Responses to the supplemental questionnaire
- Cover Letter
NOTE: Applications must be filled out in their entirety. Failure to complete the application and/or supplemental questions or failure to include a required attachment will disqualify the applicant from the recruitment process. Failure to list work experience, education or training or indicating “see resume” in the work experience section of the application will be considered an incomplete application and subject to disqualification.
THE SELECTION PROCESS:
The most highly suitable and qualified candidates will be invited to participate in an oral panel interview. This assessment is tentatively scheduled for November 6th or 7th, 2024.
To review complete job descriptions which include all special requirements, go to www.ssf.net
Benefits
Retirement: CalPERS retirement formula is 2% at age 60 for Classic members or; 2% at age 62 for “new members” as defined by Government Code §7522.04(e). Social Security and Medicare participation and the option to participate in 457 deferred compensation plans. City contributes equivalent of 1.5% of base pay towards a medical after-retirement account, with a $100/month employee contribution.
Health Insurance: City offers a choice of medical HMO (two providers) or PPO plan, and offers vision and dental coverage. City pays 100% of vision and dental premiums for employee and eligible dependents. Employees shall contribute 10% of the HMO premium cost based on category of coverage (single, two, family). For PPO, employee pays cost difference between PPO and HMO plans. City provides 100% City-paid short- and long-term disability insurances. The City offers a discretionary benefit account for employees who demonstrate health coverage elsewhere.
Vacation: Fifteen to thirty working days annual vacation, based on the length of service.
Holidays: Twelve total paid holidays and two half days per year plus one floating holiday.
Programs: 457 Deferred Compensation, Paid Family Leave, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program, Long-Term Care, Disability and Life Insurance Programs, City Recreation Classes, Reduced-fee Childcare Programs and Commuter Benefit Programs are available.
Administrative Leave: Entitled to receive 40 hours of administrative leave annually and are also eligible to receive up to an additional 40 hours of administrative leave per fiscal year.
This classification is in an employee bargaining unit.
Special Instructions
Prior to appointment, candidates will be required to submit to any or all of the following (as applicable):
- Reference Check
- Department of Justice (DOJ) Fingerprint Check
A conviction history will not necessarily disqualify an applicant from appointment. Determinations are made on a case-by-case basis with consideration given to the nature and recency of the conviction and relationship to job duties. All City standards must be met before the final appointment is made.
Candidates with a disability who may require special assistance in any phase of the recruitment process should advise the Human Resources Department upon submittal of application.
Candidates requesting veteran’s preference must provide a copy of U.S. Government DD Form 214 "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty" as an attachment to their CalOpps application.
The policy of the City of South San Francisco is to grant equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or national origin. It is the intent and desire of the City of South San Francisco that equal employment opportunity will be provided in recruiting, hiring, training, promoting, wages, benefits, and all other privileges, terms and conditions of employment. The City of South San Francisco is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).