Senior Fiscal Analyst

About Longview: Longview, Washington is located in Southwest Washington along the scenic Columbia River Basin 50 miles north of Portland, Oregon and 145 miles south of Seattle. Longview is a comfortable and affordable community with close proximity to larger city amenities as well as abundant outdoor recreational activities in the Cascade Mountains, Pacific beaches, and numerous rivers and lakes.

The City provides a comprehensive benefits package that is predominantly employer paid for full family coverage, which includes medical or VEBA account, dental, vision, long-term disability, and basic life insurance. The City offers a generous paid leave program including paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave, and the ability to participate in a tax-deferred 457 retirement savings plan, Washington State PERS, short term disability, Flex 125 spending account, and supplemental life.

To Apply: Complete the City's on-line application process with a thorough list of education, training and experience; attach a cover letter and resume. Additional attachments are welcome, but not required.
*This position is open until filled with a first review of applications occurring on April 2, 2025.

**The final candidate for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

Position Information: The Senior Fiscal Analyst is a key role within the city's fiscal team, responsible for overseeing critical financial processes and ensuring accurate financial reporting and compliance. This position will perform a variety of planning, organizing, and reviewing activities related to management of the city’s revenues.  They will perform and assist the Fiscal Manager with accounting work, financial reporting, cash management, capital asset record maintenance, and grant reporting, as well as financial and grant audits. The Senior Fiscal Analyst will play an important role in maintaining fiduciary responsibility and integrity, supporting the fiscal team, and ensuring the city’s financial operations run efficiently, effectively, and in accordance with local, state, and federal best practices, policies, and laws.

• Provide professional, complex, and advanced level staff assistance and coordination in support of accounting functions including revenue, financial reporting, cash management, capital asset record maintenance, financial and grant audits, and data processing.
• Analyze, interpret, and apply existing and new legislation and regulations including the municipal code, resolutions, and policies; provide related detailed analysis, reports, statements and other written documents upon request.
• Maintain adequate internal controls over the city’s revenues and cash management verifying accuracy and completeness of funds collected and performing periodic audits of revenues and cash management.
• Assist with year-end closing and audits.
• Assist with ACFR and other intergovernmental forms and reports.
• Coordinate grant administration with other departments and granting agencies, and aid during the application process when required (includes CDBG/HOME Grant financial administration and reporting)
• Assist in preparing monthly statements for revenues and expenditures.
• Perform general ledger and receivable reconciliations, including monthly entries, accruals, and adjustments.
• Responsible for monthly reconciliation of imprest accounts, ensuring that cash balances and transactions are accurate and in compliance with accounting standards and financial policies.
• Process and record reclassification journal entries to ensure proper accounting of transactions, and compliance with budgetary guidelines and financial policies.
• Manage and prepare monthly recurring interfund transfers, ensuring accurate allocation of resources between various funds in accordance with budget and funding requirements.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records for capital assets, ensuring compliance with reporting and depreciation guidelines.
• Manage general accounts receivable, ensuring timely billing, collection, and reporting of outstanding balances, ensuring accuracy in billing according to contracts and/or compliance with relevant guidelines.
• Review revenue and receivable accounts, cost reimbursement, and refund payables for accuracy, timeliness, and completeness.
• Administer special assessments accounts receivable, ensuring proper invoicing and collections in accordance with assessment schedules.
• Provide backup support to the Finance Department team, assisting in the preparation of financial reports, conducting reconciliations, and handling ad-hoc fiscal tasks, as needed.
• Develop, review, and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Senior Fiscal Analyst role to ensure consistency, efficiency, and compliance with department protocols and facilitate cross-training.
• Lead and mentor staff to include prioritizing and assigning work; ensure that employees follow policies and procedures; maintain a healthy and safe working environment; and make hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
• Direct the preparation, maintenance and distribution of records, reports statistics and other materials for city use and other local, State and Federal agencies, as required.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related field AND 3 years of experience OR a combination of education, training and experience which would provide the required skills, knowledge, and ability to perform the job as determined by the department.  

Required Knowledge and Skills:
(some examples below)

• Good interpersonal and customer service skills to courteously deal with and establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, other city employees, vendors, local agencies and providers, and the public.  
• Can develop and enforce finance and accounting procedures and principles.
• Ability to execute proper managerial principles.
• Knowledge of public administration principles and practices.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Knowledge of Governmental Accounting Standard Board (GASB) principles.
• Ability to prioritize and assign work to staff and communicate expectations. 
• Can apply contract, grant, and other administrative limitations to project activities.
• Skilled in reading, analyzing, and interpreting general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Can write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals effectively.
• Can effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Ability to working with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistics.
• Can define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to work with several abstract and concrete variables within city departments.
• Can use computers and related software applications efficiently. 
• Can interpret and apply applicable Federal, State, and/or Local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and/or statutes.
• Ability to evaluate complex financial systems and efficiently formulate and install accounting methods, procedures, forms, and records.
• Can prepare complex financial statements, reports, and analyses.
• Experience analyzing and interpreting complex financial and accounting information.
• Experienced in designing and implementing finance, accounting, and recordkeeping systems.
• Ability to conduct complex research, prepare related reports, and presenting findings to staff and management.
• Work in a multi-task environment, be detailed-oriented, able to organize duties and set priorities to meet deadlines.
• Communicate in a professional business-like manner, both orally and in writing.   Portray a professional image and attitude.
• Able to exercise discretion over sensitive and confidential issues related to the department and its business.
• The ability to handle job stress and interact effectively with others in the workplace.
• Attention to detail, ensures accuracy and consistently in fiscal tasks and reporting.
• Analytical thinking: analyzes complex financial data to support decision-making and improve processes.

Salary : $79,380 - $106,380