What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager position at Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles?
ABOUT THE COURT
Los Angeles Superior Court is the largest unified trial court in the United States. Its 580 judges and commissioners work in one of the 36 facilities within the Court's 12 judicial districts and are supported by more than 4,800 full-time Court employees. The Court has an annual budget of more than $1 billion. Located in Southern California, Los Angeles County is geographically one of the nation's largest counties, covering 4,752 square miles and, with over 10,400,000 residents, is also one of its most populous counties.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Finance Managers are responsible for managing the operations of a designated unit of professional and technical financial services staff who may perform one or more of the following functions: financial reporting and monitoring, expenditure and revenue management, general accounting, financial administration of grants and fiscal services, collections, collection enhancement, ability to pay evaluations, and trust accounting. Incumbents participate in the development and implementation of court-wide financial plans and systems and provide professional assistance to executive and judicial management on a wide range of financial services issues to ensure financial operations are in compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Work requires a thorough knowledge of financial management and reporting principles and professional standards, as well as a detailed knowledge of applicable financial systems and legal parameters. Finance Manager is distinguished from Finance Administrator in that incumbents in the latter class are responsible for managing the delivery of services across multiple financial units, and/or oversee projects with greater impact on Court operations and administration. For a detailed job description, please click here.
This is an at will managerial position. The Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act (SB 2140) authorizes the Court to exclude managerial employees from the employment protection provisions of the Act subject to meet and confer.
TELEWORK OPPORTUNITIES
This position may be eligible for partial telework following an initial training period contingent upon the Court's operational unit.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
To qualify, you must meet the following option at the time of application:
OPTION I: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in business or public administration, economics, finance, accounting, or a closely related field – and – four (4) years of progressively responsible work experience performing one or more of the following: financial management or systems analysis, economic forecasting, financial planning/budgeting and/or implementation, or governmental budget and finance analysis – and – two (2) years of the four (4) years of the qualifying experience must have been supervising* staff within an organization.
OPTION II: Eight (8) years of years of progressively responsible work experience performing one or more of the following: financial management or systems analysis, economic forecasting, financial planning/budgeting and/or implementation, or governmental budget and finance analysis may be substituted for the education requirement – and – two (2) years of the eight (8) years of the qualifying experience of must have been supervising* staff within an organization.
*NOTE: Supervising is defined as having responsibility for planning, assigning, and scheduling work assignments for assigned staff, evaluating completed work; and ensuring effective staff performance.
EDUCATION VERIFICATION:
To receive credit, A legible copy of your college diploma -OR- official transcripts with the degree posted from the college or university must be submitted when your application is filed. Otherwise, your application materials will be deemed incomplete and rejected accordingly. For a list of acceptable accredited institutions or international universities, please visit http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation, www.chea.org/search, or http://whed.net/home.php.
Foreign studies must be evaluated by an academic credential evaluation agency and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from the United States. For a list of acceptable evaluation agencies, please visit www.naces.org or http://aice-eval.org/. Foreign studies submitted without acceptable evaluation will be rejected.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will possess the following desirable qualifications:
- Experience developing, analyzing, and managing a budget(s).
- Experience developing and monitoring revenue and expenditure forecasts.
- Experience performing cost-benefit analysis and identifying alternative/feasibility of funding methods.
- Experience developing, preparing, and presenting statistical and written reports and proposals.
- Experience conducting special planning and research studies and projects.
- Knowledge and experience using automated financial, accounting and management information systems.
- Experience in configuring or implementing a financial system.
- Experience with database management.
- Experience with data analytics.
- Experience with identifying and leading initiatives for continuous improvement
EXAMINATION INFORMATION
PART I: Qualifying evaluation of education, training and experience based upon submitted application materials.
PART II: Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS
Applications may only be filed online. To learn how to apply online, please access the Online Employment Application Guide. The Court reserves the right to verify all submitted documentation prior to appointment. The Court will only consider completed applications submitted, along with the required documents, and will reject incomplete applications. A resume will not substitute for a fully completed employment application. To facilitate the full and proper consideration of your work experience, clearly specify what professional experience meets the required job qualifications. When listing your work experience, please specify the beginning and end dates for each job you held and describe your experience for each position.
Please provide a current and accurate e-mail address for the Court to communicate with you about this job opportunity. Human Resources staff will notify all applicants of their application status via e-mail. We recommend that you add info@governmentjobs.com to your SAFE SENDERS list to avoid the notification being filtered as spam mail.
Los Angeles Superior Court is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruitment process can contact the email address provided below. For additional employment information, please click here.
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT
Qualifying evaluation of education, training and experience based upon submitted application materials. The applicants with the highest qualifications as determined by this evaluation will be selected.
Questions regarding this posting may be emailed to ABetancourth@lacourt.org.
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