City of Gainesville · 1 day ago
Analyst Lead
Gainesville, Fl
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$67K/yr - $112K/yr
4+ years expThe City of Gainesville is dedicated to enhancing community life and is seeking an Analyst Lead to perform complex financial and analytical activities within the Accounting and Finance Department. The role involves preparing reports, conducting research, and leading major projects, ensuring accuracy and integrity in financial operations.
Government Administration
Responsibilities
Prepares varied financial, operating or marketing reports, including study plans, quarterly summaries, forecasts, system and organizational analyses, and work flow-charts. Presents to Senior Management or City Commission
Acquires and disseminates information concerning work methods and procedures, controls, and similar management functions. Develops alternatives and makes specific recommendations to superiors and assists in implementing the recommendations
Performs highly specialized research projects
Acts as lead for major projects or programs and assumes complete responsibility for their results
Develops and maintains computer-based data files and records related to customers, costs and cost support schedules
Determines short-term fuel requirements for utility facilities and exchange of wholesale transactions to third parties
Prepares various aspects of budgets and may assist the Chief Financial Officer in the preparation and analysis of the annual budget
Studies actual and potential problems and presents findings to officials using charts, slides, and other visual aids to describe findings, proposed solution, and effect in such areas as policy, program, organization, procedure, and form
Designs and implements marketing research systems and projects to identify and analyze competitors’ strengths and weaknesses and marketing and communications processes’ strengths and weaknesses
Conducts audits to monitor performance. Performs rate, load, financial, operational or marketing studies. Makes long- and short-range financial, operating, facilities or marketing plans
Participates in the development of administrative and operating policies and procedures
Prepares studies to determine need for additional equipment and facilities
Directs the development and maintenance of computer software to assist in financial, operating, and planning studies, modeling, and research projects
Provides direction and oversight of work of lower level Analysts
Attends work on continuous and regular basis
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, public administration, finance, accounting or a related field as required by the hiring department
Four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in financial, operational, fuels or marketing analysis, or eight (8) years of progressively responsible related analytical experience (with no degree)
Valid Florida Driver License required
Thorough knowledge of financial, statistical, economic, utility, fuels or marketing analysis, techniques and modeling and the ability to apply knowledge in preparing studies and forecasts
Thorough knowledge of generally accepted accounting and financial principles and practices
Working knowledge of computers and relevant software and ability to apply knowledge in performing computations and analyses
Thorough knowledge of governmental or utility budget, audit and accounting procedures
Ability to keep records and prepare reports
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
Ability to work effectively with elected officials, charter officers, department heads, representatives of other agencies, other City employees, and the general public
Thorough knowledge of organizational structure, functions, operations, objectives, and goals of municipal government or utilities
Thorough knowledge of laws, ordinances, regulations and statues which govern local government or utility functions
Ability to develop long-term plans and programs and to evaluate work and accomplishments
Ability to collate, analyze, and creatively interpret data and trends in order to make recommendations for products and services
Ability to make effective presentations in group or individual settings
Thorough knowledge of organization structure, functions, internal relationships, and interactions with other levels of organization
Thorough knowledge of office procedures and practices, business English, spelling, and commercial arithmetic
Preferred
Working knowledge of relevant software such as SAS, R and Python are a plus
Benefits
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid leave
11 paid a holidays a year
A pension plan
A deferred compensation plan
On-site fitness centers
Tuition reimbursement
On-site medical staff
A wellness program to keep you healthy and happy.
Company
City of Gainesville
Gainesville is defining a new kind of city - a new American city - that aspires to become a model for other communities
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Bonita Delatorre
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