Business Manager

Incumbents are responsible for performing professional level work and for managing the daily financial activities of a department. Incumbents are required to supervise professional and support staff.

Essential Duties (These duties are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.)

Supervises staff to include:

• Prioritizing and assigning work;
• Conducting performance evaluations;
• Ensuring staff are trained;
• Ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures;
• Maintaining a healthy and safe working environment;
• Making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
• Manages and coordinates fiscal matters for assigned department.
• Prepares, interprets, analyzes, reviews, and submits a variety of complex reports, reconciliations, work papers, communications, schedules, tables, and/or statements to and from internal departments, financial institutions, and external agencies.
• Plans, develops, coordinates, and administers departmental operating, capital, and/or grant budgets; prepares revenue histories and projections.
• Analyzes and provides financial data and special reports.
• Reviews organizational, financial, systems, and/or operational documents, procedures and/or processes and recommends improvements.
• Ensures compliance with applicable codes, rules and regulations.
• Investigates and resolves complex contract, payables, receivables, funding, and/or other related issues.
• Responds to requests for information requiring higher-level authority.
• Participates in special projects; participates in/on a variety of meetings, committees, and/or training sessions.
• Maintains departmental project files, which includes contracts, payment records, and other related information.
• Serves as a liaison with Information Technology in identifying and implementing information management technologies.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Training and Experience (positions in this class require):

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a closely related field;
• Six years of progressively professional level accounting experience;
• or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.
• Public-sector operating and capital budgets;
• Government procurement and contract administration; and
• Grant development and compliance.