Grants/Project Director

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General Description:

The purpose of this job is to assist the Chief Financial Officer in implementing and updating financial policies as established by the County Council, to manage the County’s enterprise reporting system, and manage the County’s information on all grants, grant reporting, coordination with Departments, Programs, and Projects funded by grants, maintain a pulse on current and upcoming County activities and projects that could be possibly funded, in whole or part, with external funding opportunities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary.
1. Foster positive relationships with internal and external customers while serving and acting as a subject matter expert for accounting and financial reporting questions.
2. Prepare the County’s annual financial statements.
3. Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
4. Maintain the County’s enterprise reporting system.
5. Direct the County’s grant reporting and compliance activities.
6. Provide a consulting resource for Grant Activities.
7. Develop financial data reports as required by state and federal grantors and other entities.
8. Work with a variety of systems and reports and use tools in the County’s Tyler Technologies Munis Enterprise Resource Planning system, Excel and other available tools, to analyze and research large data sets.
9. Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
10. Perform other duties and related work as instructed and assigned.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

1. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
2. Requires six (6) years of progressive experience in public finance, auditing, financial services or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
3. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
4. Advanced experience using automated accounting systems, including report-writing and analysis of data.

:

1. Governmental Accounting experience, preferably local government (e.g., transit, public works, county, or city government).
2. Familiarity with modern enterprise reporting systems.
3. Experience working with multiple agencies to record complex construction & project related transactions.

Special Certifications and Licenses:

• Certified Public Accountant , but not required.

Reasoning/Mathematic/:

Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, musical notes, etc.,) in its most difficult phases. Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints. Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style. Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

Manual Dexterity:

Requires the ability to handle a variety of items, office equipment, investigative tools, etc. Must have minimal levels of eye, hand, and foot coordination.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus.

Unavoidable Hazards (Work Environment):

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance:

Orangeburg County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires Orangeburg County to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

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