Salary: $105,056.02 - $147,030.83 annually
Type: Regular full time, full benefits
Application deadline: November 6, 2024
Beginning in April 2025, all staff will be required to follow a hybrid work schedule.
Benefits include, but are not limited to:
- 9/80 Compressed Work Schedule (office closed every other Friday)
- 14 paid holidays
- Employer paid pension contribution of 14% to base salary
- 457 tax-deferred savings plan
- Social security exempt
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,000 annually
- Sharp PPO or HMO Plan, Kaiser Permanente HMO Plan,
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible spending account
- Health and wellness perks
- Rewards & Recognition program
To see full benefits package, please visit:
https://www.sdhc.org/sdhc-employee-benefits/
About SDHC:
The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is an award-winning public housing agency in the City of San Diego that provides innovative housing assistance programs for households with low income or experiencing homelessness. The San Diego City Council, in its role as the Housing Authority of the City of San Diego, oversees SDHC. SDHC helps pay rent for more than 17,000 households with low income annually; is a leader in collaborative efforts to address homelessness, such as the Community Action Plan on Homelessness for the City of San Diego and SDHC’s homelessness initiative, HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO, which has created more than 11,000 housing solutions since November 2014 for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness; and creates and preserves affordable rental housing, with more than 24,000 affordable units in service in the City today with SDHC’s participation.
About the Department:
The Financial Services Department plans, organizes, leads and monitors the financial activities of the Housing Commission. This includes Accounting Services such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls and Audits, as well as, Financial Services such as Cash Management, Financial Analysis and Projections, Investments and Budget Development. The Financial Services Department also provides Pre-award Grant Review, Post-award Grant Setup, establishes Grant Administration Guidelines and Monitors Grant Compliance.
For the 15th consecutive year, the Financial Services Department was recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada with the “Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting” for the fiscal year 2022 (July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022) Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
About the Position:
This is a mid-management classification that manages the financial oversight (Accounting, Budgeting and Reporting) of the Commission’s grant-funded programs (rental assistance, housing and homeless programs). Responsibilities include performing diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making responsibility, including oversight of staff. The incumbent:
Administers a complex grants portfolio including HUD awarded federal grants, state and local grants, local business funds, and special project funds
Organizes and oversees day-to-day activities and is responsible for providing professional-level support to the Vice President in a variety of areas.
Successful performance of the work requires an extensive professional background as well as skill in coordinating divisional work with that of other departments, divisions, and outside agencies.
Examples of Essential Job Functions:
- Provides expert advice and analyses in the administration and implementation of the Financial Services Department’s accounting processes related to grants-funded housing programs.
- Oversight and ensure proper accounting of grant revenues and expenditures, accounts payable/receivable, investment and cash management, payroll, overhead allocations and other general accounting.
- Prepares and oversees annual budget relevant to area of responsibility.
- Analyzes complex reports such as budget to actual reports, major expense category analysis, Income statements and balance sheets.
- Prepares and/or oversees preparation of complex reports (projection analysis, forecast reports, Grant Reports) for presentation to Management and/or for submission to grantors.
- Plans, organizes, controls, and directs the internal daily, monthly and annual transactional and reporting activities.
- Assigns, directs, prioritizes and reviews the work of team staff assigned to producing results for audit or budget tasks or requirements.
- Stays abreast of applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, and procedures relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Knowledge of:
- Administrative principles and practices, including goal setting, program development, implementation, and evaluation, and supervision of staff, either directly or through subordinate levels of supervision.
- Budget development, contract administration, Commission-wide administrative practices, and general principles of risk management related to the functions of the assigned area.
- Organizational and management practices as applied to the analysis, evaluation, development, and implementation of programs, policies, and procedures.
- Research, statistical, analytical, and reporting methods, techniques, and procedures.
- Knowledge and understanding of internal controls compliant with Single Audit requirement and thorough knowledge of federal grant policies as well as HUD and other federal, state and local regulations pertaining to grant administration.
- Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, and procedures relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
- Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment, review and evaluation, and the training of staff in work procedures.
- Principles and practices of contract administration and evaluation, budget development and administration, and sound financial management policies and procedures.
- Record-keeping principles and procedures.
- Modern office practices, methods, and computer equipment and applications related to the work.
- English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation.
- Techniques for effectively representing the Commission in contacts with government agencies, community groups, and various business, professional, educational, regulatory, and legislative organizations.
- Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and Commission staff.
Ability to:
- Plan, organize, administer, coordinate, review, evaluate, and personally participate in comprehensive public agency financial operations and reporting functions.
- Plan, schedule, assign, and oversee activities of assigned professional and office support personnel.
- Review the work of others and maintain established quality control standards.
- Train others in proper work policies and procedures.
- Identify and implement effective course of action to complete assigned work.
- Conduct complex research projects on a wide variety of financial operations and financial reporting issues, evaluate alternatives, make sound recommendations, and prepare effective technical staff reports.
- Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, policies, procedures, and other written materials.
- Interpret, explain, and ensure compliance with Commission policies and procedures, complex laws, codes, regulations, and ordinances.
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive personal information of applicants, employees, former employees, and other matters affecting employee relations
- Maintain accurate files and records
- Organize and prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner; organize own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines.
- Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines.
- Establish, maintain, and foster positive and harmonious working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Analyze, interpret, apply, and enforce applicable Federal, State, and local policies, procedures, laws, and regulations.
- Understand, interpret, and successfully communicate both orally and in writing, pertinent department policies and procedures.
- Identify problems, research and analyze relevant information, develop and present recommendations and justification for solution.
- Present proposals and make recommendations clearly and logically.
- Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, procedures, and other written materials. Organize and prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner; organize own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines.
- Operate modern office equipment including computer equipment and specialized software applications programs.
- Use English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone, and in writing.
Education & Experience:
Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance, business or public administration, or related field; six (6) years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including at least two (2) years in a supervisory or management capacity. CPA or MBA preferred but not required.
Licenses and Certifications:
Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid California Driver’s License by time of appointment.
Physical Demands:
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various Commission and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups, and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
Environmental Elements:
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures
