Job Opening: Chief Financial Officer
Department: Executive Director
Posting Date: February 21, 2025
Salary: $150,000.00 Annually
Scheduled Hours:
Are you an experienced, enthusiastic, and passionate local government professional who enjoys making a positive difference in your community? The County of Delaware is looking for qualified individuals for the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
The CFO will be an integral executive leader who will help guide organization strategy to achieve the goals set forth by the County Council and Executive Director, partner with organization leadership to plan, forecast, and achieve optimal financial outcomes, manage budget and investment decisions, and execute strategic business plans. The position will have significant technical skills and be highly successful in managing governmental accounting and reporting, including grant management, interpretation, and reporting. In addition to providing leadership to the financial and budgeting service areas, the position will also assist in general oversight of specific service areas in coordination with department directors.
Under the general supervision of the Executive Director:
Establishes and maintains internal control procedures and ensures County compliance with state and federal standard accounting procedures and its adherence to sound fiscal and administrative policies.
Provide support to all departments in all fiscal affairs involved in the provision of services to citizens of the County.
Prepare project, budgetary and financial recommendations for County Council.
Manages daily operations of Finance Department to include all Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash Receipts, Capital Assets Management, Debt Service, Lease Management, Encumbrances, and Journalizing.
Reviews budget requests and recommends funding levels.
Monitors revenue and expenditures during fiscal year.
Helps solicit proposals; recommends award, ensures requirements are met and coordinates project implementation.
Generates quarterly financial reports and presents summary at scheduled meetings at least once per quarter.
Works with external auditors in preparation of annual financial report.
Ensures the preparation and maintenance of accurate and complete financial records for the County.
Directs the preparation and administration of the County’s annual budgets.
Meets with Department Heads to discuss budgetary needs and presents budget to County Council.
Data Analytics and Assessment Skills:
Use information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, using, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
Displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment, supports and explains reasoning for decisions, includes appropriate people in decision-making process, makes timely decisions.
Project Management
Develops project plans, coordinates projects, communicates changes and progress, completes projects on time and budget, manages project team activities.
Communication Skills:
Convey data and information to professionals and the public using a variety of approaches (e.g., reports, presentations, email, letters, testimony, press interviews).
Business Acumen and Cost Consciousness:
Understands business implications of decisions, displays orientation to profitability, demonstrates knowledge of market and competition, aligns work with strategic goals.
Works within approved budget, develops and implements cost saving measures, contributes to profits and revenue, conserves organizational resources.
Management and Finance Skills:
Direct and oversee the financial activities of the corporation, direct the preparation of current financial reports and summaries, and create forecasts predicting future growth.
Develops workable implementation plans, communicates changes effectively, builds commitment and overcomes resistance, prepares and supports those affected by change, monitors transition and evaluates results.
This position requires a master’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance from an accredited college or university and eight to ten years of experience in financial management.
Certified Public Accountant designation preferred.
Managerial experience with the ability to motivate staff to perform their duties effectively. Exceptional analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills. Proficiency in conflict management and business negotiation processes.
The ideal candidate is a motivational leader who values integrity and effectively collaborates with diverse teams.
They possess the ability to assess organizational needs, analyze complex issues, and draw accurate conclusions from collected data.
The preferred candidate will possess exceptional communication skills that allow them to engage effectively across all organizational levels, demonstrating strong time management, interpersonal, and negotiation abilities.
The Chief Financial Officer role requires expertise in fiscal planning, budgets, spreadsheets, and audit interpretation, along with strategic planning and project management skills while maintaining confidentiality.
The desired candidate should demonstrate objectivity, openness to diverse viewpoints, and a capacity to contribute to team-based conceptual design and policy development efforts.
They excel in resolving persistent challenges through firm and unbiased decision-making.
Delaware County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, membership in an employee organization, political affiliation, or status as a veteran in the recruitment, selection, or hiring of its workforce.
Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. EEO/AA
This position is open until filled; however, interested applicants are strongly encouraged to apply no later than March 30, 2025. Following the first review date, we will evaluate all applications against the posted qualifications and may extend invitations to submit additional information, including a due diligence questionnaire, written questionnaire, references, and a formal interview (virtual and/or in-person) to a select few. The County would like to extend an offer of employment by April 2025.
For more information, please contact Charnee Washington, Assistant Director of Talent Management, at WashingtonC@co.delaware.pa.us or 610.891.5371.
To apply, please go to Neo.gov.