Airport Deputy Chief Officer (Finance)
Support the Airport Chief Officer by managing programs, ensuring regulatory compliance, overseeing budget preparation, and coordinating departmental activities.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
– Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
– Supports the Airport Chief Officer in leading and managing programs, functions, and initiatives to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
– Develops and implements short- and long-range strategies, objectives, policies, and priorities.
– Ensures compliance with Federal, State, Local, and industry regulations.
– Assists in the preparation, presentation, and monitoring of the department budget and ensures divisions operate within appropriated budget.
– Develops, revises, and implements standard operating practices, policies, and procedures governing the programs and department activities.
– Acts as official departmental representative to boards and commissions, City departments, City Council, outside agencies, and the community.
– Coordinates departmental activities and programs with other City departments, agencies, and service providers.
– Responds to and resolves sensitive inquiries, complaints, and issues from both internal and external sources.
– Determines goals, objectives, and resource requirements for activities within the assigned divisions.
– Monitors industry trends and implements best practices.
– Assumes Airport Chief Officer duties and responsibilities in their absence.
Responsibilities – Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
– Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
– Knowledge of Local, State, and Federal laws, regulations, and ordinances affecting the airport.
– Knowledge of strategic business planning, organizational change strategies, and performance measurement to achieve business excellence.
– Skill in fiscal planning and developing and preparing budgets.
– Skill in managing and allocating financial and human resources to execute operational and business plans.
– Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with City employees, City Council, media, and the public.
– Skill in leading and managing a diverse workforce including department employees and contractors in an airport environment.
– Ability to design short- and long-term strategies/programs that are scalable and efficient in a large and complex organization.
– Ability to work with and coordinate between multiple City departments and internal business units to meet goals and objectives.
– Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, develop and deliver public presentations, and act as the corporate spokesperson when incidents involving operations occur.
Minimum Qualification:
– Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
– Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Business, Public Administration, Business or Aviation Management, Accounting/Finance, Engineering, or a related field, plus six (6) years of related experience, including two (2) years of which were in a supervisory or managerial capacity.
– Graduation with a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for up to two (2) years of the required experience.
Licenses or Certifications:
– None.
Preferred Qualifications:
– Finance Leader with extensive responsible management experience overseeing finance and accounting functions. Experience in the aviation industry is preferable.
– Significant experience in preparing and reporting financial statements, budgeting, statistical and financial forecasting, cash flow forecasting and management. Oversees and develops annual departmental budget submission.
– Conducts strategic financial planning, researches new financial processes, develops financial policies and procedures and makes recommendation to upper management. Serves as lead financial resource for departmental staff.
– Prepare, review and interpret financial reports; representing the department before Airport Advisory Commission and City Council. Provides insights into financial performance and presents solutions to financial problems.
– Extensive experience in senior financial roles managing finance functions, including experience in financial planning and analysis, capital structure management, debt management.