Overview

Position Title: Chief Financial Officer

Company: County of Santa Clara

Location: Santa Clara, CA, US

Job Description

Under direction of the County Executive, ensures the financial integrity of the County of Santa Clara. Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates and evaluates the diverse fiscal activities of the County; analyze countywide financial needs and develop systems for maximizing revenue and controlling expenditures; responsibility for the County-wide budget development; and provide expert level authority and consultative services on budget and fiscal issues to elected officials, executive management, and fiscal managers within individual county departments.  This position has oversight of the Finance Agency and the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System.

Requirements:

  • Intergovernmental agency relationships.
  • Applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, ordinances affecting local government’s financial activities;
  • The fundamentals of hospital and health care services organization and administration;
  • Considerable executive-level or management experience in planning, organizing and directing diversified and large-scale financial activities to demonstrate the ability to perform the above tasks and the attainment of the knowledge and abilities listed below.
  • The knowledge and abilities would typically be acquired through training and experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a major in Business/Public
  • Administration, Economics, Finance, Accounting or a closely related field and 5 years of executive level experience managing staff and functions within the accounting department or financial administration in a complex organization.
  • Principles and practices of contracting and procurement functions;
  • Local government financial experience, health and hospital financial experience, and possession of a CPA Certificate or MBA degree are desirable.
  • Principles and application of data processing systems and applications; and
    Principles and practices of organization, administration, personnel management and labor relations;
  • Principles and practices of accounting, auditing, budgeting, general current and delinquent collections and legal enforcement, recording and vital records management, California and other property tax collection, and County Clerk-Recorder functions;

 

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