Chief Financial Officer

GGFOA; Augusta (GA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Local Government Access Marketplace is seeking a qualified candidate with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or MBA and seven years of professional government accounting experience, including supervisory responsibilities. CPA or CPFO preferred.

Must be bondable and proficient in GAAP/GAAS, with strong communication and analytical skills. The role requires travel less than 50% and involves interaction with various government officials and agencies.

Qualifications

• Must be bondable.
• Proficiency in techniques of computerized information management, economic forecasting and trending, and investing.
• Proven knowledge of GAAP and GAAS.
• Demonstrated executive level written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to effectively communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with multiple levels of employees, government officials, and government agencies

Skills

Bondable

GAAP

GAAS

Executive comms

Analytical

Organizational skills

Collaboration across levels

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting or MBA

CPA or CPFO preferred

Job description

Georgia Local Government Access Marketplace

Required minimum qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Finance,Accounting, or Master of Business Administration(MBA)

Preferred: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO).

Experience: Seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in professional level government accounting, to include supervisory or people management experience.

Required minimum qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Finance,Accounting, or Master of Business Administration(MBA)

Preferred: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO).

Experience: Seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in professional level government accounting, to include supervisory or people management experience.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Must be bondable.
• Proficiency in techniques of computerized information management, economic forecasting and trending, and investing,
• Proven knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS)
• Demonstrated executive level written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to effectively communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with multiple levels of employees, government officials, and government agencies

Licensing/Certification:

• Must possess (or obtain within 30 days of hire) and maintain a valid Georgia or South Carolina driver's license.
• Preferred: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO).

This position requires travel from the office less than 50%.

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to synthesize and integrate data for predicting, anticipating, and planning for future events impacting the organization. Includes determining strategic and tactical decisions at the highest organizational levels of authority and responsibility.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to function in a director capacity for a major organizational unit requiring significant internal and external interaction.
• Equipment: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Verbal:Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.
• Math: Requires the ability to perform mathematical operations associated with budgeting, performance measures, and strategic planning, etc..
• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to implement both intellectual and practical relationships; involves responsibility for consideration and analysis of complex organizational problems of major conceptual functions.
• Situational Reasoning:Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in critical and/or unexpected situations involving moderate risk to the organization.
• Physical Abilities: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or work station.
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environment Factors: Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

Opening Date

Apr 29, 2026

Closing Date

Oct 03, 2026

Up to $200,000 DOQ (Dependent on Qualifications)