Public Sector CFO & Financial Strategy Leader

City of Indianapolis; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Indianapolis seeks a Chief Financial Officer to lead the Clerk's financial operations, including budgeting, accounting, payroll oversight, purchasing, cash management, and audits. The CFO will drive strategic financial planning, internal controls, and regulatory compliance across court-revenue, trust, and child-support activities.

This executive role requires strong supervisory experience, proficiency in governmental accounting, and the ability to guide financial strategy in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, or a closely related field and at least seven years of progressively responsible financial-management experience, including at least three years in a supervisory or management role.
• Experience with governmental or fund accounting, budget development, financial reporting, cash management, audit, and internal controls.
• Knowledge of governmental accounting practices, public-fund controls, audit requirements, and applicable financial laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Leads the Clerk's budgeting, accounting, financial planning, payroll oversight, purchasing, contract administration, banking, cash-management, financial-reporting, and compliance functions.
• Develops, administers, monitors, and forecasts the annual operating budget, including revenue and expenditure projections, variance analysis, fund-balance projections, transfers, and fiscal adjustments.
• Provides executive oversight in the annual court revenue, trust, child-support, and other custodial or pass-through activity.
• Establishes and monitors internal controls governing collections, deposits, disbursements, electronic transfers, account access, segregation of duties, financial documentation, and reconciliation processes.
• Ensures accurate and timely reconciliation of bank accounts, general-ledger activity, court case-management systems, clearing accounts, and other financial systems; directs resolution of discrepancies and control deficiencies.
• Oversees the Clerk's financial responsibilities within Indiana's Title IV-D Child Support Program, including payment controls, system-access administration, time-study reporting, vendor compliance review, and adherence to applicable state and federal requirements.
• Directs financial reporting, statutory revenue distributions, year-end activities, unclaimed-property reporting, and other required submissions to courts, governmental agencies, auditors, and financial institutions.
• Leads preparation for and response to State Board of Accounts examinations, internal and external audits, and federal or state program reviews; develops and monitors corrective-action plans.
• Advises the Clerk and executive leadership regarding financial condition, resource allocation, emerging risks, proposed operational or policy changes, and long-term financial strategy.
• Directs and develops Finance and Accounting personnel and serves as the principal financial liaison with internal and external agencies, courts, banks, auditors, vendors, and other governmental entities.

Skills

Financial management

Budgeting

Auditing

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, or closely related field

Tools

PeopleSoft

Odyssey

Job description

The City of Indianapolis seeks a Chief Financial Officer to lead the Clerk's financial operations, including budgeting, accounting, payroll oversight, purchasing, cash management, and audits. The CFO will drive strategic financial planning, internal controls, and regulatory compliance across court-revenue, trust, and child-support activities.

This executive role requires strong supervisory experience, proficiency in governmental accounting, and the ability to guide financial strategy in a