Job Summary

*This position is open until filled; however, to ensure consideration applications should be submitted by August 23, 2024, at 4:30 p.m.  *  KCHA is currently recruiting for an experienced professional to fill the role of Financial Planning Manager.  This position reports to the Vice President of Finance and is based at our central office located in Tukwila, Washington. The Financial Planning Manager will have oversight of the budgeting process and performing financial analysis for KCHA. Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning process.
• Managing the workforce budget.
• Supporting decision-making by providing stakeholders with timely, detailed, and meaningful insights and visibility on business performance.
• Identifying areas for technology adoption and streamlining.
• Supervising and developing a team of Planning Analysts.

As a pivotal part of achieving KCHA's mission, our Finance Department is dedicated to collaborative work across the agency, ensuring timely and accurate financial data to support all housing programs and opportunities. 

The King County Housing Authority 

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Essential Functions

The Financial Planning Manager will:

• Oversee the development of the annual operating and capital budgets in order to:
  • Coordinate and create proposals for budget initiatives.
  • Evaluate staffing proposals.
  • Assess practicality of proposed plans and projects.
  • Distribute the final budget.
  • Act as a financial resource to senior staff.
  • Train staff on budget processes and procedures. 
• Establish budget procedures; examine existing processes and implements change to improve efficiency, success, and value.
• Prepare mid-year budget revisions to reflect changes in operations and presents changes to the board.
• Analyze budget to actual financial performance by department to identify tendencies and variances; make recommendations; give explanations on significant adjustments and detects items requiring adjustment to directors.
• Ensure that financial systems and software are set up for budget development; manage the maintenance of databases for reporting and analytical purposes.

• Recommend the hiring of department personnel; assign, direct, train and inspect the work of staff; reward, discipline, coach, counsel and evaluate staff performance; create staff schedules; recommend transfers, promotions, suspensions, terminations, and demotions; develop goals and initiatives for staff.

   

Qualifications and Competencies

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field AND

• Extensive (more than 5 years) experience in budgeting, accounting, finance and/or financial planning & analysis including supervisory experience OR

• An equivalent combination of experience and education that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

Understands technical aspects of the position and continuously builds knowledge, keeping up to date on th