Analyst II, Finance (Police Services) (Finance)
POSITION TITLE: Analyst II, Finance (Police Services) (Full-Time Regular) (Classified)
REQUISITION #: req7954
DEPARTMENT: Police Administration
LOCATION: POLICE BUILDING
BENEFIT CATEGORY: Classified (Non-CBU) View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time Regular
ANNUAL SALARY RANGE: $62,126.00 - 103,544.00 (Salaries are paid biweekly)
ANNUAL ANTICIPATED HIRING RANGE: $80,000.00 - 89,000.00 (dependent on qualifications)
SELECTION PROCESS: Application deadline is 3:00 p.m. MT on 1/24/2025.
You will receive an email acknowledgment when you have successfully submitted an application. Your completed application will be forwarded to the hiring manager. You will be notified if you are selected for further testing or interviews. Please keep your contact information up-to-date. The status of your application will be updated in your applicant profile. Background check and motor vehicle report required.
Why Work For the City of Fort Collins?
- Medical, dental, vision (for self, spouse, domestic partner, children) - eligible on the 1st of the month following date of hire
- Paid vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional one-time bank of 40 PTO hours for new, full-time, Classified and Unclassified Management hires
- Retirement + company contributions - after 6 month probation period and immediate vesting
- Flexible spending: Medical expenses FSA, dependent FSA or both
- Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal, financial assistance
- Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Wellness program, workout facilities
- Employee/family onsite health clinic
- Learning and development opportunities at all levels in the organization with opportunities for career mobility
- Collaborative work environment
Job Summary
Fort Collins Police Services is a progressive and professional organization, currently employing 236 sworn officers and 143 professional staff members. Our vision is to make Fort Collins the safest community in the nation. We serve the community by protecting life and property, preserving peace and order, preventing and detecting crime, enforcing laws and ordinances, and promoting the safe, efficient use of the City's streets and highways. All of this is built from our values of: respect, integrity, service, and engagement.
The agency consists of five operational divisions which specialize in components of modern law enforcement. Those divisions are: Administration, Patrol, Special Operations, Criminal Investigations, and Information Services. This position reports to the Deputy Chief of Police and works in the Administration Division. There are supervisory and collaborative responsibilities working with the agency's Financial Coordinator. The position's work focuses on providing strategic guidance through budgeting, forecasting (both revenue and expenses), project evaluation, cost benefit analysis, threats and opportunities identification, oversight and reporting of grant funding, and cost-saving analysis for new or existing plans, programs, and policies. Additionally, the position independently uses experience and broad business knowledge to thoroughly vet proposed projects and perform due diligence.
Additionally, a successful Analyst II will be skilled in a range of approaches to communicating findings and nuanced recommendations to the agency's Executive Staff, other service area leadership teams, organizational budget managers, and potentially community partners and elected officials in an accurate and easy to understand manner. The Analyst II will also demonstrate leadership by identifying areas to contribute value-added analysis, including process improvement, optimizing the Triple Bottom Line (economic, environmental, and social), integrating/aligning across functional areas, and evaluating trade-offs. Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Crystal Reports and BI Launchpad is preferred. Finally, the position plays an integral role in reviewing, establishing, interpreting, and presenting performance metrics and indicators for the police department's data-informed work. Examples of plans, programs, policies, and projects in the service area include: the Northern Colorado Law Enforcement Training Center, Fort Collins Police Academy, East Mulberry corridor annexation evaluation, and numerous items in the collective bargaining agreement between the City and the Fraternal Order of Police.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The following duties and responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.
- Prepare budget vs. actual variance analysis and narrative assessment reports. Lead investigation of variance root causes, develop proposed course of action, and communicate impacts and results with management.
- Lead budget development and forecast projections with management team. Document details and rationale for use in periodic variance reporting.
- Analyze, interpret and communicate complex data using standard accounting and finance concept knowledge.
- Data mine, compile, and analyze data from various sources and systems (including ERP) in support of the analysis of business issues, concerns and opportunities. Develop recommendations on business decisions based on the financial analysis.
- Participates in capital improvement plan for core City infrastructure, coordination, validation, and assessment. Contributes to process improvements and cost-effective efficiencies.
- Manage financial ad hoc projects of moderate complexity, capital estimates, grant research and reporting, and process improvement initiatives with department impacts.
- Assists in identifying issues of a financial nature and makes recommendations for improvement and works with operational leadership to implement corrective actions as needed.
- Perform standard financial and accounting work procedures while continuously looking for ways to improve processes and methods.
- Reconcile accounts and verify data integrity.
- Assist in establishing and monitoring performance metrics and measures.
- Process data entries, accounting journals, payments (AP), invoices (AR), and general bookkeeping per documented procedures.
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City Competencies
- Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.
- Strong learning orientation. Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.
- A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.
- A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.
- Knowledge of local government accounting principles, Governmental Accounting Standard Board (GASB) pronouncements and interpretations.
- Knowledge of fund accounting.
- Possess critical thinking skills, analytical thought processes and business acumen.
- Able to effectively manage multiple projects with limited guidance and various priorities.
- Intermediate / Advanced skill level in Excel and Microsoft Office software.
- Basic statistical analysis.
- Strategic critical thinking in approach to problem solving, issue resolution and solution development drawing upon business acumen and perspective gained from experience.
- Ability to effectively summarize and communicate financial issues, complex problems and analytics, both orally and in writing to peers and management.
- Intermediate / Advanced skills in data query, extraction, and normalizing. Proficient at incorporating and utilizing data in a variety of reporting tools and financial software packages.
- Collaborates well with finance colleagues and departments / service areas; able to contribute to cross-functional teams.
- Ability to communicate both up and down and across the chain of command.
MinimumPreferredCollege degree or equivalent work experience. Some positions may require functionally related certification or advanced degrees Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
Experience Requirements
- 3 or more years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Analyst II, Finance
The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call (970) 221-6535 for assistance.
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Because the possession and use of marijuana, whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the City is a drug free workplace, the City will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the City while marijuana is in the body. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed, or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy.
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Note: Some information in your application may be public information under the Colorado Open Records Act.Job Summary
Fort Collins Police Services is a progressive and professional organization, currently employing 236 sworn officers and 143 professional staff members. Our vision is to make Fort Collins the safest community in the nation. We serve the community by protecting life and property, preserving peace and order, preventing and detecting crime, enforcing laws and ordinances, and promoting the safe, efficient use of the City's streets and highways. All of this is built from our values of: respect, integrity, service, and engagement.
The agency consists of five operational divisions which specialize in components of modern law enforcement. Those divisions are: Administration, Patrol, Special Operations, Criminal Investigations, and Information Services. This position reports to the Deputy Chief of Police and works in the Administration Division. There are supervisory and collaborative responsibilities working with the agency's Financial Coordinator. The position's work focuses on providing strategic guidance through budgeting, forecasting (both revenue and expenses), project evaluation, cost benefit analysis, threats and opportunities identification, oversight and reporting of grant funding, and cost-saving analysis for new or existing plans, programs, and policies. Additionally, the position independently uses experience and broad business knowledge to thoroughly vet proposed projects and perform due diligence.
Additionally, a successful Analyst II will be skilled in a range of approaches to communicating findings and nuanced recommendations to the agency's Executive Staff, other service area leadership teams, organizational budget managers, and potentially community partners and elected officials in an accurate and easy to understand manner. The Analyst II will also demonstrate leadership by identifying areas to contribute value-added analysis, including process improvement, optimizing the Triple Bottom Line (economic, environmental, and social), integrating/aligning across functional areas, and evaluating trade-offs. Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Crystal Reports and BI Launchpad is preferred. Finally, the position plays an integral role in reviewing, establishing, interpreting, and presenting performance metrics and indicators for the police department's data-informed work. Examples of plans, programs, policies, and projects in the service area include: the Northern Colorado Law Enforcement Training Center, Fort Collins Police Academy, East Mulberry corridor annexation evaluation, and numerous items in the collective bargaining agreement between the City and the Fraternal Order of Police.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The following duties and responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.
Prepare budget vs. actual variance analysis and narrative assessment reports. Lead investigation of variance root causes, develop proposed course of action, and communicate impacts and results with management.Lead budget development and forecast projections with management team. Document details and rationale for use in periodic variance reporting.Analyze, interpret and communicate complex data using standard accounting and finance concept knowledge.Data mine, compile, and analyze data from various sources and systems (including ERP) in support of the analysis of business issues, concerns and opportunities. Develop recommendations on business decisions based on the financial analysis.Participates in capital improvement plan for core City infrastructure, coordination, validation, and assessment. Contributes to process improvements and cost-effective efficiencies.Manage financial ad hoc projects of moderate complexity, capital estimates, grant research and reporting, and process improvement initiatives with department impacts.Assists in identifying issues of a financial nature and makes recommendations for improvement and works with operational leadership to implement corrective actions as needed.Perform standard financial and accounting work procedures while continuously looking for ways to improve processes and methods.Reconcile accounts and verify data integrity.Assist in establishing and monitoring performance metrics and measures.Process data entries, accounting journals, payments (AP), invoices (AR), and general bookkeeping per documented procedures.
Management Responsibilities
Yes
