Abdo

Governmental Consulting Finance Director

Abdo

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Mankato • Minnesota • United States

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Salary

💰 $95,000 - $130,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Help clients develop multi-year strategic financial plans and forecasts
  • Present financial results to councils, boards, and management teams with clear insights
  • Ensure year-round audit readiness with clients
  • Seek to automate budget, forecasting, and analysis using systems; utilize Excel-based modeling as needed
  • Lead a team providing strategic financial services to government entities
  • Use top software solutions to help clients build their financial technology systems and track key performance indicators
  • Take point on software implementations and create best practice templates
  • Manage team priorities and capacity to deliver high-quality projects on time
  • Develop the team's client experience skills in conjunction with Abdo's client experience training

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field
  • 5+ years experience working in accounting
  • Experience in the local government/utility industry and/or governmental accounting
  • Skilled in software implementations, long-term financial planning, budgeting, cost management, and/or utility rate studies
  • Experience in project and change management
  • Proficient in advanced MS-Excel functions (e.g. VLOOKUP, H-LOOKUP, SUMIFS, conditional statements (IF, MAX, MIN), pivot tables, graphs and charts)
  • Strong quantitative analysis and financial modeling skills, with a focus on improvement and automation
  • Desire to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Collaborative spirit and adaptability to change
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision, HSA with employer match, FSA medical and dependent care, long & short-term disability insurance options
  • 22 days per year of PTO, 8 full holidays, 2 half holidays, 24 hours paid volunteer time, parental and grandparent leave
  • 401(k) plan with employer contributions up to 4.5%
  • Abdo-sponsored telehealth platform
  • Technology reimbursement
  • Half day Fridays June through September
  • Professional expenses and CPA support and bonus
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
financial planningforecastingbudgetingcost managementutility rate studiesquantitative analysisfinancial modelingsoftware implementationsadvanced MS-Excelautomation
Soft Skills
collaborative spiritadaptabilityteam leadershipclient experienceproject managementchange managementcommunicationorganizational skillspresentation skillsproblem-solving