The City of Springfield is seeking a Budget & Procurement Manager to be responsible for the day-to-day administration and supervision of the City’s Budget and Procurement programs to include managing the development of the City and Springfield Economic Development Agency (SEDA) budget, financial forecasting, managing the City’s decentralized procurement program, managing the City’s purchase card program, leading City-wide process improvement initiatives, and providing technical expertise and complex analysis to City executives, managers, and analysts.
Education/ Experience: The City will consider any equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet minimum qualifications. Such a way to meet minimum qualifications could include: • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, public administration, or related field, and; • 5-7 years of experience performing budget preparation, financial analysis, or related discipline, and; • 1-2 years of program or personnel management experience
Preferences may be given based on prior experience: • Prior governmental experience
Selection and Interview Process: Top candidates will be invited to interview and will be emailed directly with additional information.
As a part of our selection process, it will be necessary for candidates to provide the names and email addresses of up to five professional references (including two managers) that can provide information on work performance. To avoid any delay in the process, we ask candidates to start gathering reference information now (name, email address, contact info and time period you worked together). Additional information regarding reference checking will be emailed to candidates at a later date through the SkillSurvey Pre-Hire 360 system.
The selection process will include: reference checks and criminal background check.
All testing and selection processes will be done in accordance with the Oregon Veteran’s Preference in Public Employment Law.
Please do not indicate ‘See Resume’ in the ‘Work Experience’ part of the application. The information you provide in the application ‘Work Experience’ and ‘Job Duties’ will be used to determine if you will proceed to the next phase in the selection process. Information related to education and experience must be verifiable on your application to be given credit.
NOTE: This announcement is intended as a general descriptive recruitment guide and is subject to change. It does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract.
The City of Springfield is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
