Successful candidate must possess the following qualifications:

• A four-year degree with a major in Accounting, Finance, or other business-related field from an accredited college or university.
• Advanced proficiency (CPA, MBA, MA or CMA) is required.
• Certification as a Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Public Accountant is required.
• Ten years' recent progressively responsible finance, accounting, and/or business-related experience, with a minimum of five years' auditing and evaluating controls of organizations at least as large as City Utilities is required.

• Management or project lead experience is required.

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, employees, and the Board of Public Utilities.
• Knowledge of the operations of a multi-disciplined utility or similar size and scope of an organization is required.
• Requires exceptional communication skills, including the ability to present material to both large and small groups of professionals and non-professionals and the ability to present material in written form that is understandable to both the technical and non-technical reader.
• Must have working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (GAAS), and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)/Governmental Account Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements