Water Business Manager

Company: TOWN OF MARANA
Location: Marana
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

Town of Marana Marana is the fastest growing community in Southern Arizona and the 2nd largest municipality in Pima County. The Town was recently recognized as one of the ten most successful cities in Arizona. Marana lies approximately 20 minutes northwest of downtown Tucson and 75 minutes southeast of Phoenix. The Town makes its decisions based on a Strategic Plan that has five focus areas: Commerce, Community, Heritage, Innovation and Recreation.

Marana's standards are high. We are an organization of excellence and have developed four Cultural Value Statements that provide the guidelines for how we work together. Our Cultural Values are: Dedicated Service, Respect, Teamwork and Engaged Innovation. Position Description The Town of Marana is seeking a Water Business Manager to work in the Water Department. This is a full-time position and an exciting opportunity for someone interested in overseeing the customer service, finance, and community outreach for the billing and customer service division.

This position performs cost control activities of the Water Department; prepares financial reports, monitors revenues and expenditures for the department to assure sound fiscal control and effective and efficient use of budgeted funds. Works with managers ensuring all areas are performed within budget.

Hiring Range: $69,155 - $86,444 Examples of Duties

• Provides leadership, oversight, and supervision over Water Customer Service Group; creates a culture of accountability and excellence, providing motivation and performance feedback, recognizing contributions, and encourages staff training and professional development. This position provides direct supervision over Water Customer Service Supervisor.
• Under the general direction of the Water Director:
• Responsible for the management of the financial activities, including water and water reclamation capital and operation budgets, accounting, rates administration, financial forecasting, auditing, and reporting.
• Responsible to develop financial models for the evaluation of business alternatives considering key variables, assisting the Water Director with the budget and strategic planning utilizing existing tools and software.
• Frequently perform financial and operational calculation regarding metrics based on key business drivers that provide necessary insight to assist managements operational and business decisions.
• Prepares, documents, and presents code and ordinance changes, rates, fees, budgets as well as financial adjustments, and other utility business policies and practices to internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinates with Finance Department and manages multiple water enterprise funds.
• Creates and oversees water and water reclamation customer policies, customer service programs and associated outreach communications. Manages billing and account structure and resolution of billing disputes including collaboration with billing, finance, and legal counsel. Provides oversight for all business functions.
• Leads and manages water business related projects, including rate studies and impact fee studies. Manages all department outreach/communication. Leads and manages technology and business process improvement projects, including, but is not limited to, billing software, meter reading hardware and software, and assets management software, etc. Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelors Degree in business administration, public administration or a closely related field.
  • Five or more years of progressively responsible professional experience in utilities and financial management, enterprise funds management, utility rates study, and technology implementation with demonstrated success.
  • Three or more years of supervisory experience.An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience that provides the desired knowledge, skills & abilities to successfully perform essential functions may be considered.
    
    PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS
    
    • Professional Certification (CPA, CMA, CFA) or an advanced degree.
    • Financial modeling experience is a huge plus.
    • Masters Degree in business administration, public administration or a closely related field. RECRUITMENT PROCESS
      If you meet the minimum requirements, submit a completed Town of Marana application which can be supplemented with a resume and cover letter. Candidates are responsible for verifying receipt of materials. Applications must be submitted by applying online at www.maranaaz.gov and following the employment link. All status updates will be sent via email through the applicant tracking system.
      
      REVIEW PROCESS
      Job posting will remain open until a sufficient number of applicants have met the minimum requirements and have been scheduled for interviews. A first review date of applications will be conducted on 04/17/2022.
      
      TOWN OF MARANA CONTACT INFORMATION
      11555 West Civic Center Drive
      Marana, AZ 85653
      
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      The Town of Marana is an equal opportunity employer. If you require a reasonable accommodation at any stage of the application/exam process due to a disability, please contact the Human Resources Department prior to any deadlines related to this recruitment process. Please contact the Human Resources Department if you would like this publication in an alternative format. Associated topics: authority, captain, license, manage, pilot, supervise

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