Description

What You’ll Do
The Controller’s Office is seeking an experienced Financial Reporting Manager to lead the Financial Reporting team within the Accounting and Financial Reporting Division. This division is responsible for maintaining the City and County of Denver’s core financial records, producing the City’s audited Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), preparing the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA), implementing new GASB standards, partnering with departments and agencies on accounting and financial reporting issues, and developing specialized and ad hoc reports for stakeholders across the organization. The team safeguards the accuracy and integrity of all financial data in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

We also steward the City’s internal control framework, fiscal accountability rules, and policies. We ensure financial systems and reporting tools operate reliably and effectively in support of transparency, compliance, and informed decision-making.

Requirements

Responsibilities:

• Lead and project manage the preparation, review, and publication of the City’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with GAAP and GASB standards.
  Research, interpret, and implement new Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements and ensure citywide readiness for adoption.
• Oversee the City’s asset and lease accounting and reporting processes, ensuring compliance with GASB standards (including GASB 87/96) and accurate financial presentation.
• Oversee the development of the SEFA and coordinate with departments to ensure accurate reporting of federal funds in accordance with Uniform Guidance.
  Supervise a team of professional accountants and analysts, providing coaching, mentoring, training, and full performance management.
• Establish and monitor internal controls related to financial reporting, accounting practices, and adherence to fiscal accountability rules.
• Work collaboratively with departments across the City to resolve accounting and financial reporting issues, interpret guidance, and improve the quality and consistency of financial information.
• Guide the preparation of monthly, annual, and ad hoc financial reports and respond to reporting and analysis requests from leadership, external auditors, and other stakeholders.
• Support continuous process improvement efforts to enhance efficiency, strengthen internal controls, and improve the City’s overall financial reporting environment.
• Interact effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization—from executives to administrative staff—to communicate goals, deliverables, expectations, and timelines.
• Serve as the primary liaison to external auditors by coordinating requests, preparing documentation, and ensuring timely, accurate responses.
• Contribute to the execution of the Controller’s Office strategic priorities, advancing long-term improvements in financial transparency, accountability, and reporting quality.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or a related field based on a specific position(s).
• Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of experience at the type and level of functional or operational management, which must have included management of professional individual contributors.
• Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education.
• Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.