Your task: Take responsibility, develop perspectives

They are responsible for the strategic and operational management of the finance department with its specialist teams:

• Budgeting and finance, reporting, cost and performance accounting
• City treasury
• Book and fixed asset accounting
• Taxes and fees

In this role, you combine professional expertise with modern leadership, strategic thinking, and a clear understanding of economic contexts.

Your main tasks:

• Management and leadership of the Finance Department with the specialist teams for Budget and Finance, Reporting, Cost and Performance Accounting, City Treasury, Book and Fixed Asset Accounting, Taxes and Fees (currently eight employees)
• Strategic advice and support to the mayor and the administrative management in all essential financial matters.
• Responsibility for budget, financial and investment planning
• Preparation, management and continuous development of the product-oriented budget
• Preparation and implementation of the budget stabilization plan, including liquidity planning.
• Implementation of municipal consolidation measures and corresponding government regulations
• Preparation and further development of quarterly reports and annual financial statements
• Preparation of projections, financial forecasts and scenarios, in particular regarding municipal financial equalization, levy obligations, municipal taxes and municipal tax shares.
• Early detection of financial developments and derivation of appropriate control measures
• Processing and implementation of audit findings
• Independent support during audits by the tax office and the supra-regional audit office.
• Responsibility for municipal taxes, including assessment and collection
• Management of receivables, including dunning and enforcement.
• continuous analysis, development and optimization of financial processes
• active participation in the strategic development of the city administration and its financial management instruments