Requirements For Employment

A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a two-for-one year basis. A typical combination includes:

Education

• Bachelor′s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction, Business, Economics, or a related field; Master's Degree in a related field preferred

Experience

• Five years of relevant management-level experience administering project control activities for major capital projects, including developing, monitoring, and entering budgets

Certifications/Licenses/Special Requirements

• A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity. These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs will help support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically be selected.

The following are the preferred qualifications:

• Experience overseeing the development of department-wide capital and/or annual operating budgets
• Experience utilizing financial and budget systems to input, monitor, and develop capital and annual operating budgets
• Experience serving as a project manager on financial and administrative support projects, including conducting complex financial analysis
• Experience advising management on policies, procedures and practices related to administration, staffing resources, and personnel issues
• Experience preparing, producing and presenting various reports and analyses to executive management, such as administration related reports, budget reports, and expenditure/cost variance reports
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Excel and formulas for advanced data reporting, including generating pivot tables, and summarizing large data sets
• Experience working in the transportation industry

 

Knowledge:

• Theories, principles, and practices of capital and operating budgets, scheduling, finance, configuration management, and information systems for major public works projects

• Applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and standards

• Projection techniques for determining staffing and resources

• Developing budget and estimates using bottom-up approach

• Various Metro department functions

• Preparing and writing Board reports

• Finance and budget systems

• Applicable business software applications

• Modern management theory

Skill:

• Planning, organizing, and directing the work of a variety of projects

• Differentiating between capital and operating budgets

• Establishing and implementing policies and procedures

• Determining strategies to achieve goals

• Reconciling data from different reports and sources

• Analyzing situations, identifying problems, recommending solutions, and evaluating outcomes

• Exercising sound judgment and creativity in making decisions

• Communicating effectively orally and in writing

• Writing clear and concise Board reports

• Interacting professionally with various levels of Metro employees, the Board of Directors, and outside representatives

• Mediating and negotiating

• Dealing with difficult people

• Directing, supervising, training, mentoring, and motivating assigned staff

• Using spreadsheet software

 

Abilities:

• Work under deadlines

• Work with Metro's financial and budget systems

• Plan financial and staffing needs

• Make financial decisions within a budget

• Compile, analyze, and interpret complex data

• Prepare comprehensive reports and correspondence

• Represent Metro before the public

• Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, contracts, budgets, and labor/management agreements

• Travel to offsite locations

• Read, write, speak, and understand English