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Utility Assistant Chief Financial Officer
City of El Paso
El Paso Water Utilities
Location
El Paso, Texas, 79901
Salary
$100,494.78 - $170,841.13
per year
Type
Full Time
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February 11, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This role involves leading financial teams in a city water utility, managing budgets, accounting, procurement, and investments to keep operations running smoothly and efficiently.
A good fit would be an experienced finance professional with a background in government or utilities, strong leadership skills, and a knack for improving processes while ensuring compliance with laws and policies.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in finance, accounting, business, public administration, or related field
- Six years of progressively responsible professional experience in accounting or financial management, preferably in municipal or government settings
- Three years of management or supervisory experience in a related division
- Texas Class 'C' Driver's License or equivalent
- Ability to oversee budgeting, revenue management, expenditures, investments, and cash operations
- Experience directing procurement, contract evaluation, and compliance with federal, state, and local laws
- Skills in strategic leadership, process improvements, and presenting to boards and stakeholders
Full Job Description
Education and Experience: A Bachelor's degree or higher in finance, accounting, business or public administration or related field, and six (6) years of progressively responsible professional experience in accounting or financial management, preferably in a municipal or government agency or utility, including three (3) years management or supervisory experience over a related division or organization.
Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class "C: Driver's License or equivalent from another state.
Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class "C: Driver's License or equivalent from another state.
Requirements
Under general direction, oversee the day-to-day operations of assigned units to include but not limited to Finance, Accounting, Budgeting, Asset and Treasury Management and Purchasing.
Qualifications
Oversee the management of and provide direction and guidance on financial and accounting functions related to revenue, expenditures, investments, cash management, asset and property control and internal auditing functions.
Involves: Oversee the preparation of, and monitor and control the annual budget and make baseline assumptions.
Provide strategic leadership to assure efficient and continuous process improvements to include the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
Review existing systems and recommend solutions to maximize existing technology, upgrades or new technology. Identify and summarize Utility revenue sources, operating and capital expenditures.
Assist with debt issuances, sale of commercial paper for short-term interim construction financing and make rate increase recommendations.
Ensure recommendations meet Bond Ordinance debt coverage requirements, financial benchmarks and targets set by Public Service Board and financial rating agencies.
Oversee the management of centralized and decentralized procurement activities of the Utility.
Involves: Direct the professional work involving procurement of supplies, services, construction or research and development using formal bid negotiation procedures.
Provide technical guidance and direction on proper procurement methods. Oversee and participate in the evaluation of complex contract price proposals.
Manage and participate in the administration, termination and close out of highly technical and complex contracts. Review complex cost estimates or analyses.
Align key performance indicators to strategic goals, gain efficiencies through continuous improvement methods. Ensure development of policies and procedures to align with new processes.
Enforce system wide compliance of all procurement contracts and bids required by Federal, State and Local Laws and Utility Policies and Procedures.
Oversee the management of financial investment, cash and banking operations.
Involves: Prepare, review and coordinate the placement of documents such as contracts, bids and financial related resolutions of assigned units for the Public Service Board's approval.
Make effective presentations to the Public Service Board, City management, the public and other organizations. Perform other duties as assigned. Supervise assigned personnel.
Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct guide and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide for training and development.
Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants.
Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.
Additional Information
For the complete job specification, click here.
Note: This is an unclassified contract position.
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applicants has been received.
Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members
for more information.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
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