Chautauqua County
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Chautauqua County Government is recruiting for this executive level
Department Head position. The Director is the County's Chief Fiscal Officer overseeing the
County Division of Treasury, Taxation, Insurance Services, Budget and Purchasing.
The Director is appointed by and reports to the County Executive.
The annual salary range for this position is $60,635 - $93,141.
Preferred minimum qualifications are:
A. Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college
with a Masters degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business
Administration or Public Administration and four (4) years of progressively
responsible full-time paid work experience in business or public financial
management or accounting at the level of department director or assistant
director, OR
B. Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college
with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business
Administration or Public Administration and five (5) years of experience as
listed in “A” above.
Interested candidates should complete a Chautauqua County Application for
Examination or Employment (available on this website) and mail it to:
Chautauqua County Department of Human Resources
Gerace Office Building
Room 144
3 North Erie Street
Mayville, New York 14757
Equal Opportunity Employer
Applications should be postmarked by December 23, 2011.
All Applications will be kept confidential.
The Director's position is governed by the Chautauqua County Administrative Code.
An excerpt from the pertinent section of the Code is listed below.
Section 3.01C Powers and Duties of Director of Finance
The Director of Finance shall:
(a) Have all the powers and duties and shall be subject to all the obligations and
liabilities heretofore or hereafter lawfully granted or imposed by the County Charter, this
Code, local law, ordinance or resolution of the Legislature, order or direction of the County
Executive, or any applicable provision of any act of the Legislature not inconsistent with the
County Charter or this Code. Such powers, duties, obligations and liabilities shall include,
but shall not be limited to, any power, duty, obligation or liability now or hereafter required
by any law to be performed by or imposed upon a County Treasurer, the Chief Fiscal Officer
of a county, or other county officers in relation to the collection of taxes.
(b) Have charge of the collection, receipt, custody, deposit, investment and
disbursement of all fees, taxes, revenues and other funds of the County or for which the
County is responsible. The Director shall have charge of the performance of all other duties
required by any law to be performed by a county treasurer, or other county officer in
relation to the collection of taxes, except as they may be inconsistent with the Charter or
Code.
(c) Have custody of all insurance policies, security bonds, and such other County
instruments as the County Executive may direct.
(d) Shall audit claims, except for those previously audited in the Department of
Social Services for state-mandated and assisted programs, and payrolls for services
rendered the County, or for salaries of any County employees or County officer. Such audit
will consist of verifying services or items purchased have been properly authorized and that
it has been received or performed as indicated by written certification from the head of the
appropriate unit or deputy to the effect that each person named therein was regularly
appointed to the position held, that the services specified were actually performed and that
the compensation stated in such claim or payroll is correct and true - or by a receiving
document. No payroll shall be approved for payment until the Human Resources Director or
designee has certified that the persons named therein are employed in their respective
positions in accordance with law and rules made pursuant to law.
(e) Shall prepare and authorize payments of the payroll and all other lawful claims or
charges against the County or against funds for which the County is responsible. No
payment shall be prepared by the Director for the settlement of any claim against or
obligation of the County, unless it states particularly against which of such funds it is drawn
and the appropriation account chargeable therewith. No fund or appropriation account shall
be overdrawn nor shall any check be drawn against one fund or appropriation to pay a claim
chargeable to another.
(f) Shall prescribe such accounting methods, systems, forms and reports, and copies
and distribution of same for all administrative units in the County, as seems necessary for
proper control and administration.
(g) Depository and Investment Undertakings- The Director of Finance shall deposit
and invest funds in accordance with resolutions duly adopted by the Legislature and in
accordance with applicable provision of New York State Law and regulations adopted by the
New York State Comptroller.
Whenever, in the judgment of the Director of Finance, additional facilities for the
safeguarding of securities are required, a safety deposit box shall be rented and the cost
thereof shall be paid as a County charge. The Director of Finance shall not be liable for the
loss of public funds of the County by reason of the default or insolvency of a designated
Depository, provided such funds have been deposited in accordance with the provisions of
this section.