- Guides financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures. - Protects assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls. - Monitors and confirms financial condition by conducting audits; providing information to external auditors. - Maximizes return, and limits risk, on cash by minimizing bank balances; making investments. - Prepares budgets by establishing schedules; collecting, analyzing, and consolidating financial data; recommending plans. - Achieves budget objectives by scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. - Provides status of financial condition by collecting, interpreting, and reporting financial data. - Prepares special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends. - Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; filing financial reports; advising management on needed actions. - Ensures operation of equipment by establishing preventive maintenance requirements and service contracts; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques. - Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees;following up on work results. - Maintains financial staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees. - Maintains financial staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results. - Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops;reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. - Protects operations by keeping financial information and plans confidential. - Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.