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Job Description
Job Summary
This position assists the Assistant Director of Management Services with the daily operations related to the city’s debt portfolio, debt management functions, and other special projects. Coordinates aspects of the debt management program, including developing the tables and reports for notices of intent, official statements, and continual disclosure reports. Daily activities include ensuring successful accounting, tracking, reconciling, and forecasting for debt repayment. This includes providing friendly and responsive customer service.
Essential Job Functions- Assists in the development, preparation, management, and reporting of the City’s multimillion-dollar debt financing portfolio.
- Prepares documents related to all phases of debt financing, including collaborating with various internal and external parties to coordinate bond sizing, debt structuring, official statement preparation, debt payments, debt tracking, debt repayment, and legal compliance.
- Supports annual budget process by providing outstanding debt service schedules and projections.
- Assist in annual external audit by completing year-end journal entries, reconciliations, and creating related reports and tables. Replies to various audit requests for compliance.
- Review and track bond proceeds and expenditures and analyze them for compliance with bond covenants and legislative requirements.
- Works with City consultants such as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, financial advisor and underwriters to develop solutions to capital finance issues and to achieve compliance with all state and federal statutory requirements for bond issuance and reporting.
- Prepares fiscal impact analysis related to proposed legislation and economic development programs related to debt, capital projects, and other revenue sources pledged for debt repayment, such as property tax, sales tax, utility revenue, and other pledged revenues.
- Supports the department’s goals through cooperation, transparency, and accountability.
- Allother duties as assigned by the Director and Assistant Director of Management Services.
- Regular and dependable attendance is required.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge,skills,and abilities may qualify. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills, and abilities would be:- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.Mastersor advanced degree is preferred.Proven knowledge of GASB, MSRB, PFIA, and other governing laws or standards.
- Experience: Three to five years of experience in municipal government in budgeting, financial analysis, debt management, accounting, treasury, or other related field. Municipal Finance experience preferred.
- Licenses: A valid Texas Driver's License is required.
- Certifications Required: CGFO or CPFO or similar certification preferred. Ability to attendand attain mandatory training for Public Funds Investment Act within 12 months of appointment and maintain continuing education hours as required.
Closing Date/Time: 5/23/2025 5:00 PM Central - Assists in the development, preparation, management, and reporting of the City’s multimillion-dollar debt financing portfolio.
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Special Instructions
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Grand Prairie
Show moreWelcome to the City of Grand Prairie! We Live Life Grand here – about 200,640 residents call Grand Prairie home, and we’re still growing. Grand Prairie is the 16th largest city in Texas and the 125th largest city in the United States, but we still have small town values. We are rated the #1 Best Place to Retire in the U.S., 2nd Happiest City in Texas, 5th Best City for First-Time Home Buyers in Texas, 7th Safest Large City in Texas, and in the Top 50 U.S. Best Place to
Raise a Family!We have attractions that draw almost 10 million visitors a year to:
- Epic Waters Indoor Water Park showcasing 80,000 square feet of year-round water fun referred to as a “cruise ship on land”
- The Summit Active Adult Center with state-of-the-art fitness training, indoor infinity edge pool with lap lanes and exercise vortex, theater, game room, sauna
- PlayGrand Adventures (10-acre, all-accessible playground) is an exciting opportunity to provide a safe and fun playground experience for all ages and abilities (open late 2019)
- Firehouse Gastro Park restaurant downtown (conversion of historic Firehouse #1)
- Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Horse Race Track
- The Theatre at Grand Prairie concert venue
- Historic Uptown Theater in downtown
- IKEA, Living Spaces and the Premium Outlet Mall
- Traders Village
- Lake Joe Pool
- Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! And Palace of Wax
- Epic Central Park, a 172-acre park with five lakes, a Grand Lawn amphitheater, trails and a water and light show
- Chicken N’ Pickle
- Bolder Adventure Park
- The Epic Arts, Fitness and Entertainment Center with $1 million in cardio and strength training equipment, indoor walking/jogging track, group fitness and more
Grand Prairie recently welcomed more than 50 new restaurants and retail stores along SH 161, and development continues at a brisk pace. The city offers a vibrant lifestyle, with the best parks in the nation, more amenities than most, affordable to affluent housing and friendly neighbors.
City employees work hard to ensure Grand Prairie is known as an organization that creates Raving Fans by delivering world-class service. Our employee family and elected officials constantly live our values, aggressively move toward our vision and are always looking for ways to make the business of running a city even better.The hard work, positive input and optimism of all our city employees all play a key role in our success. We look forward to you joining our
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