Finance Manager G122 Recorder's Court (City Employees Only)

Finance Manager G122 Recorders Court (City Employees Only)

Salary

$47,574.05 Annually

Location

Recorders Court, 702 10th Street, Columbus, GA

Job Type

Full-Time Regular

Job Number

2026-00000570

Department

Recorders Court

Division

Recorders Court

Opening Date

09/28/2026

Closing Date

10/5/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

• Description
• Questions

Major Duties and Responsibilities

This position is responsible for managing the daily financial activities of Recorder's Court.

• Performs Traffic and Criminal Accounting.
• Performs all duties required for Probation cases.
• Plans and performs trend analyses and revenue projects.
• Performs special projects and written reports.
• Creates graphs and spreadsheets regarding annual budget.
• Analyzes department's funding request.
• Reviews and analyzes year to date revenue summary.
• Prepares overtime report of budgetary issues.
• Monitors and analyzes state legislation affecting budget.
• Processes monthly reports and checks for GSCCCA, POAB, the Sheriff's Retirement Fund and the local Law Library.
• Trains and Supervises Recorder's Court Finance Clerks.
• Trains others in Criminal Accounting.
• Processes daily deposits from fines, bonds and court fees.
• Assists auditors in gathering information.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of governmental accounting.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of budgetary development and management.
• Knowledge of government payroll rules and regulations.
• Knowledge of financial management practices in federal and state laws and municipal policy, local ordinances, and department policies and procedures.
• Skill in developing and implementing policies and procedures.
• Skill in problem-solving and decision making.
• Skill in management and supervision.
• Skill in operating standard office equipment including computers and financial management software.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

Minimum Educational and Training Requirements

A Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field is required and experience sufficient to thoroughly understand the work of subordinate positions and to be able to answer questions and resolve problems, usually associated with five years experience or service.

Physical Requirements

The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table or while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee must occasionally lift light objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing - maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Climbing - ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
• Crawling - moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.
• Crouching - bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping - applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling - picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 - perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 - receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling - bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting - raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity - ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
• Pushing - use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
• Reaching - extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion - substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking - expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing - for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping - bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.
• Talking 2 - shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
• Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
• Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
• Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

The work is typically performed in an office setting.

01

Which best describes your level of education? (You will be asked to provide documentation)

• No High School Diploma
• GED
• High School Diploma
• Technical College
• Some College
• Associates Degree
• Bachelors Degree
• Masters Degree
• Doctorates Degree

02

What financial computer software programs are you skilled in utilizing?

03

How many years do you have in accounting, finance, auditing or related field?

• 0-1 years
• 1-3 years
• 3-5 years
• 5 or more years

04

Briefly describe any work experience you have with basic budgetary principles and practices.

Required Question

Employer Columbus Consolidated Government

Address City Hall

1111 1st Avenue

Columbus, Georgia, 31901

Phone 706-225-4059

Website http://www.columbusga.gov/HR