Role of the Finance Officer

GFOA recommends that finance officers take an active role in their governments' efforts to think and act sustainably.

State and local government officials should extend the involvement of the finance director through all phases of asset management. Finance officers should be involved by understanding and providing information to support decisions.

The finance officer or budget officer should lead or be a key participant in the analysis of the economic and fiscal impacts, as well as the risks and uncertainties, associated with proposed economic development plans, strategies or individual projects.

Jurisdictions should make use of the finance officer’s expertise throughout the collective bargaining process, and the finance officer should participate in a variety of ways.