Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Employer: City of Big Bear Lake

located in Big Bear Lake, CA


Wage/Salary: $129,875 - $157,851

Date Posted: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Date Closing: Thursday, March 5, 2026

Job Description

The Finance Manager is a key member of the City’s management team, playing a central role in safeguarding the City’s financial health and supporting sound fiscal decision-making across the organization. The Finance Manager oversees advanced financial, accounting, and budgetary functions and assists in guiding the City’s long-term fiscal strategy. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the position plans, coordinates, and supervises daily departmental operations while ensuring compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and applicable laws and policies. 

The Finance Manager participates in and assumes responsibility for all departmental functions including financial audits, quarterly reports, G/L accounting, purchasing, payroll, A/P, A/R, fixed assets, bank reconciliation, and other municipal financial activities. This position also oversees and manages daily cash flow, transfers funds between bank accounts; processes wire transfers; meets with bank representatives and related parties; prepares audit schedules for external auditors, monitors and controls citywide expenditures, assess the City’s fiscal position; ensures current and complainant financial procedures are maintained; prepares staff reports and makes presentations to City Council as needed. Under general direction from the Director of Finance this position may perform other related duties as necessary to ensure the successful performance of the City’s Finance/Treasury Services Department.