Director of Finance and Administration

JOB DESCRIP­TION

CLAS­SI­FI­CA­TION: Direc­tor of Finance and Administration/​CFO

DEPART­MENT: Admin­is­tra­tion

SUPER­VI­SOR: Exec­u­tive Director

EFFEC­TIVE DATE: Octo­ber 1, 2025

PAY LEV­EL: 120 ($114,016.72 — $205,230.09)

PAY CLAS­SI­FI­CA­TION: Exempt

DEF­I­N­I­TION: Under the gen­er­al super­vi­sion of the Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, the Direc­tor of Finance and Admin­is­tra­tion directs all account­ing, trea­sury, fis­cal man­age­ment, debt, finan­cial plan­ning, pro­cure­ment, human resources and admin­is­tra­tive func­tions of the Airport. 

This posi­tion is the top finan­cial exec­u­tive and serves as an advi­sor to the CEO, the Lead­er­ship Team and the Board of Direc­tors. Strate­gic think­ing and col­lab­o­ra­tion are required.

EXAM­PLES OF DUTIES: Heads the annu­al bud­get devel­op­ment work­ing with depart­ments and stake­hold­ers. Plays a key role in the devel­op­ment of the Airport’s cap­i­tal pro­grams, both annu­al and long term, and is respon­si­ble for the relat­ed con­struc­tion account­ing and budgeting. 

Mon­i­tors fis­cal activ­i­ties and insures com­pli­ance with applic­a­ble fed­er­al, state and local reg­u­la­tions and require­ments, coor­di­nates fis­cal ser­vices with banks and finan­cial agen­cies, and devel­ops and main­tains required account­ing process­es and pro­ce­dures. Coor­di­nates annu­al audit with exter­nal audi­tors and imple­ments rec­om­mend­ed pro­ce­dur­al changes. 

Over­sees month­ly account­ing to include accounts receiv­able, accounts payable, pay­roll and pur­chas­ing func­tions. Presents finan­cial report to the Airport’s Board at its month­ly meetings.

Over­sees lease and prop­er­ty admin­is­tra­tion; air­port insur­ance pro­gram and fis­cal admin­is­tra­tion of fed­er­al and state grant pro­grams, includ­ing DBE/ACDBE, and the relat­ed reporting. 

Admin­is­ters Human Resources func­tions includ­ing, but not lim­it­ed to, per­son­nel ben­e­fits pro­gram and employ­ee rela­tions. Per­forms oth­er relat­ed duties as assigned.

QUAL­I­FI­CA­TIONS: Bachelor’s degree in account­ing, finance or busi­ness admin­is­tra­tion; ten years of pro­gres­sive­ly respon­si­ble pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ence with a min­i­mum of five years of super­vi­so­ry expe­ri­ence in gov­ern­men­tal or com­mer­cial account­ing or finance, or an equiv­a­lent com­bi­na­tion of edu­ca­tion, train­ing and expe­ri­ence to exhib­it skillset nec­es­sary to suc­ceed in the posi­tion. Thor­ough knowl­edge of account­ing, finan­cial and per­son­nel man­age­ment prin­ci­ples, prac­tices and tech­niques to include knowl­edge of GAAP and GASB. Must pos­sess strong inter­per­son­al skills and the abil­i­ty to inter­face with and effec­tive­ly com­mu­ni­cate with Air­port staff, users, ten­ants, con­sul­tants, gov­ern­men­tal enti­ties and the gen­er­al pub­lic. Must be able to com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly in both oral and writ­ten form. 

Cer­ti­fied Pub­lic Accoun­tant is high­ly desired as is expe­ri­ence in a com­mer­cial air­port set­ting. Accred­i­ta­tion by the Amer­i­can Asso­ci­a­tion of Air­port Exec­u­tives is a plus. Must pos­sess a valid Flori­da driver’s license with dri­ving priv­i­leges, or have the abil­i­ty to obtain with­in 30 days of employment.

MIS­CEL­LA­NEOUS REQUIRE­MENTS: Must pass pre-employ­ment drug test­ing as well as peri­od­ic test­ing in accor­dance with air­port pol­i­cy; must pass a 10-year, fin­ger­print-based, crim­i­nal his­to­ry records check as required by the Trans­porta­tion Secu­ri­ty Administration.

PHYS­I­CAL DEMANDS: The phys­i­cal demands described here are rep­re­sen­ta­tive of those that must be met by an employ­ee to suc­cess­ful­ly per­form the essen­tial func­tions of this job. Rea­son­able accom­mo­da­tions may be made to enable indi­vid­u­als with dis­abil­i­ties to per­form the essen­tial functions.

SUM­MA­RY:

Occa­sion­al­ly — Lift/​Carry: 20 – 35 — lbs., Push/​Pull: 20−35− lbs., Kneel, Climb, Crawl, Reach above Shoul­der and Reach Out­ward, Drive

Fre­quent­ly — Lift/​Carry: 20 lbs or less., Push/​Pull: 20 lbs or less., Bend, Twist/​Turn, Stand

Con­stant­ly - Hand/​Fine Motor Skills, Walk, Sit, Type/​Keyboard

DIS­CLAIMER:

The exam­ples above are illus­tra­tive and not intend­ed to describe every func­tion which may be per­formed by this job class. The omis­sion of spe­cif­ic duties does not pre­clude man­age­ment from assign­ing spe­cif­ic duties not list­ed, if such duties are a log­i­cal assign­ment to the position.