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APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ADDING THE FINANCE MANAGER CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE
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DEPARTMENT: FINANCE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTED BY: CAROL MOLINA, FINANCE DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: CAROL MOLINA, FINANCE DIRECTOR (714) 754-5243
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:
Approve a reclassification of the existing full-time equivalent Senior Management Analyst position (Confidential) to one full-time equivalent Finance Manager, in the Costa Mesa Confidential Management Unit (Confidential Management), and corresponding proposed Resolution No. 22-39 (Attachment 1), amending Resolution No. 22-xx by establishing a new classification in the Confidential Management Unit and establishing the pay range.
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BACKGROUND:
The Finance Department is seeking to amend the City's Classification Plan to incorporate a Finance Manager (Confidential Management) classification. The Department currently has one Senior Management Analyst (Confidential) position vacant, and requests to reclassify that vacant position to a Finance Manager (Confidential Management) position.
Over the past five years, the Finance Department has struggled with filling the Senior Management Analyst position due primarily to the following challenges: 1) the second tier pension rate calculation for Classic employees; and, 2) finding the specialized financial acumen to ensure fiscal controls and sustainability. These challenges have highlighted the need to ensure certain divisions within Finance are adequately staffed, and incorporate the specific financial expertise required to ensure internal controls and financial oversight. The Finance Manager classification does not exist in the City's class plan and provides the much-needed flexibility to ensure the level and scope financial expertise required in the Department. Presently, the Finance Department has two main divisions: Finance Administration and Financial Operations. One Division is headed by a Manager a...
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