Finance Supervisor; Payroll

Oral Board Interviews

Tentatively Scheduled for the week of February 16, 2026

The East Bay Regional Park District is a system of beautiful parklands in Alameda and Contra Costa counties to the east of San Francisco. The system comprises 73 parks spanning across 126,809 acres; 1,250 miles of trails; 55 miles of shoreline. We manage and preserve natural and cultural resources for all to enjoy and protect. The regional parks are ideal for healthful recreation and environmental education.

Learn about our Mission and Vision, History, and our contributions to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

EBRPD preserves a rich heritage of natural and cultural resources and provides open space, parks, trails, safe and healthful recreation and environmental education. An environmental ethic guides the District in all of its activities.

• Respect: We honor each other, the park users we serve, and the land we steward.
• Resilience: We creatively adapt to change. We address challenges with empathy, perspective, and determination.
• Relationships: Our greatest strength lies in the trust, accountability, and teamwork we cultivate with our colleagues, partners, and the public we serve.
• Transparency: We hold the public's trust through meaningful stakeholder engagement and unfettered access to timely and reliable information on decisions and performance.

• Working with a purpose for a better world today and in future generations through the preservation of open space, public access to the outdoors, and a commitment to the conservation of the natural world found east of the San Francisco Bay across 33 cities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
• A community of colleagues who are passionate about public service and the East Bay Regional Park District, the communities it serves, and its mission.
• Excellent benefits:
  Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, and pension benefits through California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).  for details regarding additional benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development.
• Free on-site parking.
• Free parking permit for EBRPD parks (for up to 2 privately owned vehicles)
• Employee discounts for certain EBRPD park amenities (reservations, daily fishing permit, public boat launch)

The Park District is hosting this recruitment to fill one (1) vacancy for a Finance Supervisor in our Payroll Department. Under direction, plans, coordinates and supervises the work of staff engaged in the accounting functions of accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, purchasing, and cash receipts; and performs related duties as assigned. The hiring pools established as a result of this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancies and any additional vacancies that may occur during the one-year life of the hiring pools.

• Are detail-oriented, well-organized, and have the ability to prioritize and multitask effectively.
• Able to partner with our internal IS department and external software vendor to troubleshoot and resolve system issues.
• Able to train department software users.
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Have excellent customer service skills and a proactive, get-the-job-done attitude!
• Are able to research, analyze and interpret policies, regulatory guidelines, and precedents.
• Are able to work independently and exercise sound judgment.
• Possess leadership skills.

The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.

• Performs a variety of supervisory tasks involving simple to complex governmental accounting and reporting and provides direct supervision over paraprofessional, technical, and/or clerical staff.
• Develops and interprets accounting and reporting policies and procedures and ensures compliance with Park District policies and procedures and federal, state, and locals laws, and regulations.
• Prepares and maintains procedure manuals, records, and reports.
• Monitors automated accounting/financial system and reports for accuracy, and assists user departments in the use of such systems.
• Performs required reporting and payments in accordance with federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.
• Supervises, trains, develops, and evaluates staff; and performs related duties as assigned.

• Plans, organizes, and directs the establishment of payroll records for employee compensation in the payroll function.
• Reviews and analyzes payroll documents for payroll processing.
• Processes and validates payments to employees.
• Processes and reconciles workers' compensation paperwork for job injury leave employees.
• Coordinates with the Legal and Human Resources departments pertaining to subpoenas and/or inquiries for employee records; prepares CalPERS retirement payroll reporting and…