Finance Director​/Recorder

Pay Grade:
Hiring salary range $ to $ DOQ

The City of Lebanon is seeking a highly skilled, dedicated, and experienced professional to serve as our next Finance Director/City Recorder. This executive-level position serves as the City’s Chief Financial Officer and reports directly to the Mayor. The Finance Director is responsible for leading the city’s financial strategy, ensuring fiscal integrity, and overseeing core financial functions, including budgeting, accounting, purchasing, and revenue collection.

This individual also fulfills the statutory duties of City Recorder and City Treasurer as defined in the City Charter.

This role is critical to the city’s continued financial health and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. It requires a proactive leader with a strategic mindset and strong operational skills to manage complex financial functions and support effective decision-making across the organization.

• Lead and manage all aspects of the City’s fiscal operations.
• Serve as the City’s Chief Financial Officer and statutory City Recorder and City Treasurer.
• Develop and implement fiscal policies and long‑range financial strategies.
• Under the direction of the City Mayor, the Finance Director is responsible for leading the preparation and development of the City’s annual operating and capital budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and financial policies, and for coordinating the timely submission of the adopted budget to the State of Tennessee. This includes:
• Forecasting revenues and expenditures using historical data, economic trends, and policy changes.
• Coordinate meetings with Department Heads to review preliminary budget requests and ensure alignment with city priorities and fiscal policies.
• Providing strategic recommendations to Department Heads and the Mayor regarding budget adjustments, resource allocations, and revenue opportunities.
• Scheduling and facilitating budget work sessions with the City Council, ensuring transparency and collaborative input throughout the budget process.
• Presenting the proposed budget to the Mayor and City Council, along with detailed analysis and justifications for funding decisions.
• Making recommendations on budgetary matters, revenue strategies, and financial planning throughout the fiscal year.
• This role is integral to ensuring that the City of Lebanon maintains a fiscally responsible, balanced, and transparent budget in compliance with state requirements and local objectives.
• Administer the City’s investment portfolio, oversee bond issuance and debt service.
• Monitor and direct the collection of city revenues, including taxes, utility billing, and business licenses.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Support grant accounting and ensure compliance with financial aspects of grant programs.
• Manage capital planning and make revenue and expenditure forecasts.
• Uphold and enforce all city purchasing policies and procedures.
• Assists in evaluating utility rates for water, sewer, and stormwater services to ensure they are current, equitable, and financially sustainable.
• Conducts or oversees rate studies as needed to assess the adequacy of rates in covering operational costs, capital improvements, and long‑term infrastructure needs.
• Provides data‑driven recommendations to the Mayor and City Council based on findings.
• Advise the Mayor, City Council, and Department Heads on fiscal matters and financial strategy.
• Attend and report at City Council, Budget Committee, and Lebanon Airport Oversight Committee meetings.
• Serve as custodian of official city records, including minutes of Beer Board meetings.
• Oversee the financial systems including Tyler Munis, Local Government Next Gen, and others.
• Oversee the annual accounting audit.
• Manage City Hall and Mitchell House operations.
• Oversee special financial projects and perform other related duties as assigned.

The Finance Director directly supervises five (5) management-level employees and provides leadership and oversight for approximately 17–20…