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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">Good Afternoon, </FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">The City of Tigard is announcing the following employment opportunity.</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">Finance & IT Director, City of Tigard, OR, Salary Range: $80,520 - $107,916<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">The City of Tigard, population 46,715, is a clean, livable and affordable community located just 10 miles southwest of Portland in Washington County. Tigard strives to blend the amenities of a modern city with the friendliness and community spirit of a small town. The City of Tigard boasts an incredible park system that includes 169 acres of City parkland and 182 acres of greenway and other preservation oriented sites.<BR>
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Reporting to the City Manager, the Finance and IT Director plans, organizes, manages and provides strategic leadership, administrative direction and oversight for all functions and activities of the Financial and Information Technology Department, including finance, accounting, purchasing, information technology and telecommunications system security and infrastructure, application development, and hardware and software support. The new Finance and IT Director will develop, direct and coordinate the implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures and work standards for the department.<BR>
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The City of Tigard seeks a Finance and IT Director who has a proven track record of strong management and leadership in municipal finance with an understanding of IT initiatives. He/She will be a collaborative partner, creative solutions finder and customer service advocate. The ideal candidate will be personable, compassionate, approachable and accessible with experience in building a collaborative, supportive and team oriented environment. The preferred candidate will have a solid financial background with strengths in the areas of budget and strategic planning along with excellent analytical skills. The ideal candidate will be forward thinking with the ability to be creative, look outside the box and focus on the big picture.<BR>
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The ideal candidate will have at least seven years of management or administrative experience in City government with a strong knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of financial and information services in a public agency setting including finance, accounting, purchasing, information technology and telecommunications system security and infrastructure, application development, and hardware and software support. Knowledge of administrative principles and practices, including risk management, goal setting, program development, implementation and evaluation and supervision of staff, either directly or through subordinate levels of supervision is required. Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in finance, accounting, business or public administration, information technology, computer science or related field is expected.<BR>
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The City of Tigard is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. Please send resume and cover letter as soon as possible but no later than September 23, 2008 to: Three Centerpointe Drive, Suite 200, Lake Oswego, OR 97035. 503-620-1106. 503-968-8081 (Fax). Portland@Waldronhr.com. To read the full position specification please visit: </FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">Clay Flowers</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">Oregon State Fiscal Association</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">503-986-3134</FONT>
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