Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist

Pay Range: $63,041 - $72,497 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, February 2, 2024

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

The Environmental Services Department is seeking to hire a qualified applicant for the position of Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist for the Solid Waste Services Division.  This position performs a wide variety of complex financial duties related to business operations, contract compliance, organizational efficiency and billing preparation, contract financial monitoring. Customer service Analyzes systems, procedures and operations; draws conclusions and makes recommendations based on the data, designs and implements improved systems, procedures and methods; and performs a variety of analytical and administrative tasks.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration, finance or a related field
• Three (3) years’ experience preparing and monitoring contracts and financials related to community programs.
• Valid Driver’s License

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong Excel/PowerPoint skills
• Experience with billing/financial monitoring
• Supervisory Experience
• Experience in budgets, purchase orders and invoice payments
• Grants experience preferred
• Proficient in Database use such as Peoplesoft (Oracle), ISM, Microsoft Office apps.

The Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist job responsibilities include:

• Supervises staff, which includes prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions or recommendations.
• Assists in development and management of contract tracking database and related information; and assists in improvement, restructuring and maintenance of the contract filing system.
• Works with Legal department in leading and overseeing the development and improvement of standardized agreements; and assists in policy and procedure development and improvement.
• Reviews revenue, expenditures and balances for all accounts; analyzes expenditures to ensure transactions are accurate and appropriate; examines purchase requests; and maintains, reviews and monitors financial records and requests for payments.
• Provides administrative support to the department; receives and responds to requests for information; compiles year end reports on vendors; and administers, implements and manages contracts and other department initiatives.
• Compiles and analyzes data for audit; presents findings; reports discrepancies; and makes recommendations for corrective action
• Conducts routine program monitoring; audits inventory, and prepares contractor monitoring reports.
• Write Informal Reports (IR) and Mayor & Communication (M&C) documents for Council information and approval as needed.
• Reporting of billing to contractors and oversees residential billing
• Performs other related duties as required.

Physical Demand

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions. Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work Page 4 of 4 involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.