Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist

Job Description:

Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist

Description

Pay Range: $31.52 - $40.98

Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday January 29, 2025

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.

A Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist position is available with The City of Fort Worth Diversity and Inclusion Department. The Fort Worth Diversity and Inclusion Department oversees the business equity compliance of city contracts which include: setting goals, outreach, submission reviews for responsiveness, and contract auditing.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration, finance or a related field and
• three (3) years of experience preparing and monitoring contracts for compliance.
• Valid Texas driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• B2GNow & PeopleSoft software knowledge
• Business equity related experience
• Contract and payment auditing experience

The job responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the current business equity ordinance, policies, and procedures are implemented and adhered.
• Works with Legal department in leading and overseeing the development and

improvement of standardized agreements; and assists in policy and procedure

development and improvement.

• Conducts routine program monitoring; reviews files, policies, procedures and

process assessments; and prepares monitoring reports.

• Assists in development and management of contract tracking database and related information; and assists in improvement, restructuring and maintenance of the contract filing system.
• 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.
• Compiles and analyzes data for audit; presents findings; reports discrepancies; and makes recommendations for corrective action.
• 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.
• Performs other related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Knowledge of:
• Principles and practices of finance and accounting.
• Basic principles of contractual agreement law. Methods and techniques of monitoring contract compliance.
• Methods and techniques of analyzing and evaluating impact of contracted services.
• Fund accounting and auditing procedures.
• City's purchasing policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Principles of report preparation.
• Methods and techniques of conducting research.
• Methods and techniques of developing and writing grant proposals.
• Methods and techniques of providing services under the Job Partnership Training Act.
• Office equipment including computers and supporting word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Pertinent Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations.
• Skill in:
• Computers and applicable software.
• Organization and time management.
• Maintaining contract files.
• Ability to:
• Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Lead, plan and review the work of staff.
• Analyze, evaluate and monitor contracts to ensure compliance with rules and regulations.
• Analyze and assess effectiveness of training programs being conducted under federally funded grant programs.
• Audit and assess contractor compliance with requirements.
• Analyze, interpret and report on financial, audit or budget documents.
• Review contract revenue and expenditures.
• Develop and write policies and procedures.
• Research, collect, analyze and interpret data.
• Prepare written recommendations and reports.
• Interpret and explain program goals and objectives.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Operate office equipment including computers and supporting word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships

Working Conditions

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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 involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.