City of Palo Alto

  • Manager Treasury

  • City of Palo Alto
  • Palo Alto, California United States View Map
Description

Are you an experienced professional passionate about financial stewardship and providing excellent customer service? We are seeking a Treasury Manager to join our vibrant team. Apply today!

Exciting Career Opportunity!

Are you a strategic, forward-thinking finance leader ready to make major impact in one of the region’s most respected municipal organizations? The City of Palo Alto is looking for an experienced and dynamic Manager of Treasury to lead a high-performing team responsible for critical functions that keep our City running - treasury management, investment oversight, debt administration, and revenue collections across a broad range of City programs.

The City of Palo Alto Administrative Services Department (ASD) provides proactive financial and analytical support to City departments and decision-makers to safe-guard and facilitate the optimal use City resources. ASD provides excellent customer service to decision-makers, the public, employees, and City departments; provides analytical, organizational, and administrative support for a wide variety of projects; records, monitors, and protects City assets in a responsible manner; provides essential financial management and forecasting reports; and prepares and presents financial report to various committees and City Council.

The Position

In this role, you will manage complex, high-visibility financial operations that directly support the City’s long-term fiscal strength. You will oversee daily cash positioning and liquidity; banking and merchant services; investment portfolio administration; debt financing strategy, compliance, and reporting; and revenue billing and collections for key programs including business tax, transient occupancy tax, utility user tax, permits and fees, citations and fines, and more. You will ensure compliance with cash-handling procedures across City facilities - work that is essential to maintaining public trust and financial integrity.

As a leader, you will supervise a talented team of analysts and specialists, setting direction, assigning work, developing staff, and fostering a collaborative, customer-focused culture. You will also provide guidance to departments citywide and present your work to executive leadership, the City Manager’s Office, the Finance Committee and the City Council.

The Ideal Candidate

This is an ideal opportunity for a candidate who thrives in a fast-paced, service-oriented environment and is excited by the challenge of shaping treasury and revenue operations for the City of Palo Alto. Ideal candidates will possess the following attributes:
  • Proven leadership in municipal financial operations - able to supervise analysts and specialists, set priorities, and build a high-performing team that delivers reliable treasury and revenue services.
  • Deep technical expertise in treasury and revenue functions - including cash and investment management, cash handling, debt administration, revenue billing and collections, audits, and regulatory compliance.
  • Exceptional communicator and collaborator - skilled at partnering across City departments, working with auditors and external agencies, and explaining complex financial concepts to non-financial audiences.
  • Customer-service focused-able to resolve sensitive or escalated inquiries, respond to customer feedback, and uphold high service standards across cashiering and revenue-collection operations.
  • Strategic and analytical problem solver - experienced in improving systems and internal controls, conducting financial studies, making sound decisions, and implementing process enhancements that improve efficiency and accuracy.


Essential Duties

Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include but are not limited to following, depending on assigned operations and functional areas:
  • Manage treasury, investment, debt, and revenue collection operations with a focus on accuracy, efficiency, and customer service
  • Lead cash and investment portfolio management, banking services, and fraud controls
  • Oversee debt issuance processes, compliance reporting, and financing strategies in collaboration with Accounting and OMB
  • Develop and enforce policies, procedures, internal controls, and revenue enforcement programs
  • Supervise analysts and specialists, ensuring high performance, training, workflow management, and alignment with City policies
  • Lead revenue administration including billing, collections, audits, and customer service escalation management
  • Direct long range revenue projections, operational studies, system enhancements, and process improvements across the division
  • Build strong relationships with departments citywide, ensuring consistency, compliance, and excellent internal service

To see the full job description, click here.

Minimum Qualifications

Sufficient education, training and/or work experience to demonstrate possession of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities which would typically be acquired through:
  • BA/BS in accounting, finance, business/public administration or closely related field from an accredited college or university,
and
  • Five years supervisory/managerial experience, preferably municipal finance/collections.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Principles and practices of supervision.
  • Ability to plan, organize, direct work, and deal effectively with subordinates and other professional staff.
  • Cash handling and collection procedures.
  • Demonstrated analytical and strategic and critical thinking skills.
  • Thorough knowledge of the principles, methods and best practices of governmental budgeting, accounting, auditing, and municipal finance.
  • Knowledge of the principles and practices of centralized, computer-based accounting and budget systems.
  • Knowledge of financial laws and regulations, and familiarity with Federal, State, City Municipal Code (e.g. paramedic medical billing; motor vehicles code related to administration of a parking citation program; collection of transient occupancy tax, utility users tax, and administrative citations), ordinances, and resolutions.
  • Ability to organize work across organizational lines using a team or matrix approach.
  • Ability to analyze complex financial and technical data and to communicate complex financial issues and concepts to those not possessing a financial background.
  • Ability to prepare and present clear and comprehensive written and oral reports, including recommendations for action.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within ASD and across City departments as well as with outside agencies and the general public.
  • Computer applications and data processing principles related to payment processing and collection activity;
  • Customer service practices;
  • Principles and methods of responding to customer inquiries and complaints related to payment issues and discrepancies;
  • Office procedures, work flow and work simplification procedures;
  • Accounting principles and budget techniques.
  • Ability to make sound decisions in a manner consistent with the essential job functions.


Supplemental Information

Work in an office environment; sustained posture in a seated position for prolonged periods of time.

The City of Palo Alto is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

See our Benefits at a Glance Bookletfor more details.
Learn more about our Compensation Plan HERE.

Closing Date/Time: 8/1/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
City of Palo Alto

City of Palo Alto

650-329-2376

The Community


The birthplace of Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, is a community of approximately 68,000 residents and nearly 100,000 jobs. Located on the mid-Peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose, Palo Alto is recognized worldwide as a leader in cutting-edge technology, medicine, and green innovation. The community's treelined streets and historic buildings reflect its California heritage, and, at the same time, many world-class businesses maintain or started offices here, such as Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Amazon, Broadcom, Hewlett-Packard, Houzz, Rivian, SAP and SAP Ariba, Tesla, and Varian Medical Systems. Numerous start-ups are also at home in Palo Alto, arguably making it the start-up capital of the world. Stanford University is foundational to the history and prestige of Palo Alto, reflected in the community's dedication to lifelong learning. Stanford's cultural and educational offerings are integral to the vibrancy and charm of Palo Alto, while the City's exceptional K-12 school district ranks among the top public-school systems in the country. With more than 50% of adult residents holding a graduate degree or higher, Palo Alto is frequently listed as one of the most educated cities in the nation. Palo Alto boasts a genuine sense of community and an active citizenry with strong environmental values. Beautiful neighborhoods are complemented by vibrant commercial corridors and a bustling economy featuring premium shopping and dining options. Excellent healthcare facilities, performing arts, and diverse recreational opportunities are some of the community's incredibly desirable and cherished amenities. To learn more, visit https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/City-Manager/Latest-News

City Government

Palo Alto is a full-service charter city with a council-manager form of government. The seven-member City Council is elected at large, and the City Council annually selects the Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its members. The Mayor and City Council appoint the City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk, and City Auditor. The City Manager is responsible for the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of the City. Palo Alto is organized into 15 departments/offices with 1,093.10 authorized positions in FY 2025. There is also a FY 2025 capital budget of $316.2 million. Palo Alto owns and operates its own utilities, including electricity (carbon-neutral), gas, water, wastewater, and an expanding fiber network. This dynamic municipal environment ensures an ever-engaging platform for unique problem-solving and advances new initiatives, including sustainability, broadband, and effective service delivery. Community assets also include five libraries, 36 parks, five community centers, a museum and zoo, youth centers, a general aviation airport, an 18-hole golf course, a regional water treatment plant, and wildland open space preserves at the San Francisco Bay and in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains offering 41 miles of walking/biking trails in addition to its police, fire, and ambulance services. Palo Alto has long been a leader in sustainability, and the City's ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals are part of what sets it apart. Since the City's first Climate Protection Plan was passed in 2007, Palo Alto has set goals that exceed State and Federal targets. Today, the City's goal to reduce emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2030 (the "80x30" goal) and achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 guides sustainability efforts. An award-winning City, Palo Alto is recognized nationally as innovative and well-managed. City services and performance also receive impressive marks from community members in the Palo Alto Community Survey.

Many of those ratings put City programs and services in the highest percentiles among the hundreds of benchmark cities. Palo Alto makes decisions through comprehensive processes and proactively seeks to involve its extremely informed, educated, and engaged residents. Projects are naturally a cooperative effort among the City Council, Boards, Commissions, Committees, engaged residents, neighborhoods, businesses, property owners, and staff.

Join an Award Winning Team 

Palo Alto is an award-winning City recognized nationwide as innovative and well-managed. Palo Alto is one of a small number of California cities with a AAA bond rating. Recently, Palo Alto became one of the most livable cities in the U.S. by Livability.com. It's the only city to receive the Platinum Beacon Award in sustainability best practices by California’s Institute for Local Government. We offer a variety of career paths that relate to building and improving communities. The City has fourteen departments employing 1,000 full-time staff. Police officers, fire fighters, paramedics, and building inspectors keep us safe. Engineers and public works staff build and re-build the physical infrastructure. City planners help envision and shape future community growth. Recreation, arts and library professionals enhance community life. Utilities provides electric, gas, water, sewer and other services. Internal services departments help manage, staff, and protect the City.

Want to learn more about our benefits? Learn more by reviewing our "Benefits at a Glance Booklet."

Contact Us

Phone: 650-329-2376   

Email: Recruit@paloalto.gov   

Location: City Hall, 1st Floor | 250 Hamilton Ave 94301 | View Map

 

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