Gregory Jenkins Ii Email & Phone Number

Cary, Nc

The majority of Town revenues are processed through this Division and direct billings for locally collected revenues are performed by Division personnel.Plans, organizes and manages, through subordinate supervisors, the activities of the Utilities Billing and Collections Sections. This includes oversight of the AMI system infrastructure and usage portal for the Town and its citizens.Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for assigned programs; recommends and administers policies and procedures.Selects, trains, motivates, and evaluates assigned personnel; provides or coordinates staff training; Works with executive staff and supervisors in determining feasibility and procedures necessary to coordinate billing, collections and accounting procedures based on the needs of user departments and divisions. Keeps informed on resolutions and ordinance additions and changes pertaining to revenue collection matters;Coordinates billing and revenue activities with those of other divisions and outside agencies and organizations; renders decisions on billing collection administration problems confronting other departments. Develops, modifies, and implements procedures to maintain quality control, accuracy, timeliness and code compliance associated with the billing and processing functions being conducted. Supervises the preparation of interim and annual financial reports and other special reports related to revenues and utility billing. Under this responsibility, oversight of the collection of data related to those reports.Develops, prepares, and administers the Division budget; participates in the forecast of funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; monitors and approves expenditures;Provides responsible staff assistance to the Assistant Finance Director; recommends modifications to revenue operations programs, policies, and procedures as appropriate.

Cary, Nc

Coordinated, directed, oversaw and plans the activities for all of the Utility Accounting Division;Provided overall management and direction to the division, shares vision and strategy processes and performance improvements with division supervisory staff; oversees management of staff;Served as the point of contact for the Aquastar automated meter reading system and other utility accounts projects; makes independent decisions regarding project deployment and directs other staff and consultants during project management;Served as the primary staff member responsible for the analysis and forecasting required to run the utility rate model;Developed and administered the budget for the division;Performed analytical studies including directing staff on how to utilize data during billing, customer service, and other department analysis;Conducted and oversaw utility revenue analysis, studies of productivity and service delivery efficiency;Coordinated with appropriate staff to oversee and establish proper internal controls for the division for practices such as bill adjustment, database management, cash control, and other items as needed; directs preparation of UT analytics for auditing purposes;Provided guidance and assistance on difficult utility billing issues;Reviewed and updated Utility policies and procedures

Cary, Nc

Performed complex professional planning, analysis, and project management work. The analysis being performed includes cost/benefit analysis, selection, and administration for a wide range of general government as well as water utility projects related to the Finance Department. Provided project management oversight to assigned projects which includes works closely with departmental staff and consultants to ensure thorough planning; monitors progress of projects to ensure projects are on track and completed; manages project budgets, prepares cost estimates, and approves and monitors expenditures to ensure compliance with approved budget including payments and change orders.Maintained, executed, and analyzed the water utility rate model.Tracked, monitored, analyzed, and developed performance efficiency measurements and business plan updates. Coordinated and facilitated management and line staff meetings to gain understanding of operations in order to analyze operational costs and procedures; Developed recommendations on operational improvements; Researched new products, practices, procedures, and alternatives related to Utility Division.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Responsible for control and oversight of approximately $5.8 million in twenty-one City inventories that are maintained by ten departments throughout the City. Reviewed internal control procedures for each inventory system and helps departments adjust existing controls or creates new ones as needed to ensure that these assets are appropriately safeguarded according to generally accepted accounting principles and audit standards. Provided training to inventory clerks on the use of these internal controls, performing cyclical audits (counts) of their stock on hand, and implementation of best practices to manage their inventories. Assisted departmental inventory clerks in performing regular reviews of their general ledger inventory accounts and reconciling to their physical inventory on a recurring basis. Performed surprise mini-audits to determine if established policies are being followed. Worked with Internal Audit staff on year end reconciliation of inventory book balances to actual inventories on hand.Applied generally accepted accounting principles and governmental accounting standards to financial transactions to ensure that they are entered, balanced, reconciled, and reported in compliance with those standards. Conducted independent research and analysis of various general ledger accounts and subsidiary systems to ensure that financial transactions are accurately and fairly stated. Maintained a proficient knowledge of core financial software systems to provide assistance to user departments on analysis and interpretation of all types of transactions to their accounts. Functioned as assistant to the Accounting Manager, assisting in review of contracts and implementation of new Governmental Accounting Standards Board pronouncements.

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