Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer
Department of Finance
Bureau of City Treasurer
520 Market Street
City Hall, Room 213
PO Box 95120
Camden, NJ 08101-5120
Phone: (856) 757-7264
Fax: (856) 757-7354

Goals and Objectives:

  • Establish a formal Cash Management Plan.
  • Produce monthly cash flow reports.
  • Maximize interest on investment revenues.
  • Develop a formal Policy and Procedure Manual addressing cash receipt, cash disbursements, transfer of funds, cash reconciliations, record retention and daily operations within the Bureau of Treasury.
  • Inventory and index official source documentation maintained by the
  • Department of Finance.

Office Operations:

Receipts and Disbursements

  • Process weekly disbursements for the Current Fund, Utility Funds, Grant Fund, Trust Fund and Capita Fund
  • Log various checks and distribute to departments that mail directly due to
  • required vendor transmittal to be included with payments
  • File corresponding payment vouchers by vendor
  • Process checks for welfare recipients
  • Receive cash receipts for refunds, grants, welfare SSI, and various interlocal agreements
  • Prepare receipt permit for items that can be deposited through central cashiering
  • Prepare daily deposits slip and take to bank items that cannot be processed by central cashiering
  • Process wire transfers for disbursement runs and payroll, including preparation of wire authorization form
  • Process stop-payment orders for the Payroll, Welfare, and City disbursement accounts

Reconciliation and Reporting

  • Preparation of monthly transaction reports for Welfare Disbursements
  • Preparation of General Assistance reconciliation GA-6
  • Reconciliation of 45 bank accounts
  • Preparation of monthly analysis report of account activity for Payroll, General, Water, and Sewer bank accounts
  • File canceled checks and bank statements
  • Reconcile debit and credit memos on bank statement to wire transfer approval
  • Preparation of Monthly Bank Account Status Report

Treasurer

  • Cash management/Banking relations
  • Preparation and analysis of revenue report
  • Preparation and analysis of cash flow report
  • Preparation and analysis of cash flow projections
  • Preparation and analysis of Grant Status Report
  • Chair of Budgetary Committee for City Financial Plan
  • Participation on the Financial Review Board Revenue Sub-Committee
  • Preparation of information and reports for Financial Review Board
  • Assist with City budget preparation
  • Oversight of daily Treasury functions
  • Preparation of bi-weekly overtime report
  • Review of monthly reconciliation