The Department of Finance (DoF) performs two categories of services:  Budget & Financial Services and Risk Management & Employee Services.  Services are delivered and managed by division deputy directors, service entity managers and staff.

Services:

• Accounts Payable
  Provides accounting services including general accounting, accounts payable, travel and expense accounting & reimbursements. Works closely with Department of Purchasing & Contracting as well as Capital Assets Management (CAM) and Treasury Services.

  All money matters, expenditures, services, equipment and supplies acquired must be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Departments of Finance and Purchasing & Contracting.

• Budget
  Budget is responsible for the preparation, analysis and administration of the county's budget within legal policy, and procedural parameters.
   

• Grants
  Capital & Grants is responsible for administering the financial aspects of grants received by the county.

• Treasury Services
  Manages cash and administers the county's banking and external auditing relationships. Works closely with Revenue Collections' remittance and daily deposits processing.

• Auditing
  Audit is responsible for auditing the expenditure of county funds, to ensure that they are properly accounted for according to sound accounting practices and have been disbursed in conformity with the budget, established policy of the Board, and the law.

• Capital Asset Management (CAM)
  Asset Management is the exercise of our fiduciary responsibilities in regard to supplies and equipment purchased and used by the county regardless of fund source.

  Particular attention is given to the management of Capital Assets because of their relatively high value. The description of capital assets and general procedures for the management of these assets are the responsibility of the CAM (Capital Asset Management) unit.

• Business Licensing
  The business licensing office handles the administrative processing of all new alcoholic beverage license applications.

  The DeKalb County Public Safety Department conducts background investigations on the business owners during the application process. The public safety department enforces violations of the alcoholic beverage regulations and they issue permits for employees to work in liquor stores, nightclubs and restaurants.

• Revenue Collections
  Performs revenue collections operations primarily  for Department of Water & Sewer water services billings  process.
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