The department is broken down into the following divisions within the unit:

A. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF:

DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

The Director of Finance and Assistant Director of Finance are responsible for managing the overall activities of the department and are specifically responsible for cash flow, departmental procedures, investment of Authority's funds, banking relations and working with outside audit staff.

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT

Support all areas of the Finance and Accounts Department. Duties include establishing new bank accounts, maintaining listings of all bank accounts, contracts and agenda items. Filing, typing manual checks and general office tasks.

B. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE:

The Accounts Payable Department's goal is to disburse vendor payments expeditiously and accurately. At present, the department consists of an Area Accounting Supervisor and four data entry clerks. Each clerk is responsible for a specific portion of the outside vendors or internally generated payments. The Accounts Payable Supervisor oversees the clerks and is also responsible for selected vendors.

C. PAYROLL:

The Payroll Department is responsible for the timely and accurate processing and distribution of the Authority's weekly payroll. The department consists of an Area Accounting Supervisor, a data entry clerk, a payroll specialist and an accountant.

D. TENANT ACCOUNTING:

The Tenant Accounting Department is responsible for inputting data from the client worksheets into the
Authority's mainframe computer system to determine the tenant's monthly rent. The department also posts tenants rent payments collected through a lockbox service to the tenants account. At present the department consists of an Area Accounting Supervisor and two data entry clerks.

E. PROGRAM ACCOUNTING:

The Program Accounting Department is responsible for contract payments, financial reporting, drawdown of funds from funding sources and maintaining an accurate set of books for each of the Authority's individual programs. At present, the department consists of an Area Accounting Supervisor and two Senior Accountants.

F CENTRAL FILES:

Central Files organizes, stores and retrieves the Authority's inactive files. It has information in paper form, micro-fiche and CD Rom. It also has an on-line repository of scanned cancelled checks dating back several years. There is one person assigned to the Central Files Department.