Mission The mission of the Finance Department is to maintain financial management systems as well as sustain, communicate, and enforce an effective internal control structure to allow: - City employees to produce timely and accurate information in a format that enables the safeguarding and maximization of City resources and services. - City management to understand the City's financial status and progress against objectives and financial constraints, to make decisions and to demonstrate compliance with restrictions on the use of resources. - Elected officials to ensure that performance goals are being met in accordance with the appropriated resources. - Waterbury citizens to determine the success of elected and appointed officials in using City resources in a manner consistent with the desires of the citizens as enumerated in the City Charter and Budget. - Other interested parties to understand the source and use of City resources, the creditworthiness of the City, and whether the City is complying with legal and contractual requirements. |