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Sai Vongchampa

Friday, October 4, 2019 3:29 PM

General Questions

1. Why are you interested in the ADF opportunity with the City of San Jose? Tell me a bit about what you
know about the City.

For starters, the City of San Jose is the capital of Silicon Valley ­ it is a high­tech area ­ it's one of those cities
that a lot of people want to work in. I want to work in the Assistant Director title.

I was a scientist before moving to governmental finance ­ I developed cancer vaccines and that got bored and
decided I wanted to do something else. I worked for the City of Kernville and then switched out and consulted
for 21 cities across Texas. For a year or so I served as a Finance Director for a small city in Texas.

Turnover is typical ­ high­functioning, high­demand ­ I'm here from 8a to 8p. I'm used to.

2.Please describe your most recent position and day­to­day responsibilities.

I am the Fiscal Administrator for the City of San Antonio ­ I ensure fiscal operations for 3­4 operations ­
essentially the CFO ­ collections, accounts receivable, grants, everything.

3. How many employees do you supervise? Who do you report to?

I also manage about 14 people who directly report to me. The coordinate work products with various
departments across the city. I report to the Department Director. The three departments I oversee are the City
Auditor, the downtown maintenance team, our 311 center ­ I am the CFO for those respective. About a budget
of $60m.

Finance Questions
4. Please describe the ways in which you determine whether your organization or department is operating
efficiently and effectively.

The Center City Department ­ efficiency and effectiveness ­ accounts receivable and accounts payable. Our
goal is to be within 30 days 100% of the time. We coordinate the work product with various positions and
within the department. The leasing department handle the revenue needed. We analyze the data figure out
the data and we tell them to get in touch with their leasee to payup.

5. Describe your experience in proactively managing the financial programs of an agency to ensure
fiscal transparency, stability, and to protect the agency’s financial resources.

We have monthly budget fiscal reviews ­ we coordinate between the budget department, the finance
department, and the department itself. At the year end we will come together and say whether we are over
budget or not ­ the way that I ensure that we don't go over budget is I create a monthly forecast to make sure
we don't go over by year end.