Natwar Gandhi, the District’s chief financial officer, has won Mayor Vincent Gray’s backing for a new term as the city’s fiscal scorekeeper, the Washington Examiner has learned.

Numerous city officials said Gray had approached Gandhi in recent days to offer him a new, five-year term. The aides, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid pre-empting the mayor, expected Gray to announce the appointment well before the June 30 expiration of Gandhi’s existing term. The D.C. Council will have to approve Gandhi’s nomination, though he can remain in office while legislators deliberate.