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Salary– $111,665.00 – $124,426.00 Annually

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides overall strategic financial leadership to apply and manage financial resources in support of agency mission and program goals 
• Supervises the Grants, Contracts & Compliance Manager and the Accounting and Budget Program Manager 
• Manages and directs agency accounting and budget operations 
• Manages and oversees contracting and purchasing activities 
• Contributes to decision-making, and advises executive management on resource allocation, opportunities, and constraints 
• Facilitates solutions and communicates outcomes and positions 
• Advises agency leadership in the development and implementation of administrative policies, procedures, and practices to achieve results 
• Directs and implements process improvements for fiscal and business operations of the agency 
• Directs and conducts financial analysis, monitoring and forecasting 
• Oversee the creation of tools and processes that integrate data in support of budget development, financial analysis and reporting 
• Plans, coordinates and oversees preparation and submission of biennial and supplemental agency budget requests and monitors appropriations requests throughout the governor’s and legislative budget processes. 
• Leads internal processes to prioritize and allocate resources from appropriations, and other sources to accomplish highest priority work 
• Manages and oversees federal and state compliance functions, maintains internal controls and risk management, liaison with auditor and external financial agencies 
• Coordinates the ranking of Puget Sound recovery related decision packages submitted by other state agencies – this activity has statewide budget and policy impact 

General Managerial Responsibilities:

• Quality Improvement:
  • Promotes, implements and fosters an environment that proactively supports change and innovation within the area of responsibility
  • Facilitates team efforts in continuous quality improvement activities consistent with the Governor’s quality initiative
• Staff:
  • Engages staff in a way that supports high performance and quality improvement
  • Exercises independent judgment within legal and agency HR policy frameworks related to: interviewing, hiring, training, mentoring, recognizing, and developing personnel
  • Development of training plans for each position in the division (dependent on budget).
  • Partners with staff on professional development goals and objectives
  • Demonstrates abilities in holding staff accountable, including giving them clear direction, defined objectives, and managing performance based on agency policy and HR best practices
  • Manage staff schedules, including telecommuting, in a manner that ensures a balance between staff flexibility and desired work outcome
• Management of Work:
  • Ownership (accountability and responsibility) for the lines of business. This will include the ability to prioritize work consistent with agency budgets, work plans, priorities, standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies and best practices, etc., and the ability to make important/critical decisions for which the position is responsible for. 
  • Identifies conflicts and proactively initiates corrective action;
  • Demonstrate the ability to balance demands and keep multiple initiatives and work tasks going at the same time.
  • Understands their scope of authority and escalates appropriately;
  • Uses data and stakeholder feedback to drive decisions, including appropriate use of performance measures to manage the business in the near and long-term;
  • Effectively partners with other partners (internal and/or external) to accomplish outcomes in a way which promotes teamwork and decision making at the lowest possible level.
• Fiscal
  • Responsible for expense and revenue budgets related to the lines of business. This includes understanding and monitoring line item authority;
  • Responsible for contract and grant management related to the lines of business;
  • Understands and models the use of agency fiscal policy and related state and federal policies.

Qualifications

Required Experience, Competencies and Technical Skills (experience may be concurrent):

• Minimum of four (4) years of experience as a supervising financial manager and a demonstrated ability to develop and lead others;
• Ability to understand, interpret and apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP);
• Ability to apply and communicate state and federal fiscal rules;
• Experience with grants management and technology-enabled operations/accounting systems;
• Strong project management and organizational skills with a record of developing and strengthening systems and processes;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong customer service orientation;
• Desire to work with people of different backgrounds, cultures and perspectives;
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality in a team environment;
• Ability to interact with coworkers, clients, and others in a positive manner; practice active listening; be open and honest; treat others with respect, kindness, and consideration; respond to difficult, stressful, or sensitive interpersonal situations in ways that reduce or minimize potential conflict and maintains good working relationships among internal and external customers;
• Demonstrated ability to produce results and maintain relationships in stressful situations
• Ability to fulfill commitments to agency staff with quality and timely work, and promote a friendly climate and cooperation among team members;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
• Willingness to accept personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work; can be relied upon to achieve excellent results with little need for oversight; and
• Ability to manage competing priorities and ensure deadlines are met.
   
   

PREFERRED:

• Master’s degree in Public Administration, Political Science, Accounting, Economics, Finance or other related field
• Three (3) or more years of fiscal and/or budget management experience at the executive management level in a state agency