04874 - Assistant Division Administrator IT FinOps and Business Manager

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Mechanicsville (VA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth of VA Careers seeks a senior Finance/IT leader to direct Cloud FinOps, ITD governance, and program management initiatives within VDOT's IT division. You will oversee budgeting, cost controls, and procurement alignment with strategic business goals.

The role requires strategic planning, compliance acumen, and the ability to manage enterprise-wide IT programs across Virginia’s agencies.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences and present findings.
• Experience managing procurement, budgeting and cloud FinOps processes.
• Knowledge of compliance techniques related to IT finance, procurement and FinOps.
• Experience leading large, enterprise-wide technology programs and strategic IT planning.
• Understanding Virginia procurement laws and VITA procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Direct Cloud FinOps management including cost allocation, budgeting, forecasting, and chargeback models.
• Oversee cloud cost reviews with engineering and business teams; enforce cost governance policies.
• Provide compliance management ensuring staff are aware of requirements and profiles.
• Manage ITD budget development, fiscal responsibilities, and governance programs within ITD.
• Direct development of ITD programs by defining requirements and approving policies and standards.
• Lead ITD strategic planning and governance initiatives and coordinate procurement of IT goods and services.

Skills

Cloud FinOps management

Procurement management

Vendor management

Budgeting & forecasting

Policy governance

IT governance

Strategic planning

Program management

Communication

Compliance management

Job description

Hiring Range: $131637.00 to $213910.00

Full Time or Part Time: Full_Time

Description for Candidates:

To direct Finance, Procurement, and Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) within VDOT's Information Technology Division. To direct programs which are critical components of VDOT's Information Technology management structure that enable and provide alignment between IT initiatives and activities and VDOT's strategic business goals.

How you will contribute:

• Cloud FinOps Management: Direct finance, procurement and Cloud FinOps Management, including strategic planning and best practices. Develop and maintain VDOT’s FinOps framework, including cost allocation, budgeting, forecasting, and chargeback/show back models providing cloud spend visibility. Oversee monthly and quarterly cloud cost reviews with engineering and business teams. Establish and enforce cloud cost governance policies, including targets, tagging standards, resource lifecycle rules, and procurement guidelines.
• Compliance: Provide compliance management for VDOT and ITD by ensuring management and staff are aware of compliance requirements, including requirements in job and position profiles, financial management, contract management, VITA, and ITP service management.
• ITD Management: Provide effective management of ITD by building and maintaining effective working relationships with other ITD staff and contributing ideas. Actively contribute value to the decision-making responsibilities of the ITD management team. Manage development of the yearly budget, ongoing fiscal responsibilities for IT strategic planning and the governance programs within the ITD. Direct budgetary, fiscal, and office administration of the ITD. Manage the IT Security Program and develop and direct ITD Resource Management.
• Project Development: Direct the development of assigned programs by defining requirements, communicating requirements to IT management and staff, monitoring activities to meet requirements, reviewing draft documents and approving final policies, processes, standards and initiatives across VDOT.
• Strategic Planning: Manage IT strategic planning process for ITD and VDOT by leading, directing, and reviewing updates to VDOT's Strategic Technology Plan. Direct staff in maintaining and monitoring the technology project portfolio for IDT and VDOT. Manage and coordinate IT needs assessment and project prioritization tasks for other VDOT Divisions and Districts. Create project management office policy, guidelines and standards for ITD. Manage, lead and coordinate procurement of all IT goods and services through VITA for VDOT. Ensure staff develop and maintain knowledge and training to interact with other Divisions, Districts, state agencies and outside vendors to define and manage project requirements and schedules. Represent the IT Director in maintaining customer relations. Facilitate communication and issue escalations between VITA and VDOT business units regarding requirements for VITA service, VITA service issues and VITA service levels.
• Strategic and Governance Planning and Implementation: Lead ITD strategic planning and governance planning and implementation efforts for VDOT by coordinating these efforts within ITD and agency-wide. Provide strategic direction by proactively communicating, coordinating, and distributing IT portfolio and project status, and developing collaborative relationships throughout VDOT. Manage relationships with VDOT business customers to support the work of the ITIC. Ensure communication of ITIC priorities and decisions and alignment between IT initiatives and business goals. Represent VDOT and the ITD on multi-agency and Commonwealth-wide committees on issues and concerns related to technology standards policies representing VDOT's needs and positions on these issues.

What will make you successful:

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences and to make presentations and conduct meetings.
• Ability to manage, monitor and facilitate compliance with State and VDOT requirements for procurement, budget, and billing processes.
• Knowledge of Project Management, Program Management, and Portfolio Management including Program Management methodologies, metrics, techniques and control processes.
• Knowledge of VDOT's technology architecture and standards and depth and breadth of technology solutions.
• Knowledge of Virginia IT procurement laws and regulations and VITA procurement processes.
• Knowledge of compliance techniques related to Finance, Procurement, and FinOps.
• Knowledge of information systems data processing methods, data analysis techniques and application systems maintenance.
• Knowledge of oversight compliance techniques as they relate to Information Technology.
• Knowledge of strategic and tactical management of large, enterprise-wide technology programs of a size and scope similar to VDOT.
• Knowledge of strategic information technology planning and alignment of Information Technology projects, portfolios and initiatives with strategic business goals.
• Knowledge of supervisory and human resource principles and practices to include hiring, discipline, performance management, and employee development.
• Knowledge of the development of Enterprise Technology Strategy, Governance and Quality Assurance Programs and development and implementation of policies, standards, and procedures.
• Skill in Cloud FinOps management.
• Skill in procurement and vendor management, including knowledge of Virginia procurement laws and regulations and VITA procurement processes.
• Skill in the development and implementation of Enterprise Technology Strategy policies, standards, and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences and to make presentations and conduct meetings.
• Ability to manage, monitor, and facilitate compliance with state and agency requirements.
• Knowledge of oversight compliance techniques as they relate to information technology finance, procurement and cloud FinOps.
• Knowledge of procurement, budget, and billing and cloud FinOps processes.
• Skill in and implementation of policies and procedures
• Skill in data analysis techniques for cloud financial management.
• Skill in human resources principles, practices to include hiring, discipline, performance management and employee development.
• Skill in in strategic, tactical management of large, enterprise-wide programs.
• Skill in strategic information technology planning and alignment of information technology projects, portfolios, and initiatives with strategic business goals.
• Skill in the development of an enterprise technology finance strategy, governance, quality assurance programs.

Additional Considerations:

• A combination of training, experience, or education in Public Administration, Information Technology Finance , Procurement and Cloud Financial Management or related field desired.
• Knowledge of VDOT's technology architecture, standards, depth, breadth of technology solutions.
• Knowledge of VITA procurement processes.
• Knowledge of Virginia procurement laws and regulations.
• Skill in procurement and vendor management.

Physical Requirements

VDOT employees must abide by VDOTs Code of Ethics and the Commonwealths Standards of Conduct.

VDOT Code of Ethics

Standards of Conduct