Assistant Director Financial Management

State-of-Delawar; Dover (DE); Sur place; USD 95 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The State of Delaware’s Department of Correction seeks an Assistant Director of Financial Management to lead the Central Business Office. This role oversees budgets over $530.2 million and finances for 2,600+ staff, ensuring fiscal accountability and regulatory compliance across the agency.

Responsibilities include strategic planning, program evaluation, and collaboration with executives and legislators to align resources with agency priorities.

Qualifications

• Three years' financial administration experience including budgeting, forecasting and internal controls.
• Three years' experience interpreting financial reports.
• Six months' strategic planning experience with multi-year objectives.
• Six months' operations management experience with directing and evaluating operations.

Responsabilités

• Lead analysis, formulation, and integration of financial management programs.
• Develop and implement methods for program evaluation.
• Oversee development of multi-year plans and programs.
• Explain financial plans to departmental and legislative officials.
• Identify problem areas and propose solutions.
• Support legislation aligned with the department's strategic plan.
• Coordinate focus groups, task forces, and steering committees.
• Provide budgeting and management expertise to administration and operations managers.
• Monitor day-to-day fiscal activities for compliance with objectives.

Connaissances

Financial management

Financial analysis

Strategic planning

Operations management

Description du poste

Summary Statement

The incumbent, under the direction of the Chief and Deputy Chief of Administrative Services, provides strategic leadership and oversight of the Department of Correction’s Central Business Office, ensuring effective financial and administrative operations across the agency. Responsibilities include developing and managing annual operating and capital budgets exceeding $530.2 million; overseeing accounts payable and receivable, financial analysis and forecasting, grants management, fleet operations, procurement and contracting, and payroll administration for more than 2,600 employees. The Assistant Director Financial Management ensures fiscal accountability, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and alignment of financial resources with agency priorities.

Essential Functions

Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.

• Manages the analysis, formulation, and integration of a Department's financial management programs.
• Develops and implements methods for program evaluation.
• Oversees development of multi-year plans/programs.
• Works with departmental, executive, and legislative officials to explain financial plans and issues.
• Determines problem areas and recommends solutions.
• Proposes legislation that will support the Department's strategic plan.
• Coordinates, facilitates, and reports back to management the activities and progress of various focus groups/task forces/steering committees.
• Provides planning, budgetary, and management expertise to Department administration and operations managers.
• Monitors day-to-day fiscal activities to ensure they meet state/federal objectives and/or guidelines.

Job Requirements

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Assistant Director Financial Management

Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

• Three years' experience in financial administration such as comprehensive analysis of programs, budgets, projects, services, alternatives, and costs; financial planning, revenue generation, revenue forecasting, expenditure forecasting, cash flow management and establishing internal control.
• Three years' experience in interpreting and analyzing financial reports.
• Six months experience in strategic planning such as planning and mapping a path between the present and future usually for three to five years by determining key objectives, how to accomplish the key objectives, what strategies should be used, what activities would contribute to accomplishing the key objectives and developing performance measures to gauge and report progress or success.
• Six months experience in operations management which includes planning, directing, coordinating, controlling and evaluating operations typically through subordinate supervisors.

Conditions of Hire

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware Executive Branch participates in the Federal E-Verify system where the State will provide the federal government with each new hires Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information refer to our job seeker resources.

Criminal background check:

A satisfactory criminal background check is required as a condition of hire. The recruiting agency may require the applicant to pay for the criminal background check as part of the conditional offer of hire.

Pre-employment Drug Testing:

Upon a conditional offer, you must undergo pre-employment drug testing as part of the hiring process.

Upon a conditional offer, the applicant must undergo a pre-employment base line two step tuberculin skin test (TST) as part of the hiring process.

Benefits

To learn more about the comprehensive benefit package please visit our website at https://dhr.delaware.gov/benefits/

Selection Process

The application and supplemental questionnaire are evaluated based upon a rating of your education, training and experience as they relate to the job requirements of the position. It is essential that you provide complete and accurate information on your application and the supplemental questionnaire to include dates of employment, job title and job duties. For education and training, list name of educational provider, training course titles and summary of course content. Narrative information supplied in response to the questions must be supported by the information supplied on the application including your employment, education and training history as it relates to the job requirements. Once you have submitted your application on-line, all future correspondence related to your application will be sent via email. Please keep your contact information current. You may also view all correspondence sent to you by the State of Delaware in the “My Applications” tab at StateJobs.Delaware.gov.

Accommodations

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an auxiliary aid or service please call [phone]. TDD users should call the Delaware Relay Service Number 1-800-232-5460 for assistance. The State of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity employer and values a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage and seek out a workforce representative of Delaware including race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression