Finance Manager

Colorado; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) seeks a Finance Manager to lead budget analysts, ensuring GAAP and GASB compliance while overseeing major financial reporting across divisions. The role requires managing a sizeable funding portfolio and coordinating with multiple partner agencies to drive efficient financial management.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and communication skills, experience with large datasets, and a track record of leading teams through complex

Qualifications

• Requires knowledge of GAAP principles and GASB pronouncements.
• Experience in budgeting development and implementation.
• Ability to communicate financial information to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead budget analysts and direct budget development activities.
• Oversee CBMS and related financial reporting across divisions.
• Manage BITS financial reporting and cross-agency funding initiatives.
• Coordinate OIT utilization planning and multi-agency partnerships.

Skills

GAAP

GASB

Budget management

Leadership

Tools

CBMS

OIT reporting

Job description

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

Remote working arrangement - Hybrid in office 2 days, remote 3 days (subject to change)

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About this Unit:

The purpose of the Administration & Finance Division is to ensure that available financial resources are used effectively and efficiently, and to ensure that state funds are spent in compliance with statute, fiscal rule, and Department policy.

About this Position:

The purpose of this position is to manage and direct budget analysts assigned to the respective divisions in the completion of the budget development and budget implementation work in support of the assigned programs, and ad hoc duties as assigned. This position requires application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements. The ability to communicate financial information to a variety of audiences is required. This position will also perform additional duties that may not be present within this pd, as assigned by the appointing authority or supervisor.

This position will have oversight to the BITS Financial Reporting, CDHS’s entire OIT Common Policy and the Real-Time-Billing workload, the CMBS/CoBEES Financial Reporting, and all contracts related to BITS, OIT, and CBMS. This role will manage 3 full-time employees.

Summary of Duties:

This Finance Manager position offers a transformational opportunity for a driven self-starter dedicated to wanting to make meaningful change to financial management and analysis. Leading a team, this role provides comprehensive oversight of 107+ FTE and a total funding portfolio of $255M+. Because much of this financial management involves shared funding across multiple divisions within the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) and partner agencies, the ideal candidate must be an exceptional collaborator capable of building strong, cross-functional partnerships. Additionally, this candidate should have exceptional organizational skills and experience working with large and complicated datasets. The Finance Manager will oversee $146.1M for the Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS, an enterprise-scale platform responsible for the automated eligibility determination and distribution of billions of dollars annually in state and federal public assistance funds, including Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF) with a multi-agency perspective. Alongside this, the role is responsible for managing BITS financial reporting, which includes $4.7M in PS & OpEx across 37.0 FTE, $64.1M in payments to OIT/RtB, and $8.5M in CDHS Shared Expenses (Common Policies), as well as $22.7M in CDHS Operations financial reporting (Common Policies). The manager is also tasked with driving OIT utilization planning