OPERATIONS & MGMT CONSULTANT MGR - SES - 60000060

Florida; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Florida Department of Children and Families in Tallahassee, FL seeks an Operations and Management Consultant Manager (SES) to supervise the Grants Finance team and drive financial analysis for federal and state grants. Responsibilities include hiring, training, performance management, and delivering accurate financial reporting.

The role requires a Finance/Accounting/Business background with 2+ years in similar fields, strong Excel and Word skills, and the ability to communicate complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration with two years of experience.
• Associate’s degree with at least four years’ experience in similar fields.
• High School diploma and at least six years’ experience in Finance, Accounting or similar fields.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Ability to present complex financial information to internal and external audiences.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and directs staff, assigns work, and evaluates performance.
• Plans workloads, workflows, deadlines, and time utilization of employees.
• Prepares financial reports and grant-related statements.
• Reviews reports and schedules for accuracy used in reporting.
• Ensures GAAP compliance and maintains policies and procedures.

Skills

Supervising employees

Excel

Word

Communication

Budgeting

Data analysis

GAAP

Leadership

Management principles

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration

Associate’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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OPERATIONS & MGMT CONSULTANT MGR - SES - 60000060

Date: Oct 2, 2026

The State Personnel System is an E-Verify employer. For more information click on our E-Verify Website .

Requisition No:884870

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: OPERATIONS & MGMT CONSULTANT MGR - SES - 60000060

Pay Plan: SES

Position Number:60000060

Salary: Anticipated annual starting salary of $95,000 - $105,000, and/or in accordance with the Florida

OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT MANAGER - SES
Office of Revenue Management
Position #60000060

Open Competitive

Anticipated annual starting salary of $95,000 - $105,000
and/or in accordance with the Florida Department of Children and Families salary policy.

THIS IS NOT A TELEWORK POSITION

About Us:

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)isthe state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

What you will do:

This is a professional position involving work supervising and directing employees within DCF Revenue Management’s Grants Finance Unit. This position spends most of the time communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees’ work. The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensure team coverage, and complete timesheets.

Under the supervision of this position, the Grants Finance team performs detailed financial and grant-related analyses to support compliant administration of federal and state grant funding, including OMB Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200). Examples of tasks accountable to this position include the preparation of financial and federal grant reports, the performance of reconciliations to ensure accurate federal draws, and the analysis and subject-matter expertise of the Department’s cost allocation methodologies.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervises employees by assigning work, reviewing progress and assessing performance. Plans and evaluates the performance of assigned staff; establishes performance requirements and personal development targets; regularly monitors performance and provides coaching for performance improvement and development.
• Direct provision or arrangement for the provision of staff development, training, and programmatic or administrative technical assistance to staff to assure the opportunity of meeting their fullest performance potential.
• Supervises and directs the preparation of a variety of financial reports and statements of varying recurrence schedules.
• Reviews for accuracy reports, working papers, and schedules prepared by staff for use in report preparation.
• Plans workloads, workflows, deadlines, work objectives and time utilization of employees.
• Develops and maintains policies and procedures; maintains and ensures compliance with internal and external control procedures in accordance with GAAP principles and standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

Responses to qualifying questions concerning education, experience, knowledge, skills and/or abilities for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided (candidate profile AND resume, if one is attached) through the electronic application process. Putting “see resume” does not substitute for completing all sections of the Candidate Profile. Candidates with incomplete candidate profiles may not receive employment consideration.

Candidate must be proficient using Microsoft Excel and Word.

Candidate must possess the a bility to effectively communicate complex financial information to various internal and external audiences.

Education and/or Years of Experience:

A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration, or similar fields and two years of experience in similar fields OR;

An Associate’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration, or similar fields and at least 4 years’ experience in similar fields OR;

High School diploma or GED equivalent and at least 6 years’ experience in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or similar fields.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of methods of data collection and analysis.
• Knowledge of basic management principles and practices.
• Knowledge of state budgeting processes, including the preparation and processing of non-operating budget amendments in accordance with applicable fiscal procedures.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically proficient in Excel and Word.
• Skilled at presenting information and data to key stakeholders in-person and online.
• Ability to supervise employees.
• Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document workflow and other activities relating to the improvement of management practices.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents, and other written materials.
• Ability to conduct fact-finding research.
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers, including but not limited to program and budget staff, to clarify financial data, resolve discrepancies, and support timely reporting.
• Ability to organize and conduct leadership level meetings on the financial, budget, and/or grant activities effected by programmatic expenditures and funding utilization.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Where You Will Work:

Tallahassee- Florida’s Capital City combines old world charm with a modern pace of life. As a mid-sized city in the heart of Florida’s Big Bend, Tallahassee is not only home to rolling hills, oak trees, and canopied roads, but also state government and two major state universities. The city boasts proximity to nearby beaches and popular tourist destinations. With no state income tax and a reasonable cost of living, Tallahassee, Florida is a great place to work regardless of where you find yourself on the career ladder. This position reports to DCF Headquarters located at The Centre of Tallahassee.

The primary working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday -Friday, for a total of 40 hours per week in the office. This is not a work from home position.

This is a tobacco free environment.

About Department of Children and Families:

Mission:

The mission of the Department of Children and Families is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Vision:

We are a highly skilled workforce committed to empowering people with complex and varied needs to achieve the best outcomes for themselves and their families. In collaboration with community stakeholders, we will deliver world class and continuously improving service focused on providing the people we serve with the level and quality that we would demand and expect for our own families.

Values:

A workforce that operates with integrity maintains loyalty to a code of ethics that requires the courage to take responsibility for providing the highest quality of service to the vulnerable. We are a solutions-focused learning organization built on a foundation of transparency in action and accountability of results. Both within the organization and among our stakeholders, we thrive in a culture of respect for diversity of opinion that is nurtured through open communication. High performing and committed, we are unified in our goal of excellence in achieving quality outcomes for those we serve.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• No state income tax for residents of Florida;
• Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com );

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

For assistance, call the People First Service Center at [phone] Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Eastern time. Pursuant to Florida Law, 110.211 F. S., the State of Florida is an EEO employer.