Senior Digital Assets Program Lead

State of Illinois; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Illinois is hiring a Senior Public Service Administrator - Assistant Director for Digital Assets to oversee the digital asset applications process, examinations, and supervision of registrants. You will lead a team, coordinate initiatives, and ensure compliance with evolving asset technologies and regulations.

This role requires strong accounting, auditing, and financial insight, with responsibilities including liaison duties, trend analysis, and strategic governance.

Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college with courses in accounting, finance, banking, monetary theory, business, or computer science.
• Requires prior experience equivalent to four years of progressively responsible administrative experience in accounting, banking, or information systems auditing for a public or business organization.

Responsibilities

• Subject to management approval, serves as Assistant Director for Digital Assets administering overall management of digital asset applications process, examination, and ongoing supervision of digital asset registrants.
• Directs, coordinates, and reviews the activities of support and management personnel.
• Serves as spokesperson representing the Director at various internal and external meetings, often of a sensitive and confidential nature.
• Attends trainings and stays abreast of trends in digital asset markets, including the development of new products and services, virtual currency linked investments, the underlying technologies, data privacy, anti-money laundering initiatives, and updates stakeholders and agency executive staff on a periodic basis.

Skills

Accounting

Auditing

Finance

Education

Four-year college degree in accounting/finance/banking/monetary theory/business/computer science

Job description

The State of Illinois is hiring a Senior Public Service Administrator - Assistant Director for Digital Assets to oversee the digital asset applications process, examinations, and supervision of registrants. You will lead a team, coordinate initiatives, and ensure compliance with evolving asset technologies and regulations.

This role requires strong accounting, auditing, and financial insight, with responsibilities including liaison duties, trend analysis, and strategic governance.