Deputy Chief Financial Officer

• Location 2 Woodward Avenue,Suite 720,Detroit, MI, ,United States
• Base Pay $ - $ / Year
• Job Category Finance
• Employee Type Exempt

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The Court offers a competitive compensation package.

Candidates that are hired with less than one (1) year of experience in this title will begin at $. Upon completion of one (1) year in the title, the employee will receive a salary increase to $.

Under the direction of the Chief Financial Officer, the Deputy Chief Financial Officer assists in planning, directing, and coordinating the financial activities and systems of the Court at the highest level of management. This role leads and supports the fiduciary services, budget, financial and fiscal accounting, grants and special projects associated with the Budget & Finance Department, to ensure effective service delivery, resource utilization and results.

This is an at-will position serving at the pleasure of the Court which may unilaterally exercise the power to terminate your employment at any time, with or without cause.

• Assists in coordinating and directing the financial planning, budgeting, grant management, collection and enforcement, or cash management activities of the organization.
• Assists in developing internal control policies, guidelines, and procedures for activities such as budget administration, cash and credit management, accounting (financial, fiscal and grant) and collections.
• Assists in preparing or directing preparation of financial statements, business activity reports, financial position forecasts, annual budgets, grant billings, and/or reports required by regulatory agencies.
• Assists in advising management on financial objectives, policies, and actions.
• Participates in the creation of job descriptions and examinations.
• Supervises work of subordinate staff, delegates tasks, and approves time.
• Conducts regular meetings with reporting staff regarding operational goals, status changes and other pertinent information.
• Assists in analyzing the financial details of past, present, and expected operations in order to identify opportunities and areas where improvement is needed and/or development of new processes.
• Directs, reviews and evaluates performance of assigned personnel by developing and updating operational manuals, identifying work tasks and goals, establishing professional development plans, implementing corrective action plans, conducting periodic performance reviews, acknowledging accomplishments and issuing discipline.
• Assists in evaluating the needs of financial data processing systems and making appropriate recommendations and/or conversion of financial data.
• Assists in maintaining current knowledge of organizational policies and procedures, federal and state policies and directives, and current accounting standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance or related field;
  Master’s degree preferred.
• Knowledge of government finance, budgeting and auditing, database and accounting computer applications systems.
• 7 years of increasingly responsible experience providing multi-faceted direction and planning in financial operations and administration.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience having demonstrated flexibility and creativity in providing financial operations support and expertise in a fiscally-challenged public sector environment.
• Experience commensurate with the job that demonstrates the required skills and competencies may be considered in lieu of education requirement(s).
• If an employee drives on behalf of the Court, the employee must possess and maintain a valid Michigan driver’s license, no fault insurance and access to a…