Assistant Director Financial Management

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 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 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.

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.

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

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…