Assistant Director, Financial and Contract Management

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** Department
* * Executive Office of Health and Human Services#
** Division
* * Accounting/Finance#
** Salary**$ - $#
** Job Profile
** JC-- Assistant Director, Financial and Contract Management (Non-Union Executive Branch)#
** Scheduled Work Days & Work Hours
** Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:00pm35 Hours - Non-Standard#
** Opening Date
** February 15, 2026#
** Closing Date
** February 28, 2026#
** Job

Requisition Number
** JR101058 Assistant Director, Financial and Contract Management (Open)#
** Pay Grade
** C00141 A#
** Classification
* * Assistant Director, Financial and Contract Management#
** Class Definition
**** GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
** To oversee an agency’s financial administration including budgetary, expenditure control, financial planning and program evaluation; to develop, implement, and be responsible for a financial planning and reporting system; and to do related work as required.
** SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
** Works under administrative direction of a superior with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgement and initiative; work is subject to periodic review for conformance with federal and state laws, policies and agency objectives.
** SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
** Plans, organizes, supervises and reviews the work of professional, technical, clerical staff assigned to assist.
** ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:
*** To oversee all phases of an agency’s financial administration including budgetary, expenditure control, financial planning and program evaluation; to be responsible for the coordination and preparation of the Capitol Development Plan.
* To be responsible for evaluation of existing programs and to develop plans for their expansion, modification or elimination in view of changing needs and the availability of state and/or federal funds.
* To be responsible for the overall supervision of the preparation and review of the departmental budget for central accounting, expenditure control and budgetary reports.
* To be responsible for conducting cost analysis surveys of various departmental operations with recommendations for reducing costs.
* To make recommendations on planning and developing systems in accordance with standards for effective administrative and fiscal management, including fiscal and staffing requirements.
* To be responsible and accountable for the proper receipt and disbursement of departmental funds, including state, federal and other monies; and to ensure that these funds are used for the purposes they were intended.
* To interface with federal funding sources to ensure that all eligible federal resources are made available to the department; to be responsible for the preparation of cash estimates and reports of expenditures made in order that a positive cash flow be maintained in all federal accounts; to be responsible for revisions of cost allocation plans to meet changing federal regulations;

to supervise preparation of the Federal Indirect Cost Proposal; to be responsible for responses to federal audits; to provide direction in the creation of financial systems and procedures that are beneficial to the department’s administration of its programs.
* To develop, implement, oversee and be responsible for financial information reporting systems including; the development and implementation of an on-line system; the establishment of criteria for security and privacy requirements; the assurance of compatibility, and cost effectiveness of the system; the evaluation of the effectiveness of the system.
* To conduct special financial reviews for the verification of facts in cases where noncompliance with laws and/or regulations is in evidence.
* To exercise overall supervision and direction of billings and reimbursements.
* To evaluate management and methods procedures to insure their effectiveness and efficiency in attaining their objectives, and to recommend future plans and budget allocations based on this evaluation.
* To do related work as required.
** REQUIRED QUALIFICATION FOR APPOINTMENT:
**** KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND CAPACITIES:
** A thorough knowledge of current governmental accounting standards, principles, procedures and practices; a thorough knowledge…