Deputy Director Finance Subsidies & Payments - Early Childhood Program Manager IV

Introduction

The Maryland State Department of Education is dedicated to supporting a world-class educational system that prepares all students for college and career success in the 21st century. With excellent stewardship from our divisions, we oversee State and federal programs that support the needs of a diverse population – students, teachers, principals, and other educators throughout Maryland.

State Salary Grade 22

Salary Range: $99,442 - $142,037 with progression to $156,822

* State Salary Guidelines may apply*

Nancy S. Grasmick Education Building

200 West Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

This position is responsible for the Bureau of Finance’s preparation for State and Federal Compliance in all regulations and processes working with staff in multiple bureaus to ensure that all fiscal and compliance measures are satisfied and understood by auditors from a number of agencies. The incumbent will develop processes and systems that will make a more efficient bureau through the development of Standard Operating Procedures that are clear and accurate to eliminate the duplication of effort resulting from failure to satisfy required standards.

Working with the Child Care Scholarship Fiscal team the incumbent will ensure that payments are both processed and delivered in a timely manner and that payments are accurate in order to alleviate unnecessary recoupment efforts.

• Oversees and manages Fiscal Assurance, Regulatory Compliance and Financial Process Improvement specific to Subsidies and Payments.
• Provides supervisory, managerial or technical assistance guidance to the DEC Fiscal unit and completes onsite facility program inspections.
• Recommends the development of training procedures to increase correct authorization of funds for grant specialists, programmatic specialists, LSSs, LITPs, Non-LSSs, non-profit and for-profit entities, and IHEs.
• Provides guidance internally in developing and maintaining manuals, instructions and reporting instruments for financial data reporting and analysis and coordinates training and technical assistance for DEC staff.
• Coordinates the processing and reporting of subsidies and payments as it relates to the Child Care Scholarship, Credentialing, and Quality Improvement System Bonuses.
• Analyzes office fiscal planning and federal requirements for budget alignment.
• Coordinates, reviews, and edits internal and external budget documents with the program staff and designs fiscal reports, content, and methods.
• Represents the department in a liaison capacity and partners with upper management in matters of policy development, process improvement and implementation, financial modeling, grant review, and State and Federal audits.
• Supervises the preparation of financial reports, spreadsheets, data tables and related documents (FFATA).
• Maintains internal and external communications and manages relationships with various constituencies of programs (early childhood educators; local, state and federal agencies; advocates; legislators; local elected and appointed officials; Executive Staff within the Department, and members of the public).

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university.

EXPERIENCE: Five (5) years of professional experience with managing, designing, developing, and auditing financial control systems for multiple programs.

• Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master’s degree or the equivalent of 36 credit hours of post-baccalaureate course work in Education, Organizational Development, Nonprofit, Business, or related fields for two years of the required experience directly related to the position.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service…