Division Director; Finance

Position Overview

Division Director (Finance – 02-4001) – location options:
Juneau, Anchorage, or Fairbanks, AK. This position is open to Alaska Residents only. The Department of Administration seeks a strategic and experienced leader to serve as Division Director of Finance (Payroll & Accounting) overseeing payroll and accounting systems, ensuring accurate financial recording, reporting, and budgetary compliance for all State agencies.

• Lead professional teams responsible for disbursements (payroll, warrants, and charge card activity), general ledger operations, statewide financial systems, and production of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).
• Manage the State’s travel program, establish travel policies, negotiate the Statewide Cost Allocation Plan (SWCAP).
• Serve as a key liaison with executive leadership and partner agencies, supporting transparency and compliance.
• Guide complex statewide financial operations and help shape Alaska’s financial strategy.

• Organizational Awareness:
  Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operate effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
• Leadership:
  Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
• Principles of Accounting:
  Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (e.g., double entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets, financial statements, ledgers, and journals.
• Oral and Written Communication:
  Expresses information (e.g., ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (e.g., technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Michelle Vuille
Division Operations Manager
michelle.vuille

Applicants may apply by submitting their resume by email to Michelle Vuille at: michelle.vuille.

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call or  in Juneau or TTY:
Alaska Relay 711 or or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK . The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.