Division Budget Manager; WMS

Division Budget Manager

We are dedicated to growing a culture of belonging through our values:
Respect | Trust | Diversity | Inclusion | Equity. At the Department of Licensing (DOL), we recognize the importance of work life harmony and strive to create a culture where employees feel valued and respected. Our employees are trusted and encouraged to be a part of process improvements that impact their work, create value for our customers and help build trust in our government.

Our Financial Services Office is currently recruiting for two Division Budget Managers with excellent communications skills to manage the development, execution, and oversight of our Management Support Services' and Business and Profession's Division's budgets.

As one of the most visible state agencies and the second-largest revenue generator in Washington State, we engage with over 6 million residents each year and collect nearly $3 billion in taxes and fees. We understand that our services are vital to the daily lives of our customers, enabling them to live, work, drive, and thrive. We take this responsibility to heart and are dedicated to providing equitable and meaningful access to our services for every resident.

Are you ready to take the next step in your career in a strategic role? Your ability to advise agency leaders on implementing budgetary changes based on observed needs, changing priorities, and strategic objectives will be vital to help DOL achieve its purpose.

As a Division Budget Manager, your ability to communicate effectively in plain talk to a diverse audience will be critical to your success as you will provide consultation in navigating budget cycle and operational activities to agency leadership. Building on your comprehensive understanding of the various business operations within assigned divisions is key to providing accurate strategic consultations. As a trusted advisor you will manage and coordinate the budget and fiscal activities of one of our seven divisions.

The work you do will improve processes to enhance transparency, ease and usefulness of budget office products, and services.

Management Support Services contains many typical administrative executive offices like Human Resources, Legislative Policy Office, Financial Services Office, and the Director's Office.

Business and Professions Division supports the budget needs for licensing of DOL's regulated professions, the collection of fuel tax, and uniform commercial code filings.

Some of what you will do:

• Provide strategic guidance to program executive management and staff on use of financial resources and performance measures to achieve program, division, and agency goals.
• Coordinate and provide directions on the fiscal note preparation and processes.
• Serve as the division representative in proposing and reviewing revisions to agency resource management policies and procedures.
• Assist fellow Budget Managers in departmental policy development and implementation.
• Represent division's budgetary interests in the agency budget development and budget management processes.
• Recommend and develop decision packages to request funding to meet division and agency business needs.
• Assure appropriate and optimal use of the division's resources.
• Assist in fee setting processes for licenses and fees where DOL has rule making authority.

If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for ensuring compliance with financial policies and regulations while finding creative solutions, we invite you to apply!

What you will bring to the position:

• Nine (9) years of combined professional experience in budget, accounting, or program financial management field, comparing and analyzing financial data, identifying issues or challenges, and trends; using critical thinking to provide important feedback and status reports; and problem solving to offer well thought out options for resolution and next steps and education.
OR
• Experience in a State position titled Budget Manager, Budget Officer, or Chief Financial Officer.

Knowledge of:

• Principles of state financial management.
• State budgeting policies, processes, and systems.
• Principles of management and public administration, including budget, staffing, performance measurement strategic planning, life cycle cost analysis, tactical and business planning, project management, legislative process, and research techniques.
• Legislative budget and policy procedures and documents.

Ability to:

• Analyze legislation (bills).
• Analyze legislative and budget proposals.
• Able to understand administrative code pertaining to assigned division.
• Develop well-written, financially sound budget decision packages and fiscal notes.
• Use strategic planning principles to formulate performance-based budgets consistent with divisional goals and objectives.
• Establish, update, and monitor performance measurement models.
• Understand customer needs and help ensure customer satisfaction.
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing with a wide variety of executive, management,…