Budget Director - Human Services Manager

Budget Director

This position serves in a key leadership role as Budget Director for the department, which has an annual operating budget of over $25 billion. This position directs all legislative budget activities at the Department of Human Services (DHS) and is responsible for securing legislative funding and necessary authority to finance the state human services system. The Budget Director is responsible for managing and directing all aspects of the development of the agency's biennial and supplemental budget for the Governor budget package, supervising and supporting a team of legislative budget directors serving the agency's administrations, and directing the development of the agency's capital legislative budget.

The position oversees the development and implementation of fiscal policy, decision making and planning for the agency, including policy decisions impacting the agency's operating budget, oversight over federal funding sought and utilized throughout the agency, and fiscal analysis provided to the legislature.

Responsibilities include but may not be limited to:

• Serve as the agency's lead legislative budget expert so that expert technical advice, guidance and strategies are provided to the Governor's Office, Legislature, DHS Commissioner, DHS executive management, Budget and Legislative Work Group, and agency directors to achieve the goals of the agency and the Governor's Office.
• Direct the development of the Governor's biennial, supplemental, and capital budgets for the Department of Human Services.
• Direct the monitoring and analysis of legislative budget proposals and coordinate linkages between the Agency's legislative and budget proposals to ensure that the appropriate strategies are in place to support program and policy initiatives.
• Provide supervision and oversight to DHS staff working on capital budgets, agency wide federal funding processes, and data analysis.
• Provide agency wide leadership on projects, committees, and issues impacting the agency's operating budget.
• Provide overall leadership for the Budget Analysis Division, including overseeing agency wide fiscal policy and planning work and supervision of staff.

** All DHS Leaders are expected to demonstrate and develop the five (5) competency themes from the Enterprise-wide Leader Competency Model:

• Leading Self
• Leading Others
• Leading the Organization
• Leading Outside the Organization
• Getting Work Done

Minimum Qualifications

Managerial Experience AND Three (3) years of financial experience managing programs including strategic planning and directing the work of staff.

Experience must demonstrate:

• Knowledge and experience in state and federal budget processes and legislative procedural rule and the ability to comprehend complex budgeting and accounting problems to recommend specific and alternative actions.
• Leadership skills and experience to successfully lead and manage agency initiatives, develop and implement innovative solutions to complex issues, and motivate others who do not report directly in developing and completing projects/programs.
• Experience working with diverse points of view and incorporating them both internally and externally when prioritizing initiatives, making decisions, and developing strategies.
• Experience delegating or assigning responsibilities or providing developmental opportunities to team members.
• Experience with budgeting and financial management.
• Excellent oral and written skills to convey budget and budget-related information to a broad range of internal and external parties.

Preferred Qualifications

• A thorough knowledge of Minnesota state budgetary and accounting practices and principles and extensive knowledge of statewide Budget Information System (Biennial Budget and Capital Budget modules) in order to direct the budget preparation activities.
• Ability to identify internal and external pressures/roadblocks that impact or may impact the work of the agency and navigate them effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to listen actively through successful facilitation and/or consensus building initiatives.
• Knowledge of the following (or comparable):
  Statewide Integrated Financial System (SWIFT), Statewide Employee…