Chief Financial Officer – Economic Security.

About the Unit

The Office of Economic Security (OES) shares the CDHS vision to serve Coloradans through bold and innovative health and human services. In collaboration with our partners, OES's mission is to provide income, nutritional, and support services to those in need. The OES exists to manage internal programs and divisions as well as all external activities, including the supervision of 64 counties' social/human services for compliance with Federal and State statutes and regulations.

About the Role

This position is hybrid, with at least two (2) days required at the office located at 1575 Sherman St, Denver 80203, as determined by business need. The role may involve travel within the state for meetings and community engagement activities.

The purpose of this position is to provide financial and contract leadership and management for OES, and to develop, implement, and oversee the tactical plans, fiscal/contract operations, technological and other resource plans, and related initiatives for the office. This position works closely with the CDHS Chief Financial Officer, the Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB), the Division of Economic & Workforce Support, the Division of Food and Energy Assistance, the Division of Child Support Services, and the Division of Staff Development and the Budget & Legislative Manager to establish and maintain the office's alignment with the overall CDHS financial/contract strategy.

This position is responsible for maintaining an understanding of statutory and regulatory changes and legislative initiatives in fiscal policy and ensuring that the office's operations are consistent and up-to-date. Additionally, this position is the Office's representative finance expert on base budget initiatives, fiscal policy analysis, financial compliance, grant and contract management, resource allocation, budget and rate calculations, financial reporting, projections, Joint Budget Committee (JBC) decision items, and proposals that directly influence management's decisions. As a member of the OES Senior Leadership Team, this position helps establish strategic priorities of the Office and allocates resources needed to achieve those priorities.

Responsibilities

• Fiscal/Contract Management Operations: Manage the Office of Economic Security (OES) operation expenditures, local, state, and federal. Oversee office-wide budget forecasting, management, and reporting process; provide a monthly summary report to the Director & Deputy Director of Division and Office budget status of expenditures, encumbrances, and projections. Provide second level supervision to the OES Divisional Senior Budget/Contract Analysts and first level to the OES Budget & Legislative Manager, including setting performance standards, conducting performance planning and appraisal of staff, and ensuring subordinate staff development needs are met.
• Financial & Budget Authority and Legislative Requests: Develop a plan for Federal, State and cash fund revenue maximization; develop corrective action plans necessary to deal with penalties. Responsible for financial planning and forecasting, utilizing expertise in state and county programs to strategically direct OES resources to areas that maximize Federal, State and cash fund financed participation. Evaluate and make recommendations on the Office's operating and personnel costs. Monitor and adjust the Department's indirect cost allocation plan to ensure federal compliance and maximize federal reimbursement. Provide assistance and support to the OES Budget and Legislative Manager in formulating, writing, supporting and defending funding requests (Funding Requests/Decision Items, Supplementals, Budget Amendments, Emergency Supplementals, Budget Reductions, and Fiscal Notes). Maintain a solid understanding of State funding request requirements, instructions, protocols and strategy for completing successful funding requests. Explain and defend funding requests to the OSPB, legislative council staff, and the JBC.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Ten (10) years of progressively responsible professional experience in government or private sector budgeting, finance, or contract administration, culminating in senior-level management of a complex (multi-disciplinary) organization that must have included at least: experience in professional budgeting, finance, or contract administration in the government or private sector; and experience with a legislative budget process, including preparing budgeting requests, submitting responses to the legislature, and analyzing the fiscal impact of legislation.

Substitutions: A combination of related education and/or relevant experience equal to ten (10) years. Additional appropriate experience will substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis. Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required general experience on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance, Public Administration, Business Administration or closely related field
• Experience managing multi-discipline human service programs that included successfully managing subordinate executives, a million-dollar or greater budget that included federal grant monies, and managing accountability to an outside auditing organization
• Experience as a Chief Financial Officer
• Proven experience in public sector contract management, budget, and governmental financial management
• Experience supervising employees working in the budget, finance, or contract field
• Experience in strategic planning
• Experience with a legislative budget process, including preparing budgeting requests, submitting responses to the legislature, and analyzing the fiscal impact of legislation
• Experience with the State of Colorado fiscal and procurement rules
• Experience managing and directing administrative processes in a governmental organization, which includes the ability to develop proven interagency relationships with local, state, and federal agencies
• Extensive knowledge of the legislative processes, government funding, and the State accounting and procurement systems
• Experience in outcomes-based funding and/or performance management
• COWINS Partnership Agreement: Relevant years of State service should be considered as a preferred qualification and given weight under the process. Part-time relevant years of State service will be prorated. TRANSFERS ONLY: Relevant years of State service will be considered as a preferred qualification and given the weight of at least 15% of the overall score under the process.

Required Competencies

• Proven experience in budget, financial, and contractual management
• Proven experience in policy analysis, development, and implementation
• Proven experience managing staff with diverse professional experience and qualifications
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication and public speaking skills
• Ability to work in a complex political environment
• Excellent negotiation and consensus-building skills
• Ability to understand, develop, and implement performance and outcome measures, managing effective operations while ensuring performance measures are met
• Proven ability to provide analytical expertise in strategic planning, operational effectiveness, and progressive evaluation of measurements
• Proven ability to provide efficient and effective customer service to the stakeholders of Colorado, which includes exemplary responsiveness
• Creation of objectives that measure efficiencies and the ability to implement and improve operations through effective performance measures
• Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate, and monitor the work of others; ability to make timely decisions; ability to coach, mentor, motivate, and develop staff and encourage good performance
• Takes ownership of all responsibilities and honors commitments; delivers outputs within prescribed time; operates in compliance with organizational regulations and rules; supports subordinates, provides oversight, and takes responsibility for delegated assignments; takes personal responsibility for his/her own shortcomings and those of the work unit, where applicable
• Demonstrated flexibility in leadership by performing and/or overseeing the analysis of complex human resources, financial, or administrative management policy and program issues; proven record of building and managing teams and creating an enabling environment, including the ability to effectively lead, supervise, mentor, develop and evaluate staff and design training/skills enhancement initiatives to ensure effective transfer of knowledge/skills; tact in negotiating skills; good judgment and decision-making skills

Conditions of Employment

• Standard background check: CBI name check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), and drug screen (commercial Driver's license)
• State of Colorado residency at the time of application and throughout employment
• May require intermittent travel as needed
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose that information, explain why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify you, and provide your employee number from prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination, and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.