Deputy Department Director*

About

This is an EXCITING time to Join the City of Richmond! We are committed to nurturing talent, fostering growth opportunities, and building strong connections within our workforce. As we continue to make strides to becoming the employer of choice, we are thrilled about the below employee benefit enhancements:

Benefits

• Virginia Retirement System (VRS)
• Language Incentive
• Referral Bonus
• Tuition Assistance Program

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic leadership and oversight for the Police Department's Budget, Grants, Procurement, Payroll, Facilities Management, and State and Federal Asset Forfeiture functions;
• Directing the Department's budget processes, including daily financial activities, expenditure tracking, financial analysis, forecasting, and budget projections;
• Monitoring the Department's fiscal position and providing financial analysis, projections, and recommendations to executive leadership;
• Overseeing grant activities, including research, grant writing, administration, financial management, compliance, and required state and federal reporting;
• Providing oversight of procurement activities and ensuring the effective acquisition of goods and services necessary to support departmental operations;
• Overseeing biweekly payroll processing, leave audits, on-call payments, and related payroll activities;
• Developing, reviewing, implementing, and evaluating policies, procedures, internal controls, and business processes affecting the Department's financial and administrative operations;
• Preparing, reviewing, and approving financial reports, contracts, expenditures, budget documents, presentations, and other business-related materials;
• Directing, managing, supervising, coaching, and developing a staff of four;
• Managing and monitoring complex projects and initiatives involving multiple business functions;
• Collaborating with City departments, governmental agencies, vendors, and other internal and external stakeholders;
• Identifying operational and financial risks and recommending strategies to improve efficiency, accountability, compliance, and fiscal stewardship;
• Providing executive-level analysis and recommendations to Police Department leadership regarding financial and business operations.

Requirements

This position is Unclassified and serves at the will of the Appointing Authority. The successful candidate will possess significant experience leading complex financial and administrative operations, managing multiple functional areas, developing and monitoring budgets, analyzing financial information, and providing strategic recommendations to executive leadership.

Considerable knowledge of:

• Government finance, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis;
• Grant administration and state and federal reporting requirements;
• Public-sector procurement practices and procedures