Financial Director IV
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Let's parse the posting: Overview: "Are you interested in working with great people and solving problems that have real impacts on Vermonters? If so, the Department for Children and Families may be just the place for you! We are looking for a person to lead our Business Office as our CFO/Financial Director IV. This position has primary responsibility and accountability for all the financial activities of the department, including operations, planning, budgeting, testifying, and reporting. The Financial Director supervises senior professionals and is ultimately responsible for overseeing a staff of 48 people throughout 4 units: Analytics, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Grants and Contracts, and Special Projects. The right candidate for this position will serve as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team at DCF, will dig into problems and think creatively, and will collaborate across all departmental programs on a complex, $700 million, budget that impacts services for Vermonters. While this position is based in Waterbury, there is the opportunity for a hybrid (in office/remote) schedule; there may be some travel, mostly in state." That's overview and responsibilities. "Who May Apply" includes Job Requisition #55784, contact info, apply online, etc. We need to drop application instructions and minor metadata like Job ID, contact email? The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include a short paragraph with contact info maybe? But they said remove application instructions. The contact info is part of "Who May Apply". Might be considered minor metadata; we could drop it or include short p. Probably drop. "Environmental Factors" includes work setting, travel, time outside normal hours, attend public meetings, testify before legislature, diplomacy/tact. That's responsibilities/working conditions. "Minimum Qualifications" includes education and experience options. "Special Requirements" includes VISION system preference, preference for large fiscal ops, master's degree preference, CPA preference. "Total Compensation" includes benefits description. "Equal Opportunity Employer" is boilerplate to remove. We need sections: About the role (overview), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what content goes where. About the role: maybe the introductory paragraph about DCF, mission, role purpose. Responsibilities: list of duties: leading Business Office, financial activities, supervising senior professionals, overseeing staff of 48 across units, key member of Senior Leadership Team, dig into problems, think creatively, collaborate across programs on $700M budget, testify before Legislature, attend public meetings, etc. Requirements: maybe the "Who May Apply" (state employees and external) but that's not a requirement. Could be minimal. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications and Special Requirements. Skills: maybe not explicitly listed; could infer from responsibilities: financial management, budgeting, analysis, leadership, communication, diplomacy, etc. But we should not invent. If not explicitly stated, we should not create Skills section unless posting actually states them. The posting does not have a explicit "Skills" bullet list. So we should omit Skills section. Benefits: from Total Compensation section. Pay: not specified; no salary range. So we should not create Pay section. Schedule: mention hybrid (in office/remote) schedule, some travel mostly in state. That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section. We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So only include sections with real content. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Schedule. Possibly also Requirements? Could include "Who May Apply" as eligibility (state employees and external). That's a requirement? Might be considered eligibility. But it's minor metadata; we could fold into a short p under About the role or drop. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we could include a short p about eligibility under About the role or as a separate small paragraph without heading? But they want headings only for sections with real content. Could we have a
without heading? Yes, we can have prose paragraphs not under heading. The instruction: Use
for section headings, - for any list,
for prose. So we can have
elements anywhere.
Thus we can have:
About the role
Overview text...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications...
- ...
...
maybe for special requirements.
Benefits
- ...
...
Schedule
Hybrid (in office/remote) schedule based in Waterbury; some travel mostly in state.
We must preserve all substantive information. Let's extract details.
About the role: The overview paragraph includes: interest in working with great people, solving problems impacting Vermonters, DCF, looking for person to lead Business Office as CFO/Financial Director IV. That's about role. We'll keep that.
Responsibilities: need to capture all duties:
- primary responsibility and accountability for all financial activities of the department, including operations, planning, budgeting, testifying, and reporting.
- supervises senior professionals.
- ultimately responsible for overseeing a staff of 48 people throughout 4 units: Analytics, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Grants and Contracts, and Special Projects.
- serve as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team at DCF.
- dig into problems and think creatively.
- collaborate across all departmental programs on a complex, $700 million budget that impacts services for Vermonters.
- based in Waterbury, opportunity for hybrid (in office/remote) schedule; some travel mostly in state.
- may require extensive time outside normal work hours.
- incumbent expected to attend public meetings and hearings and to testify before the Legislature.
- wide diversity of opinion and emotions anticipated; diplomacy and tact required.
We should separate schedule maybe but we already have schedule section. However schedule info appears in responsibilities; we can still include schedule details there but also have schedule section. To avoid duplication, we could keep schedule info only in schedule section and not duplicate. But we must preserve all substantive info; if we move schedule info to schedule section, we still preserve it. So we can omit schedule from responsibilities.
Thus responsibilities list excludes schedule and hybrid mention.
Now Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications (three options) and Special Requirements (preferences). We'll list them.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master's degree in accounting, business or public administration or a related field AND four (4) years of professional level accounting, budgeting, fiscal auditing, fiscal analysis, federal program fiscal administration or other professional level fiscal operations experience including managing a major fiscal program or operation.
- OR Bachelor's degree in accounting or a bachelor's degree in any discipline that includes or is supplemented by 20 credit hours in accounting and seven (7) years of professional level accounting, budgeting, fiscal auditing, fiscal analysis, federal program fiscal administration or other professional level fiscal operations experience which has included managing a major fiscal program or operation.
- OR Three (3) years or more as a Financial Director III with the State of Vermont.
Special Requirements (preferences):
- For some positions experience working with VISION system (VISION is the State of Vermont PeopleSoft financial management system) may be required.
- Preference may be given to applicants with experience managing large fiscal operations.
- For some positions preference may be given to applicants with a master's degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, or other specific degree program.
- For some positions preference may be given to applicants with a CPA (or similar certification).
We could format as - ...
under Qualifications.
Benefits: from Total Compensation:
- 80% State paid medical premium and a dental plan at no cost for employees and their families
- Work/Life balance: 12 paid holidays each year and a generous leave plan
- State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI)
- Two ways to save for your retirement: A State defined benefit pension plan and a deferred compensation 457(b) plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Flexible spending healthcare and childcare reimbursement accounts
- Low cost group life insurance
- Incentive-based Wellness Program
- Qualified Employer for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program
We should keep as list.
Schedule: hybrid (in office/remote) schedule; based in Waterbury; some travel mostly in state.
We might also mention that position is based in Waterbury.
Now About the role: we may also include that position is based in Waterbury? Already schedule covers location. But we could keep location in About the role? Not needed.
Let's craft HTML.
We need to ensure no extra whitespace? It's fine.
We'll output:
About the role
Are you interested in working with great people and solving problems that have real impacts on Vermonters? If so, the Department for Children and Families may be just the place for you! We are looking for a person to lead our Business Office as our CFO/Financial Director IV.
Responsibilities
- Primary responsibility and accountability for all financial activities of the department, including operations, planning, budgeting, testifying, and reporting.
- Supervises senior professionals.
- Ultimately responsible for overseeing a staff of 48 people throughout four units: Analytics, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Grants and Contracts, and Special Projects.
- Serves as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team at DCF.
- Digs into problems and thinks creatively.
- Collaborates across all departmental programs on a complex, $700 million budget that impacts services for Vermonters.
- May require extensive time outside of normal work hours.
- Expected to attend public meetings and hearings and to testify before the Legislature.
- Requires diplomacy and tact to manage a wide diversity of opinion and emotions.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications (any one of the following):
- Master’s degree in accounting, business or public administration or a related field AND four (4) years of professional‑level accounting, budgeting, fiscal auditing, fiscal analysis, federal program fiscal administration or other professional‑level fiscal operations experience, including managing a major fiscal program or operation.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a bachelor’s degree in any discipline that includes or is supplemented by 20 credit hours in accounting AND seven (7) years of professional‑level accounting, budgeting, fiscal auditing, fiscal analysis, federal program fiscal administration or other professional‑level fiscal operations experience, which has included managing a major fiscal program or operation.
- Three (3) years or more as a Financial Director III with the State of Vermont.
Special requirements / preferences:
- Experience working with the VISION system (the State of Vermont PeopleSoft financial management system) may be required for some positions.
- Preference may be given to applicants with experience managing large fiscal operations.
- Preference may be given to applicants with a master’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, or other specific degree program.
- Preference may be given to applicants with a CPA (or similar certification).
Benefits
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for prose. So we can have
elements anywhere. Thus we can have:
About the role
Overview text...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications...
- ... ...
Benefits
- ... ...
Schedule
Hybrid (in office/remote) schedule based in Waterbury; some travel mostly in state.
We must preserve all substantive information. Let's extract details. About the role: The overview paragraph includes: interest in working with great people, solving problems impacting Vermonters, DCF, looking for person to lead Business Office as CFO/Financial Director IV. That's about role. We'll keep that. Responsibilities: need to capture all duties: - primary responsibility and accountability for all financial activities of the department, including operations, planning, budgeting, testifying, and reporting. - supervises senior professionals. - ultimately responsible for overseeing a staff of 48 people throughout 4 units: Analytics, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Grants and Contracts, and Special Projects. - serve as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team at DCF. - dig into problems and think creatively. - collaborate across all departmental programs on a complex, $700 million budget that impacts services for Vermonters. - based in Waterbury, opportunity for hybrid (in office/remote) schedule; some travel mostly in state. - may require extensive time outside normal work hours. - incumbent expected to attend public meetings and hearings and to testify before the Legislature. - wide diversity of opinion and emotions anticipated; diplomacy and tact required. We should separate schedule maybe but we already have schedule section. However schedule info appears in responsibilities; we can still include schedule details there but also have schedule section. To avoid duplication, we could keep schedule info only in schedule section and not duplicate. But we must preserve all substantive info; if we move schedule info to schedule section, we still preserve it. So we can omit schedule from responsibilities. Thus responsibilities list excludes schedule and hybrid mention. Now Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications (three options) and Special Requirements (preferences). We'll list them. Minimum Qualifications: - Master's degree in accounting, business or public administration or a related field AND four (4) years of professional level accounting, budgeting, fiscal auditing, fiscal analysis, federal program fiscal administration or other professional level fiscal operations experience including managing a major fiscal program or operation. - OR Bachelor's degree in accounting or a bachelor's degree in any discipline that includes or is supplemented by 20 credit hours in accounting and seven (7) years of professional level accounting, budgeting, fiscal auditing, fiscal analysis, federal program fiscal administration or other professional level fiscal operations experience which has included managing a major fiscal program or operation. - OR Three (3) years or more as a Financial Director III with the State of Vermont. Special Requirements (preferences): - For some positions experience working with VISION system (VISION is the State of Vermont PeopleSoft financial management system) may be required. - Preference may be given to applicants with experience managing large fiscal operations. - For some positions preference may be given to applicants with a master's degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, or other specific degree program. - For some positions preference may be given to applicants with a CPA (or similar certification). We could format as- ...
About the role
Are you interested in working with great people and solving problems that have real impacts on Vermonters? If so, the Department for Children and Families may be just the place for you! We are looking for a person to lead our Business Office as our CFO/Financial Director IV.
Responsibilities
- Primary responsibility and accountability for all financial activities of the department, including operations, planning, budgeting, testifying, and reporting.
- Supervises senior professionals.
- Ultimately responsible for overseeing a staff of 48 people throughout four units: Analytics, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Grants and Contracts, and Special Projects.
- Serves as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team at DCF.
- Digs into problems and thinks creatively.
- Collaborates across all departmental programs on a complex, $700 million budget that impacts services for Vermonters.
- May require extensive time outside of normal work hours.
- Expected to attend public meetings and hearings and to testify before the Legislature.
- Requires diplomacy and tact to manage a wide diversity of opinion and emotions.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications (any one of the following):
- Master’s degree in accounting, business or public administration or a related field AND four (4) years of professional‑level accounting, budgeting, fiscal auditing, fiscal analysis, federal program fiscal administration or other professional‑level fiscal operations experience, including managing a major fiscal program or operation.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a bachelor’s degree in any discipline that includes or is supplemented by 20 credit hours in accounting AND seven (7) years of professional‑level accounting, budgeting, fiscal auditing, fiscal analysis, federal program fiscal administration or other professional‑level fiscal operations experience, which has included managing a major fiscal program or operation.
- Three (3) years or more as a Financial Director III with the State of Vermont.
Special requirements / preferences:
- Experience working with the VISION system (the State of Vermont PeopleSoft financial management system) may be required for some positions.
- Preference may be given to applicants with experience managing large fiscal operations.
- Preference may be given to applicants with a master’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, or other specific degree program.
- Preference may be given to applicants with a CPA (or similar certification).
Benefits
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