Shared Financial Services Manager - SPAM Principal

About the Role

Join the 2,800+ professionals of Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) who connect Minnesotans to services that improve their lives. This position will be part of the Enterprise Services team, delivering a full suite of services to state agencies, boards, councils, and commissions, as well as many central services to local government partners.

As the Shared Financial Services Manager, you will lead and oversee financial reporting and financial operations, including maintenance of the general ledger, billing and accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll. You will coordinate the year-end close process and new fiscal year setup, ensuring transactions, balances, budgets, and system configurations are completed accurately and on schedule.

This role requires working onsite at 600 Robert St. N., Saint Paul, Minnesota at least 50% of the time, with limited telework available. Telework eligibility depends on residence: candidates living in Minnesota or within 50 miles of the worksite in a bordering state (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) may telework up to 50%. Minnesota residents living more than 50 miles from the worksite may be eligible to telework more than 50%. Candidates living 50 miles or more from the worksite in a bordering state may work onsite 100% or may be telework eligible if relocating within 50 miles.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation of fiscal notes, legislative reports, executive financial reports, and comparable financial analyses for governing bodies and senior leadership.
• Coordinate the preparation of financial statements, supporting schedules, and related disclosures for inclusion in the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), in accordance with Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) guidance and applicable GAAP and GASB requirements.
• Develop, implement, and improve financial policies, procedures, processes, systems, reporting tools, and internal controls to strengthen efficiency, accuracy, compliance, and accountability.
• Support and coordinate financial and compliance audits, respond to audit requests and findings, and ensure the timely preparation of supporting documentation.
• Ensure financial reporting and financial operations comply with federal directives, state law, GAAP, GASB standards, MMB guidance, and department policies, while promoting sound stewardship of public funds and the timely delivery of accurate fiscal information.
• Provide leadership, technical expertise, and strategic counsel to MNIT’s Chief Financial Officer on fiscal policy, financial management, audit matters, and operational issues necessary to support the complex administrative, reporting, and programmatic requirements of statewide financial operations.

Qualifications

To qualify, candidates must clearly show all of the following qualifications in their resume:

• A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated leadership experience, which may include serving as a supervisor or team lead in a complex public-sector finance division involving several of the following functions: financial reporting, billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and asset management.
• Experience maintaining public-sector general ledgers for multiple state fund types.
• Experience leading fiscal year-end and other financial close processes, the setup of new fiscal-year budgets and accounts, and preparing and reviewing accrual-based financial statements in accordance with applicable Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards, including the Statement of Net Position (Balance Sheet), Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position (Income Statement), Statement of Cash Flows, and financial statement notes and disclosures.
• Experience leading and working effectively with financial operations teams (such as payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, audit, financial reporting), including providing advice and guidance, establishing priorities, providing technical direction, resolving operational issues, and ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant financial activities.
• Experience interpreting, applying, and implementing GASB accounting standards in a large, complex organization, including ensuring compliance with federal directives, state laws, GASB requirements, and state and agency financial policies; supporting financial audits; and developing, implementing, or improving financial policies, procedures, processes, systems, reporting tools, and internal controls.
• Experience performing complex financial analysis and reporting, applying sound judgment and problem-solving skills to identify issues, evaluate alternatives, assess financial and operational impacts and risks, and develop and implement effective solutions.
• Experience developing and presenting financial reports to leadership and other stakeholders, and communicating complex financial, accounting, and analytical information to non-financial audiences, including translating technical information into clear business impacts, options, and recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively to foster mutual understanding, and guide teams through change.
• Customer-focused approach grounded in active listening, empathy, and solution-oriented problem-solving, complemented by formal or informal leadership and people engagement skills to deliver positive user experiences and high-performing results.

All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. Minnesota IT Services does not participate in the federal E-Verify program and is unable to sponsor applicants for work visas, including F-1 STEM OPT extensions.