Chief Financial Officer - Adult Aging and Disability Services - Denver

Preferred qualifications:

• Masters degree in Finance Public Administration Business Administration or closely related field

• Experience managing multidiscipline human service programs that included successfully managing subordinate executives a milliondollar 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 experience 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 outcomesbased funding and/or performance management

• Relevant years of State service should be considered as a preferred qualification to be used to determine the top candidates on the referral list. (Partnership agreement 10.1.

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 consensusbuilding 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 decisionmaking skills

  
  

• ALL CDHS employees (nondirect contact):
  CBI name check ICON Colorado court database Medicare fraud database Reference checks Professional License verification (licensure requirements) and drug screen (commercial Drivers license)
• The position will be required to attend various meetings in various locations throughout the state
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances prior disciplinarytermination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

ADAA Accommodations:

CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment including completing the application process interviewing completing any preemployment testing participating in the employee selection process and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator Nancy Schmelzer at or call.

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