CHIEF OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES - 43000944

Requisition No: 852541 

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: CHIEF OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES - 43000944

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 43000944 

Salary:  $51,483.48 - $133,908.72 

Posting Closing Date: 05/12/2025 

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*****INTERNAL AGENCY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*****
DIVISION: OFFICE OF FINANCE & BUDGET
BUREAU: FINANCIAL SERVICES 
CITY: TALLAHASSEE
COUNTY: LEON

SPECIAL NOTES:

This is an internal agency employment opportunity for current employees, including OPS, of the Department of Financial Services, the Office of Financial Regulation, and the Office of Insurance Regulation.

Requirements:

• Seven (7) years of professional accounting experience. A postsecondary degree may be used as an alternative for years of professional accounting experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Four (4) years of supervisory experience. 

Preferences: 

• Experience implementing new processes and/or systems
• State of Florida Accounting experience
• Revenue Management experience
• Disbursements Management experience
• Financial Reporting experience
• Cash Management experience
• Financials, Payroll, DW/BI Florida PALM exposure and active involvement
• Payroll Processing experience

This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment.

The salary range for this position is $51,483.48 - $133,908.72.

Employees of the Department of Financial Services are paid on a monthly pay cycle.

Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.
 
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of general accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
• Knowledge of accounting and financial planning principles, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the methods of data collection, data reporting and data maintenance.
• Knowledge of the legislative appropriations process, state budget laws and policies, basic budget principles, budget categories and funds, FLAIR, Florida PALM and other auxiliary reporting systems.
• Provide technical assistance and training to staff on FLAIR and Florida PALM transactions, and interpretation of various CFO, FLAIR, Florida PALM reports.
• Ability to communicate with, motivate, direct, organize, and prioritize the workload of assigned professional staff.
• Ability to oversee, direct, coordinate all aspects of the state accounting processes to include paying invoices for commodities and services, tracking expenditures and revenues, preparing and maintaining various accounting records, and ensuring accounting and reconciliation functions ensure compliance with Florida Statutes.
• Ability to design and implement accounting systems to collect, evaluate and analyze data from those systems and develop impact statements and required reports.
• Ability to prepare analyses/reports that offer recommendations to effect approved budgetary/financial or operational changes necessary to accommodate management needs.
• Exhibit effective critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.  
• Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal skills including the ability to effectively communicate with the CFO, Chief of Staff, Deputy CFOs and Division Directors.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Proficient in Microsoft office software with advanced Excel skills.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:
Serves as Chief in planning, directing and providing supervision and leadership of all functions for the Bureau of Financial Support Services including oversight of Financial Management (Reconciliation and Reporting), Disbursements, Revenue and Receipts in the Department of Financial Services (DFS).

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.