FINANCIAL MANAGER II - 43000528

Requisition No: 872403 

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: FINANCIAL MANAGER II - 43000528

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 43000528 

Salary:  $72,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 04/06/2026 

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*****OPEN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*****

CLASS TITLE: FINANCIAL MANAGER II -SES

DIVISION: STATE FIRE MARSHAL

BUREAU: COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT SERVICES

CITY: TALLAHASSEE

COUNTY: LEON

SPECIAL NOTES:

Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Six (6) years of experience in Public Policy, Public Administration, or Finance. A post-secondary degree may be used as an alternative for the years of required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Minimum Qualifications for this position include the following REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of coordinating and supervising activities of staff.
• Knowledge of managing and coordinating activities to implement policies, procedures, and practices.
• Knowledge of management principles and practices.
• Knowledge of laws and agency rules.
• Knowledge of administrative principles and practices.
• Knowledge of office procedures and practices.
• Knowledge of the methods of data collection.
• Knowledge of the principles and techniques of effective communication.
• Ability to supervise the examination, evaluation, and processing of grant applications.
• Ability to coordinate and manage financial planning and budgeting.
• Ability to analyze past, present, and expected operations.
• Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data relating to administrative functions such as accounting, personnel, purchasing, or report writing.
• Ability to prepare correspondence and administrative reports.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to develop, plan, organize, and administer policies and procedures for an agency to ensure strategic objectives are met.
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

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

The anticipated salary for this position will be $72,000.00 annually. 

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.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

This position spends most of their time supervising and/or managing a team, which includes providing annual performance expectations and evaluations, selecting qualified individuals to fill vacancies, reviewing, and approving time sheets, taking appropriate corrective/disciplinary action and providing regular feedback. Communicates with, motivates, trains, and evaluates employees. Plans and directs employees’ work and must recommend actions such as hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees.

Managerial work planning, supervising, and coordinating accounting, budgeting, and other financial activities at the highest level of management. Responsible for overseeing and monitoring all grant related activities for the Division including the drafting, approval, and execution of contractual grant agreements, abiding by the terms of contractual grant agreements, and procurement of goods. This includes and is not limited to monitoring the facilitation of all state funded grants (fixed capital outlay projects and equipment purchases) and Division funded grants (firefighter assistance) from approval of the annual general appropriations act to contractual closeout. Assist in the development of operational procedures, policies, guidelines, and regulations.

Supports the Bureau Chief in liaison duties between the Division and internal and external stakeholders related to all legislation and administrative litigation. Internal stakeholders include and are not limited to the DFS Office of the General Counsel, DFS Legislative Affairs, DFS Divisions and Offices, Division staff, and others in government (federal, state, and local); external stakeholders include constituents, statutory boards and councils, and industry associations. Attends a variety of meetings and periodically travels.

Performs other duties as assigned.

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

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.