Chief Fiscal Officer

Are you ready to step into a pivotal role as a trusted senior advisor, working closely with the Executive Director and Superintendent to oversee all internal fiscal operations? 

We're seeking an experienced professional with a proven track record in financial management, budgeting, and team leadership. If you have a background in public sector budgeting, experience with federal grants, and a knack for optimizing organizational efficiency, we want to hear from you. Join us and make a significant impact on our organization's financial health and success!

• Please visit our 'Applicant Tips on How to Apply' page or view our tutorial. 
• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified. 
• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.  
• In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.   
• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.  
• Note:  At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position.  These documents may include:  a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.  Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position.  
• Should you have questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Liz Pinette at elizabeth.pinette@ct.gov.  
• This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules. 
• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class. 
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period.  It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception.  Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov. 
• For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.

In a state agency this class is accountable for administering the fiscal and administrative programs and operations of the agency.

• Administers staff and operations of a major fiscal or fiscal/administrative services division including budget preparation and management, accounting and financial reporting and analysis;
• Develops, implements and evaluates division policies, goals and objectives;
• Designs and develops division programs and activities;
• Implements new procedures and procedural revisions;
• Determines appropriate staffing levels and directs management and coordination of staff;
• Designs and implements performance review standards for division staff;
• Maintains contacts with individuals within and outside of division who might impact on policy or program activities;
• Acts as liaison for department with internal and external state contacts;
• Directs financial planning activities including long and short-term forecasting;
• Assists EDP experts in planning and implementation of financial aspects of EDP systems;
• Utilizes EDP systems for financial analyses;
• Prepares programmatic fiscal/administrative analysis and impact statements on proposed regulations and legislation;
• Leads the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection;
• May direct a program of internal and/or external audit;
• May direct support services such as maintenance, duplicating services, switchboard, mailroom, food services, security and housekeeping;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of
  • and ability to apply management principles and practices;
  • and ability to apply relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations;
  • and ability to apply principles and practices of public administration with special references to governmental budget management and governmental accounting;
  • principles and procedures of personnel, payroll, purchasing, grant administration and contract administration;
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Considerable ability in preparation and analysis of financial and statistical reports;
• Ability to utilize EDP systems for financial management.

Ten (10) years of experience in a combination of fiscal/administrative functions (e.g. accounting, accounts examining, budget management, grants administration, personnel, payroll, purchasing) at least one (1) of which must be an accounting or budgeting function.*

One (1) year of the General Experience must be at a managerial level.

NOTE: For state employees, this experience is interpreted at the level of an Assistant Chief of Fiscal/Administrative Services, a Principal Budget Specialist or Fiscal/Administrative Manager.

• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (l5) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master's degree in public administration, business administration or accounting may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

*Descriptions of these fiscal/administrative functions are attached.

• Experience in CORE-CT or similar EDP financial system for financial reporting and project budgeting or costing.
• Experience managing federal grants.
• Experience with public sector budgeting and accounting, including collective bargaining.
• Experience supervising large teams, remote staff, and diverse workgroups from large financial operations.
• Experience with public school fiscal operations.
• Experience with creating organization efficiency.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.