Administrative Management/Assistant Director of Finance

This position is Exempt from the State of Delaware Merit System

Recruitment #081524-MUAH10-550800

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Summary Statement

This position will be responsible for managing all aspects of the Delaware Department of Transportation Trust Fund, including revenue forecasting, tracking and development of the Departments financial plan. The incumbent in this position is responsible for providing guidance as it relates to economic forecasting, coordinating all processes associated with the issuance of transportation bonds, including debt management and bond refinancing, arbitrage compliance, and rating agency reporting. This position also coordinates all processes associated with the TTF annual audit.

Preferred Qualification

Applicants who do not possess the preferred qualification will still be eligible to compete for this position if job requirements are met.
  1. Experience in the municipal bond market and/or experience with statistical revenue forecasting.

Essential Functions

Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.

  • Manages the analysis, formulation, and integration of a Department's financial management programs. Develops and implements methods for program evaluation.
  • Oversees development of multi-year plans/programs. Works with departmental, executive, and legislative officials to explain financial plans and issues. Determines problem areas and recommends solutions.
  • Proposes legislation that will support the Department's strategic plan.
  • Coordinates, facilitates, and reports back to management the activities and progress of various focus groups/task forces/steering committees.
  • Provides planning, budgetary, and management expertise to Department administration and operations managers.
  • Monitors day-to-day fiscal activities to ensure they meet state/federal objectives and/or guidelines.

Job Requirements

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Assistant Director Financial Management
Please attach a resume with your online application or use the resume tab in DEL to provide a detailed description of how your education, training and/or experience meets each job requirement including employer, experience/responsibilities and dates (month/year) of employment/training. Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

  1. Possession of a Bachelors degree or higher in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Business Management, Computer Information Systems or related field.
  2. Three years experience in financial administration such as comprehensive analysis of programs, budgets, projects, services, alternatives, and costs; financial planning, revenue generation, revenue forecasting, expenditure forecasting, cash flow management and establishing internal control.
  3. Three years experience in interpreting and analyzing financial reports.
  4. Six months experience in strategic planning such as planning and mapping a path between the present and future usually for three to five years by determining key objectives, how to accomplish the key objectives, what strategies should be used, what activities would contribute to accomplishing the key objectives and developing performance measures to gauge and report progress or success.
  5. Six months experience in operations management which includes planning, directing, coordinating, controlling and evaluating operations typically through subordinate supervisors.

Conditions of Hire

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information refer to our Job Seeker Resources. DelDOT does not provide employment-based sponsorship.

Pre-employment Drug Testing:  Upon a conditional offer, you must undergo pre-employment drug testing as part of the hiring process.

Benefits

To learn more about the comprehensive benefit package please visit our website at https://dhr.delaware.gov/benefits/

Selection Process

The application and resume are evaluated based upon a rating of your education, training and experience as they relate to the job requirements of the position. It is essential that you provide complete and accurate information on your application and resume to include dates of employment, job title and job duties. For education and training, list name of educational provider, training course titles and summary of course content. Narrative information supplied in response to the questions must be supported by the information supplied on the application including your employment, education and training history as it relates to the job requirements.

Once you have submitted your application on-line, all future correspondence related to your application will be sent via email.  Please keep your contact information current.  You may also view all correspondence sent to you by the State of Delaware in the “My Applications” tab at StateJobs.Delaware.gov.

Accommodations

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities in all phases of the application and employment process.  To request an auxiliary aid or service please call (302) 739-5458. TDD users should call the Delaware Relay Service Number 1-800-232-5460 for assistance.

The State of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity employer and values a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage and seek out a workforce representative of Delaware including race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.