Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Initial Posting Date:

04/25/2024

Application Deadline:

05/02/2024

Agency:

Oregon Youth Authority

Salary Range:

$6,901 - $10,674

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Job Description:

OREGON YOUTH AUTHORITY

Budget and Fiscal Manager 2 - Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Salem

• Equitable Building

Join the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) team as our new Deputy Chief Financial Officer, where you'll lead and direct our accounting and payroll functions. With over 1000 employees spread across the state, your role will be pivotal in ensuring accurate financial reporting and payroll services, which are vital for delivering uninterrupted support to youth in our care. As a strategic leader, you'll not only oversee daily operations but you'll work with the Chief Financial Officer to anticipate future agency needs and executive-level requirements.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, you'll play a key role in managing fiscal operations and decision-making processes, making this an opportunity to make a real impact on the organization's success. You'll lead and manage the overall operations, people, and priorities of OYA's accounting and payroll functions, including cost allocations, agency-wide reconciliations, and special purpose financial reporting functions.

Your leadership will be instrumental in ensuring reliable, timely, and consistent daily operations while also driving initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. You'll be responsible for leading the planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts for accounting and payroll, including any necessary changes to unit structure, business processes, or output measures measures in partnership with the Chief Financial Officer.

We're looking for a candidate who demonstrates proven success and proficiency as a financial leader, with technical skills and personnel management practices rooted in positive human development without sacrificing accountability. Excellent communication, leadership, strategic thinking, and project management skills are essential, along with a thorough understanding of government accounting, auditing, financial reporting, GASB and GAAP standards, and State of Oregon payroll laws.

Additionally, the ability to apply an Equity Lens to all elements of daily work is critical in our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. If you're ready to take on this challenging and rewarding role, apply now and be part of our mission-driven team at OYA.

Top duties of the position:

• Management and oversight of accounting unit functions

• Management and oversight of payroll unit functions

• Assisting the Chief Financial Officer

For a complete list of duties and responsibilities, please click here.

This recruitment is to augment the candidate pool generated by job announcement REQ-153903. If you have previously applied for this position, you do not need to reapply. Names of qualified applicants will remain on the list for further consideration.

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• 11:30 a.m. for OYA Career Chats.

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Additional Information:

• This position is part of the state's management team.

• Hybrid Telework: This position is eligible for a flexible hybrid work schedule, and you will be required to come into the office once a month at minimum. Remote work is evaluated periodically to ensure business needs are being met and can be adjusted at any time.

• We may use this recruitment to fill future vacancies.

• Starting Salary Expectations for new to State service: $82,812.00 - $95,772.00 annually; based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity (should you have significant years of experience performing this work, starting salary may be higher).

• Position Salary Range: up to $137,004.00 annual salary.

• This position receives annual increases on anniversary date until the maximum of the salary range is reached.

• Upon PERS eligibility, employees will receive a 6.95% increase to their base salary and will pay the employee 6% contribution to PERS.

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Tentative Recruitment Schedule:

• 1st Round Interviews scheduled for May 9, 2024 (virtual interview)
• 2nd Round Interviews scheduled for May 16, 2024 (in-person interview)

ABOUT OYA

At OYA, diversity, equity, and inclusion are more than just words on a page. To meet our mission and live our values as an agency, DEI must be at the heart of all we do. We support cultural competence, develop teams and cultivate leaders in ways that are equitable to everyone, especially people of color, those who identify as LGBTQ+, or those from other marginalized communities. We are explicit and intentional as we identify resources that all our youth and staff need to grow and prosper. Our DEI work connects closely with our culture of positive human development, with safe and supportive environments where everyone is held accountable and connected to their community. The end goal is to protect the public and reduce crime by holding youth accountable and providing opportunities for reformation in safe environments.

If you are looking to join a team that values individual and cultural differences, with the opportunity to contribute to youth reformation by enriching our workforce with diversity, OYA wants to hear from you! People of color, women, and other members of historically marginalized communities are strongly encouraged to apply!

For more information about the OYA, please visit www.oregon.gov/oya.

What's in it for You?

OYA values our employees. We believe that your time outside of the workplace is as valuable as it is inside the workplace. We offer a great work/life balance and a competitive benefits package, including low-cost, high-coverage health insurance, generous time-off, and a competitive retirement plan.

Discover more about working in Oregon state government by clicking here.

What We Are Looking For:

Six years of supervision, management, or progressively related experience; OR three years of related experience and a bachelor's degree in a related field.

Required Skills:

• Thorough knowledge of State accounting and payroll systems and processes, including strong knowledge of Oregon Accounting Manual, SABRS, Workday, and SFMA.

• Skill in creating accounting and payroll reports, managing people and budgets, and working collaboratively across disciplines to achieve agency priorities.

• Strong knowledge of Excel, including creating pivot reports and relational databases.

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES/APPLICATION SCORING CRITERIA: In addition to your related work experience and education, we will use the attributes below to determine whom to interview.

• Demonstrates proven success and proficiency as a financial leader, with technical skills and personnel management practices rooted in positive human development without sacrificing accountability.

• Excellent communication, leadership, strategic thinking, and project management skills.

• Thorough understanding of government accounting, auditing, financial reporting, GASB and GAAP standards, and State of Oregon payroll laws.

• Ability to apply an Equity Lens to all elements of daily work.

How to apply:

• Complete the application fully or upload a complete resume including dates of employment and duties/responsibilities of each position.

• Complete the questionnaire / supplemental questions.

• COVER LETTER REQUIRED: Submit a cover letter describing how you meet the qualifications and the desired attributes above.

• After you submit your application please respond to the public records request authorization and gender identity questionnaire. This step will come after you submit and will complete the process. If you are an employee, the tasks will come to your Workday inbox.

• If you are a veteran, you may receive preference.

Additional Information

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we are here to serve. OYA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be individualized based on merit, competence, performance, and business need.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law." The more diverse we are, the better our work will be.

Applicants with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process. For assistance regarding reasonable accommodation or for alternative format please contact OYA Recruitment at 971-345-1236. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.

Pre-employment Checks:

In keeping with our mission, OYA will conduct a criminal record check, per OAR 416 Division 800, a driving record background check and a vulnerable population abuse and neglect check. Information obtained about an individual is confidential. An individual who refuses to consent to a criminal records/background check shall be disqualified from consideration in the position for which you applied. All applicants are subject to additional pre-employment check(s) such as fingerprint based on criminal records check, pre-employment drug screening and/or education verification as required for the position.

In 2003 Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), the first federal civil statue focused specifically on addressing sexual violence in juvenile facilities, jails, prisons, and other facilities. In recognition of the rights, safety, and well-being of the youth we serve you will be asked specific questions about your background to ensure our hiring and promotion practices comply with the National PREA standards.

All positions in OYA will require the incumbent to serve as a "mandatory reporter" of child abuse.

Visa Sponsorship:

We do not offer Visa sponsorship. If you are hired, you will be required to fill out the US Department of Homeland Security's I-9 form confirming you are able to work in the US. OYA uses E-Verify to confirm that applicants are authorized to work in the United States.

Have Questions?:

For questions about the job announcement, contact our Recruitment Team OYAjobs@oya.oregon.gov