Fiscal management and accounting work at a professional level in a large department with a complex mix of revenue sources, matching formulae, program accounts and reporting requirements. An incumbent is typically the highest management, and designs and operates systems which control multi-source funds of significant proportion in terms of yearly state finances. The role may be submerged within a business manager class in a department where the business manager has assumed the lead role in fiscal management. Direction is received from a higher-level administrative official, but an incumbent, as the primary source of accounting expertise in the department, must exercise considerable judgment and initiative in financial matters.
Supervision is exercised over subordinate professional and or technical staff.
Duties are performed largely in a state financial office. Modest travel may be required for which private means of transportation must be available. The role may require performance outside of normal work hours. Regular and frequent reporting deadlines are a constant aspect of the role. Three years at a professional level in accounting or financial auditing work, or in a role with responsibility for management of financial affairs which include either supervisory duties or a governmental accounting system.