Deputy Finance Director Division of Early Childhood

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

• Leads and coordinates efforts with DBS on procurements and monitoring drawdowns of federal grants to ensure compliance. 
• Provides supervisory, managerial or technical assistance guidance to the DEC Fiscal unit as needed and in the absence of the Financial Manager.
• Makes decisions to facilitate program accomplishments.
• Recommends the development of training procedures to increase correct authorization of funds for grant specialists, programmatic specialists, LSSs, LITPs, Non-LSSs, non-profit and for-profit entities, and IHEs.  
• Provides guidance internally in developing and maintaining manuals, instructions and reporting instruments for financial data reporting and analysis.
• Coordinates training and technical assistance for DEC staff and designs fiscal reports, content, and methods.
• Analyzes departmental, budget and fiscal planning and federal requirements for budget information.  
• Coordinates, reviews, and edits internal and external budget documents with the program staff.  
• Represents the department in a liaison capacity with managers and officials of other agencies concerning program activities.
• Proactively partners with upper management in matters of policy development, process improvement and implementation, financial modeling, grant review, and State and federal audits. 
• Reviews and assists with sub-grant information (budgets & invoices) and provides for accurate, timely, and sufficiently researched documents. 
• Supervises the preparation of financial reports, spreadsheets, data tables and related documents (FFATA).  
• Provides direct supervision and guidance to staff fiscal members working with programmatic specialists, LSSs, LITPs, Non-LSSs, non-profit and for-profit entities, and IHEs.
• Performs other duties as assigned related.

1. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master’s degree or the equivalent of 36 credit hours of post-baccalaureate course work in Education, Organizational Development, Nonprofit, Business, or related fields for two years of the required experience directly related to the position.
2. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience at a rank of Corporal/Petty Officer or higher as a commissioned officer in Education Program classifications or Education Program specialty codes in the Education field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education, one year of which must have been in an administrative supervisory or consultative capacity.

• Knowledge of federal grant programs including COMAR, IDEA, NCLB, EDGAR, CCDBG, Head Start, applicable OMB Circulars, and the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 cost principles.
• Knowledge of fiscal reporting as it relates to Education programs.
• Skill in implementing, monitoring, and evaluating finance procedures designed for tracking allocations for education programs.
• Skill with coaching grant specialists, programmatic specialists, and constituents in analyzing local policies and procedures related to grant funding in accordance with federal and State regulations.
• Skill in analyzing and deploying solutions for complex educational grant issues and challenge.
• Skill in managing administrative activities, including supervision, oversight, and evaluation of staff.
• Ability to adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions, deal effectively with ambiguity, and work effectively with complexity and change. 
• Ability to interpret and apply complex laws and regulations governing State and federal programs.
• Ability to establish and maintain highly-effective working relationships.
• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner in writing and written and verbal communications.
• Ability to balance and manage multiple workstreams and effectively identify key priorities.