Assistant Chief Financial Officer

Under administrative direction, assists Chief Financial Officer and Agency Leadership in guiding the Agency's financial strategy, fiscal planning, and operations, including accounting, budgeting, reporting, compliance, audits, procurement, contract and grants management, treasury functions, and financial systems. This role helps ensure sound financial stewardship, supports strategic initiatives, strengthens internal controls, and, depending on organizational needs, either directs one or more of the department's functional areas or serves as chief of staff to the Chief Financial Officer.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Lead the development and implementation of agency-wide budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, expenditure monitoring, coding oversight, and projection processes to support accurate reporting, resource allocation, accountability, and strategic decision-making.
• Provide strategic financial guidance, modeling, forecasting, and analysis on major initiatives, investments, funding opportunities, reimbursement strategies, and resource allocation to support long-term fiscal sustainability.
• Support long-range financial planning, cash flow management, investment oversight, revenue maximization, and financial risk assessment.
• Develop and maintain standardized financial reports, dashboards, forecasts, and decision-support tools that provide timely visibility into expenditures, revenues, projections, and organizational performance.
• Prepare and present financial reports, forecasts, analyses, and recommendations to executive leadership, the Commission, committees, auditors, funders, and other stakeholders.
• Lead fiscal analysis and performance evaluation of Agency operations and ballot measure initiatives to inform fiscal policy, strategic communications, and fund development.

Financial Operations & Compliance

• Oversee day-to-day financial operations to ensure accuracy, integrity, timeliness, and consistency of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and fiscal analysis.
• Direct the development, implementation, and monitoring of financial policies, procedures, internal controls, and compliance activities to ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, accounting standards, and funding requirements.
• Oversee annual financial, federal, state, and compliance audits and ensure timely resolution of audit findings and implementation of corrective actions and recommendations.
• Lead the development and implementation of financial systems, processes, controls, and infrastructure necessary to administer complex public funding streams, grant-funded programs, and large strategic initiatives.
• Develop and maintain financial architecture, coding structures, chart-of-accounts design, reporting frameworks, and integration of financial and programmatic data in partnership with Program, Data, Evaluation, and Technology teams.
• Lead continuous improvement of financial and operational systems, processes, controls, and workflows to increase efficiency, transparency, consistency, and organizational effectiveness.

Procurement & Contracting

• Oversee the Agency's procurement and contracting functions, including solicitation, contract development, negotiation, execution, and administration, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, funding requirements, and Agency policies.
• Provide strategic oversight and analysis for complex, high-impact, and politically sensitive contracting and procurement activities involving significant funding, elevated risk, public accountability, and cross-functional coordination.
• Direct the development and continuous improvement of procurement and contract management policies, workflows, templates, and systems to support efficient, transparent, and timely contracting across Agency programs and funding initiatives.

Leadership & Executive Support

• Assist the Chief Financial Officer in directing and managing Finance Department operations, including accounting, budgeting, financial reporting, contracts and grants administration, procurement, compliance, treasury activities, and revenue management.
• Lead cross-functional implementation of major financial, operational, and strategic initiatives, coordinating with Finance, Programs, Contracting and Procurement, Data, Evaluation, Technology, and Executive Leadership.
• When assigned functional responsibility, directly manage one or more of the department's functional areas, including staffing, work planning, performance management, and service delivery.
• When serving as chief of staff, manage the Chief Financial Officer's priorities and department-wide work plan; coordinate preparation of Commission, committee, and executive leadership materials; track key deliverables and deadlines; and resolve cross-functional issues on the Chief Financial Officer's behalf.
• Act on behalf of the Chief Financial Officer in their absence and represent the Finance Department in Agency leadership forums, with external partners, and before governing bodies as assigned.
• Provide leadership, supervision, and professional development to departmental managers, supervisors, and staff; establish priorities and ensure effective departmental performance.