This is a senior leadership position responsible for overseeing the financial operations of all human service departments with a total budget of approximately $500 million. This includes the financial operations in the Departments of Children and Family Services, Job and Family Services, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Senior and Adult Services and Community Initiative Agencies.
Essential Job Functions:
• Manages fiscal programs for the County HHS Department including subordinate Divisions and Initiatives; plans and directs budget, fiscal service, and general business activities of the department through multiple levels of management and supervision; oversees and monitors revenues and expenditures; directs budgetary and fiscal control activities including audit management; oversees preparation and review of all fiscal reports required by all divisions of HHS by federal, state, and other funding sources; develops, reviews, and implements policies and procedures for the department’s financial operations and ensures operational compliance with applicable state/federal regulations; conducts and oversees analyses related to budget development; prepares department budget(s) in collaboration with the Director and Agency/Initiative Administrators; monitors and evaluates program and division budgets and related budget change proposals; utilizes data analyses of revenues/expenditures to assess budget performance and recommend course corrections; stays up to date on complex and interrelated funding sources and budgets; identifies opportunities to enhance revenues or reduce expenditures and makes recommendations concerning these opportunities.
• Advises administrative officials regarding administrative, budgetary, human resource, and fiscal matters; recommends agency goals, objectives, performance measures, productivity standards, work and operational plans, and policies and procedures; works closely with the Director, Agency/Initiative management, and County Executive management staff to ensure that the department has adequate resources to provide mandated and expected levels of service; represents HHS Director and Administrator at various formal/informal meetings including committee meetings.
• Administers multiple social service programs including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Subsidized Child Care, Medicaid Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NET) and Children with Medical Handicaps Program (CMH); manages social service delivery including eligibility determination and evaluation and review of social service delivery; develops and implements long-range goals, objectives, plans, policies, and procedures in collaboration with the Director and other Agency/Initiative management; monitors social service program compliance with local/state/federal guidelines; directs coordination of program budgets and expenditures; designs and prepares written material describing social service programs.
• Supervises accounting, budget, clerical, and other support staff involved in fiscal operation activities; directs staff to ensure work completion and maintenance of standards; plans, assigns, and reviews work; provides training and instruction; evaluates employee performance; responds to employee questions, concerns, and problems; approves employee timesheets and leave requests; prepares and reviews documents related to payroll, timesheets, requests for leave and overtime; develops unit work plans and work performance standards; monitors and provides for training needs; meets with employees individually and as a unit; recommends personnel actions including selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, or discharge.
• Prepares, maintains, and oversees preparation and maintenance of records, reports, studies, and/or correspondence related to fiscal activities and operations; oversees preparation of Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) reports, federal reports, analytical reports of fiscal operations, statistical financial statements, cash flow projections, staffing forecasts, expenditure reports, cost allocation plans, inventory reports, federal grant budget revisions and summaries, correspondence concerning status of payments or department policy explanations, and reports regarding action to be taken to improve department fiscal operations; manages federal and state compliance audits
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred, or certifications in leadership or financial management.
• Ten (10) years of experience in Health & Human Services working with or within government, including a minimum of five (5) years of managerial experience.
Interested applicants, please visit our website to submit your application for the Director, HHS Business and Fiscal Services position and learn more about working at Cuyahoga County: https://www.cuyahogacounty.gov/human-resources