Location: Shawnee,KS, USA
Job Posting
Important Recruitment Information for this vacancy
Job Posting closes: Open until filled
Agency Information: Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs
www.kcva.ks.gov
About the Position
Who can apply: Persons who meet minimum qualifications and are a U.S. Citizen or National
Classified/Unclassified Service: Unclassified
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm, May require additional hours to meet demands of position
Eligible to Receive Benefits: Yes
Veterans' Preference Eligible: Unclassified
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Compensation: $78,500 annually. A higher salary may be negotiated based upon position relevant education, skills and experience.
* Salary can vary depending upon education, experience, or qualifications.
Employment Benefits
Comprehensive medical, mental, dental, vision, and additional coverage
Sick & Vacation leave
Work-Life Balance programs: parental leave, military leave, jury leave, funeral leave
Paid State Holidays (designated by the Governor annually)
Fitness Centers in select locations
Employee discounts with the STAR Program
Retirement and deferred compensation programs
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Position Summary & Responsibilities
Position Summary:
This is the Chief Fiscal and Property Officer for the agency and reports directly to the KCVAO Director. Also functions as the Chief Budget Officer for the agency and has full oversight of fiscal services for the agency to include two state veterans nursing homes.
We are looking for a person of integrity who thrives on challenge, strives for accuracy and accountability; ensures consistency and commits to transparency. We are a state agency that provides information, support and services to veterans and their eligible dependents and the ability to be accurate and communicate clearly with both co-workers and customers is necessary.
Job Responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:
As the Chief Fiscal and Property Officer, you will:
* Be an effective contributor to the agency strategic planning process,
* Advise senior leadership on the entire range of budgetary and financial matters, including control measures, and building consensus within the team and internal/external stakeholders regarding strategies that contribute to more efficient allocation of resources,
* Plan, implement and execute the financial programs directedly associated with the objectives of the KCVAO,
* Provide management oversight to the budget process, including planning, programming, budgeting, allocation and execution of funds,
* Develop responses to Legislative Fiscal Note requests and Legislative Post Audit inquires,
* Formulate and implement policies that reflect consideration of best practices to govern the development, management, administration, and coordination of the KCVAO's overall financial and property management,
* Study internal operating procedures and make recommendations to readjust procedures to achieve efficiency and effectiveness of overall processes,
* Demonstrate leadership ability to include the ability to coach, mentor and challenge subordinates and team members while adapting their leadership style to a variety of situations,
* Create and monitor an agency wide system of controls, procedures and forms for the recording of capital assets,
* Conduct and oversee periodic audits of fiscal and property management in all mission areas,
* Sustain a positive culture of collaboration and transparency,
* Plan, assign and supervise the work of agency wide fiscal staff to include the Business Offices at both state veterans nursing homes,
* Oversee the process of compiling and submitting Medicare and Medicaid Cost Report information,
* Oversee and write bid specifications for projects across the agency,
* Oversee, procurement officer position that works with contracts across the agency, and
* Oversee procurement activities.
Qualifications
* Education:
* A bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees with at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, quantitative methods, or organization and management. (This requirement can be obtained within the degree or in addition to the degree).
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Licensing & Certification:
Minimum Qualifications:
* Three years of supervisory experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel.
* Three years of management level experience in budget, procurement, property management, financial management reporting and/or fiscal strategic planning. Specific knowledge and skills needed include;
* A highly collaborative and flexible orientation, with outstanding diplomacy, analytical and organizational skills,
* Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface laterally to others on the KCVAO leadership team, downward through the KCVAO organization and upward to external stakeholders,
* Keen judgment and emotional intelligence,
* Critical thinking skills, with the ability to use sound logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses and to seek alternative solutions, conclusions and approaches to problems,
* The ability to flawlessly manage significant amounts of detail,
* The ability to utilize state specific internet based systems as well as off the shelf programs (i.e. Microsoft Office, SMART, IBARS),
* The ability to exercise discretion, sound judgment, and the highest professional ethics,
* The ability to weigh issues in an unbiased manner, considering both strategic and tactical points of view,
* The knowledge of principles and practices of team building, ability to establish performance goals and assess progress toward their achievement, ability to adjust work operations and project objectives to meet emergencies, changing project or production requirement within available resources and with minimum sacrifice of quality or quantity of work, and
* Demonstrated experience in developing a large diversified annual budget and adjusting and adapting to ensure expenditures do not exceed the annual budget allocation.
Preferred Qualifications:
* A Master's Degree
* SMART and IBARS experience in a state agency
* Experience with Medicare and Medicaid cost reports
Post-Offer, Pre-employment Requirements:
* As authorized by the 2018 Kansas Legislature, effective July 1, 2018, K.S.A. 75-4362 is amended to designate all positions with the Kansas Commission on Veterans' Affairs office, to include both the Kansas Soldiers' Home and Kansas Veterans' Home as Safety Sensitive positions and subject to the drug testing program. All applicants with a conditional offer of employment on or after July 1, 2018, shall be required to submit to a drug screening test.
* Must obtain FBI and KBI security clearance through fingerprint background check process.
Recruiter Contact Information
Name: Sheila Rice, Director of Human Resources
Email: ...@ks.gov
Phone: 785-###-####
Mailing Address: NA - contact recruiter for assistance
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How to Claim Veterans Preference
Veterans' Preference Eligible (VPE): Former military personnel or their spouse that have been verified as a veteran ; under K.S.A. 73-201 will receive an interview if they meet the minimum competency factors of the position. The veterans' preference laws do not guarantee the veteran a job. Positions are filled with the best qualified candidate as determine by the hiring manager.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
The State of Kansas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential elements that create and foster a welcoming workplace. All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, political affiliation, disability or any other factor unrelated to the essential functions of the job.
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