Title: Chief Financial Officer #00007

State Role Title: Financial Services Manager III

Hiring Range: $160,000 - $162,000

Pay Band: 7

Agency: Dept of Emergency Management

Location: VDEM Headquarters

Agency Website: www.vaemergency.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is currently seeking a qualified candidate to become our Chief Financial Officer!

This position is eligible for one day of telework per week. Due to the public-facing nature of the role, regular onsite presence is required.

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) serves as a senior executive member of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) leadership team and is responsible for enterprise-wide financial stewardship and fiscal strategy. The CFO provides executive oversight of grants and recovery financial management, procurement, accounting, accounts payable, compliance, and budget and financial planning. The position ensures integrity, transparency, sustainability, and compliance in the management of state and federal funds, including disaster and recovery funding, and serves as the principal financial advisor to executive leadership.

All VDEM employees are designated as essential personnel and may be required to work during emergency situations, such as inclement weather, and natural or man-made disasters/events as directed. This may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee’s official EWP.

Minimum Qualifications

- Executive-level knowledge of public sector financial strategy, including budgeting, grants, procurement, and regulatory compliance.
- Extensive knowledge of state government financial management processes and state and federal accounting and reporting policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of budget development, execution, monitoring and analysis.
- Demonstrated knowledge of techniques for analysis of complex financial data, financial transactions and preparation of financial reports.
- Documented record of successful compliance with Department of Accounts and Department of Planning & Budget guidelines or comparable requirements.
- Extensive quantitative and analytical skills.
- Proven success in overseeing complex regulatory environments and aligning administrative functions with agency mission.
- Superior interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills effective in training and conducting presentations.
- Exceptional leadership, organizational, and communication skills; demonstrated ability to engage with high-level internal and external stakeholders.
- Considerable skill in the use of computers, Microsoft Office Suite, financial systems and various software.
- Ability to apply knowledge of auditing and financial information systems.
- Ability to manage and develop diverse professional teams, foster interagency collaboration, and work effectively as part of senior leadership.
- Ability to analyze, develop and implement Virginia State policies, procedures, plans and legislative actions; to plan and set objectives to achieve results.
- Demonstrated ability in supervising professional staff and in staff development.
- Ability to complete agency expectations for training within required timeframes.

Additional Considerations

- Professional certification (CPA/CMA/CGFM) is preferred.
- Extensive proven management experience is preferred.
- Experience working in or with emergency management or public safety.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Applications will only be accepted on-line through the State Job website. Applications must include all work history and references. The decision to interview an applicant is solely based on the information provided in the application materials. Therefore, it is essential to provide enough information to make this assessment.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a fingerprint-based criminal history background check, Division of Motor Vehicle check, employment reference check, and E-Verify. The selected candidate must complete a State of Personal Economic Interests as a condition of employment, if applicable (Va. Code 2.2-3114). Other financial, credit, driving, or degree verification checks prior to employment may be required for certain positions. A one-year probationary period is required of all newly hired and re-hired Commonwealth of Virginia employees.

The salary for this position is negotiable up to the maximum hiring range listed in this posting. Offers will not be made outside of the hiring range. 

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply.

VDEM does not provide sponsorship to prospective or current employees. Applicants applying for a position with our agency must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment.

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Phone: 804-366-7942

Email: Recruitment@vdem.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.