Director of Finance & Administration #00039

Virginia Information Technologies Agency•Richmond, VA

7d•$0 - $185,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Finance and Administration serves as the agency’s Fiscal Officer and a key member of SCHEV’s senior leadership team, reporting to the Deputy Director. The position provides executive leadership, vision, and oversight for all financial management and budget operations of the agency, ensuring compliance with Commonwealth laws, regulations, and policies. This role is responsible for the strategic direction, integrity, and performance of core administrative and fiscal functions, including procurement, budgeting, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, grants management, financial aid disbursements, cash management, ARMICS compliance, and administration of major state systems such as Cardinal Financials, Cardinal HCM, and the Performance Budgeting system. The Director ensures sound internal controls, accurate financial reporting, and the effective management of general and non-general fund budgets that support agency operations. As a senior leader, the Director supervises and develops the Budget & Finance staff, fostering an inclusive, high-performing team environment aligned with SCHEV’s mission and values. The position supports agency-wide planning, policy development, and operational continuity, and works collaboratively with the HR liaison and DHRM partners to support employee onboarding and workforce needs. The Director serves as SCHEV’s primary liaison to state oversight and partner agencies, including DPB, DOA, DGS, and other internal service entities, ensuring compliance, transparency, and strong interagency relationships. The position leads continuous improvement efforts to enhance agency operations, strengthen financial stewardship and accountability, and ensure effective performance across fiscal and administrative systems. The Director of Administration and Finance plays a central role in agency stability and resilience by ensuring clean audits, meeting all state and federal reporting requirements, and advancing internal practices that promote operational excellence. The position provides executive-level leadership that supports agency strategic initiatives, ensures continuity of operations across administrations, and enhances SCHEV’s effectiveness in fulfilling its mission.

Requirements

Considerable work experience demonstrating knowledge of the application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and experience demonstrating the ability to manage multi-million-dollar budgets in a government environment.
Considerable experience completing complex financial reports and providing executives with critical status updates of the agency’s fiscal operations as needed.
Considerable experience demonstrating the ability to lead an organization’s finance, accounting and budget operations and experience supervising fiscal operations staff.
A work history demonstrating extensive fiscal management experience to include revenue collection, cash management, performing financial audits, and experience demonstrating knowledge of budget management and budget forecasting practices.
Extensive experience providing oversight, management, and compliance with policy/laws/regulations/procedures related to fiscal processes.
Extensive experience analyzing, interpreting, developing, and coordinating the implementation of fiscal/budget and purchasing policies/procedures/internal controls.
Strong interpersonal skills, coupled with a demonstrated acumen for technology integration in standard operations.
Extensive work experience performing job functions requiring attention to detail and accuracy, managing multiple projects/tasks simultaneously, and complying with established deadlines and schedules.
A work history demonstrating extensive organizational and management skills experience.
Considerable experience demonstrating the ability to effectively communicate verbally to provide customer service/technical assistance and conduct training as needed.

Nice To Haves

Considerable experience demonstrating the ability to lead an organization’s finance, accounting and budget operations and experience supervising fiscal operations staff.
Extensive work experience demonstrating knowledge of the application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and experience demonstrating the ability to manage multi-million-dollar budgets in a government environment.
Extensive work experience demonstrating the ability to provide oversight, management, and compliance with policy/laws/regulations/procedures related to fiscal and purchasing processes for an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Considerable knowledge of CAAP Manual Topics, eVA, SPCC, SWAM, and procurement procedures and processes of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Considerable knowledge of principles of public administration, state government operations and the legislative processes.
Considerable experience as a senior level manager in a financial environment providing project management, leadership, guidance, and personnel management.

Responsibilities

Serves as the agency’s Fiscal Officer and a key member of SCHEV’s senior leadership team.
Provides executive leadership, vision, and oversight for all financial management and budget operations of the agency.
Ensures compliance with Commonwealth laws, regulations, and policies.
Responsible for the strategic direction, integrity, and performance of core administrative and fiscal functions, including procurement, budgeting, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, grants management, financial aid disbursements, cash management, ARMICS compliance, and administration of major state systems such as Cardinal Financials, Cardinal HCM, and the Performance Budgeting system.
Ensures sound internal controls, accurate financial reporting, and the effective management of general and non-general fund budgets.
Supervises and develops the Budget & Finance staff, fostering an inclusive, high-performing team environment.
Supports agency-wide planning, policy development, and operational continuity.
Works collaboratively with the HR liaison and DHRM partners to support employee onboarding and workforce needs.
Serves as SCHEV’s primary liaison to state oversight and partner agencies, including DPB, DOA, DGS, and other internal service entities.
Ensures compliance, transparency, and strong interagency relationships.
Leads continuous improvement efforts to enhance agency operations, strengthen financial stewardship and accountability, and ensure effective performance across fiscal and administrative systems.
Plays a central role in agency stability and resilience by ensuring clean audits, meeting all state and federal reporting requirements, and advancing internal practices that promote operational excellence.
Provides executive-level leadership that supports agency strategic initiatives, ensures continuity of operations across administrations, and enhances SCHEV’s effectiveness in fulfilling its mission.