Public Safety Fiscal Administrator - CRC

Milwaukee County Wisconsin•Franklin, WI

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Public Safety Fiscal Administrator develops and effectively manages the Community Reintegration Center’s (CRC) budget. The role includes forecasting, contract management, vendor relations, financial-data analysis, report preparation, and presenting recommendations to leadership. The administrator ensures the budget is managed effectively and reports important financial information to the Superintendent, Department of Administrative Services, Comptroller, and County Board. The position oversees clerical and office staff through subordinate supervisors. This is a full-time, hybrid position with one remote workday per week. The salary range is $89,107.20–$133,619.20 per year. Applicants must be residents of Wisconsin at the time of application. The application closes November 11, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. CST, or when 50 applications have been received.

Requirements

Current Wisconsin residency at the time of application.
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
At least five years of work experience in budget management, fiscal management, and financial forecasting.
At least five years of experience in a manager or director role directing staff.
Proficiency in forecasting and budgeting.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills for working with internal and external parties.
Excellent written communication skills to summarize and explain financial figures in recommendations and reports.
Work experience understanding contracts and managing service-level agreements.
Ability to develop meaningful criteria and synthesize data in Microsoft Excel.
Excellent presentation skills to explain, justify, and gain agreement on recommendations.
Advanced knowledge of related computer and software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications when filing an application and provide a full account of their training and experience; additional written or performance tests may be required.

Responsibilities

Create the CRC’s annual budget and lead budget development and implementation.
Manage the budget and conduct forecasting to keep the department within its annual budget.
Identify efficiencies, lead cost-benefit analyses, and implement changes for CRC departments.
Develop vendor contract language with Corporation Counsel; draft service-level agreements and resolve contract issues.
Write reports and fiscal notes for approval by the Board or other parties, and present recommendations at Committee and Board meetings.
Supervise business-office managers, review their work, and assist with supervision of their staff, including hiring, discipline, and performance reviews.
Assess whether resources are available for departmental requests and recommend to the Superintendent whether to support them.
Lead development of requests for proposals and complex scoring sheets.
Supervise procurement administration; review and approve CRC orders and Advantage entries; adjust account codes as needed; and track leases and contract encumbrances.
Monitor contracts and ensure service-level agreements and other agreements are met, including oversight of multimillion-dollar medical and food contracts.
Verify staffing levels and adjust monthly invoices as necessary.
Perform programmatic and fiscal analyses and submit annual County Comprehensive Annual Financial Report figures on residents, Huber, and EM.
Lead development of the Shift Relief Calculation Chart and maintain calculations of required security staffing needs.
Oversee grant submissions and grant reconciliations for audit; write or assist with applications for public safety grants as needed.
Lead preparation of letters to chairpersons, fiscal notes, and other legislative reports.
Research, analyze data, and develop recommendations for special projects assigned by leadership, the County Executive, or DAS.
Manage tracking of CRC performance goals and other metrics, oversee databases of current and historical attainment data, and help present results at quarterly meetings with County Executive staff.
Perform other assigned duties.