Chief Financial Officer - Kansas Judicial Branch

Position number                           K0066866                                                                   

Location of Employment:          Kansas Judicial Branch, Office of Judicial Administration

Kansas Judicial Center, 301 SW 10^th Avenue, Topeka KS 66611

Salary and Benefits:                    Chief Financial Officer, $125,000 annually

Kansas Judicial Branch Benefits State Employment Center - Benefits (ks.gov)

Job Duties: Do you find managing the budget for an innovate organization an exciting challenge? Do you want to provide your financial analysis and professional accounting skills to a statewide system of fair and impartial courts where the people and businesses of Kansas resolve their disputes? If so, this leadership role promises infinite opportunity for you to demonstrate your professional skills in a fast-paced and evolving environment. You will lead the judicial branch through innovating its statewide financial system. This will involve leading a team performing advanced accounting duties and managing a staff of accountants and court-professional employees. You will also prepare detailed financial analyses and needs for the judicial branch budget. Work is performed under the supervision of the judicial administrator.  

Examples of Work Performed

• Plans, assigns, and supervises activities of the accounting section and centralized payment center; helps prepare and maintain financial, budgetary, and payroll records; and documents, studies, plans, and develops necessary cost accounting procedures for effective fiscal control.
• Oversees and helps conduct financial reviews of district and appellate courts; trains judicial branch personnel on financial accounting practices and procedures.
• Manages the procurement, purchasing, and payment of claims for all judicial branch state-level funds.
• Supervises compiling financial data necessary for annual and other reports.
• Oversees preparing annual budget submitted to the Legislature, including compiling and entering financial data, projecting expenditures and revenues, and preparing narratives about various programs and budgetary items affecting the judicial branch.
• Supervises internal accounting of all receipts and expenditures; assigns and supervises auditing invoices and vouchers for accuracy, propriety, and requisite authority.
• Oversees the application process for federal, state, and other grant funds to use in judicial branch strategic initiatives and general branch operations; provides guidance to team about management and accounting for grant funds; assures compliance with grant guidelines and reporting measures.
• Monitor’s legislation affecting the judicial branch budget; meets with legislators, legislative branch staff, and executive branch staff.
• Leads a team of employees supporting excellence in the employment experience through challenging work assignments, development, and consistent accountability.
• Performs related work as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of accounting, budgeting, financial administration, and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Knowledge of state laws and regulations relating to fiscal affairs.
• Ability to plan, assign, review, and supervise the work of a staff of accounting professional and nonprofessional employees.
• Demonstrated leadership developing teams.
• Demonstrated curiosity in budget and accounting technological innovations.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships with other employees and the public.
• Demonstrated ability in brainstorming and developing creative solutions to organizational problems.

• Reviews, evaluates, and drafts contracts, letters, policies, rules, manuals, and other documents.
• Provides representation in some legal and administrative proceedings.
• Assists the director of personnel in overseeing employee discipline and other personnel areas, either personally or through assigned staff attorney.
• Provides legal support to draft contracts and research issues related to court service officers, district court clerks, court reporters, child welfare, dispute resolution providers, access to justice, language access, and specialty courts, either personally or through assigned staff attorney.
• Provides legal support and advice on matters related to fiscal operations of Kansas judicial branch and district and appellate courts.
• Performs related work as required.

Required Education and Experience:  Master’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field and five or more years of experience in managing a financial team and overseeing complex budgets and financial systems.  Ability to be resourceful in solving complex accounting problems, conducting detailed financial analysis of revenue and expenditure trends, and recommending changes in accounting policies and procedures. CPA certification highly desired.

THE KANSAS JUDICIAL BRANCH IS AN EEO / AA EMPLOYER