[Hiring] Director of Finance @Superior Court of California, County of Riverside

Role Description

The Superior Court of California, County of Riverside is seeking an accomplished financial leader to serve as our Director of Finance. This is an opportunity to provide strategic financial leadership in a complex public-sector environment, helping ensure the Court's financial resources are managed with integrity, accountability, and a focus on long-term organizational priorities.

As Director of Finance, you'll operate at the intersection of finance, strategy, operations, and leadership. You'll oversee complex financial operations, guide budget development and administration, strengthen financial controls and processes, and provide sophisticated analysis and recommendations that influence Court-wide fiscal planning and executive decision-making.

In this role, you will:

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the Court's accounting, budget, revenue, and financial operations.
• Lead the development, administration, and presentation of the Court's annual budget.
• Develop and implement financial policies, procedures, goals, performance standards, and operational strategies.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, GASB, governmental accounting standards, and applicable federal, state, Judicial Branch, and Court requirements.
• Manage complex revenue distributions, reconciliations, trust accounts, and local, state, and federally funded revenue streams.
• Analyze complex financial and operational issues and provide recommendations to executive leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, systems, service delivery, and organizational effectiveness.
• Lead complex projects and financial initiatives while establishing priorities, accountability, and clear deliverables.
• Support audits and maintain productive relationships with auditors, banks, vendors, financial institutions, and partner agencies.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and evaluate professional and technical staff while building a high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public or business administration, accounting, finance, economics, or a closely related field.
• Six years of increasingly responsible professional budget and/or accounting experience, including two years of full-time supervisory or management experience directing and overseeing the work of others.
• A qualifying master's degree, CPA, or CMA may substitute for two years of the required experience.
• Experience in a California Trial Court or government agency, CPA or CMA credentials, and PMP certification are identified as desirable qualifications.

Requirements

• Ability to analyze complex accounting issues and draw sound conclusions.
• Exercise independent judgment and direct the work of others.
• Maintain accurate and timely financial reporting.

Benefits

• Annual merit increases for satisfactory job performance.
• A robust benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• A pension plan provided by the California Public Employer's Retirement System (CalPERS).
• Optional deferred compensation programs.
• Generous leave accruals.
• Fourteen (14) paid holidays.
• Bereavement leave.
• Tuition discounts.
• Qualified employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) or Temporary Expanded PSLF (TEPSLF) Certification.