Chief Financial Officer
Washington Department of Natural Resources Olympia, WA, USA - Partial Telework
- Location: Olympia, WA, USA - Partial Telework
- Categories: Accounting and Finance, Administration and Management, Community and Economic Development, Natural Resources
- Job Type: Full Time
- Posted: Jul 24, 2025
Job Description:
Chief Financial Officer
Description
Responsibilities:
- Navigate change, prioritize projects, and articulate the importance of teamwork, partnership and collaboration to agency teams, leaders and business partners.
- Lead DNR through the modernization of agency legacy financial systems and planning for future needs.
- Oversee the development, evaluation, and monitoring of DNR’s multi-funded, multi-million dollar biennial operating and capital budgets. Accurately account for financial resources provided to and utilized by DNR programs from multiple funding sources.
- Provide independent analysis, fiscal projections, expenditure monitoring and forecasts, and other financial assessments to the EES Deputy Supervisor, COO, DNR executive leadership, OFM, and the Governor’s office.
- Assure DNR maintains an infrastructure that manages DNR’s financial resources in compliance with federal and state laws, regulations, and directives by providing expertise on legal/process requirements and sound financial management principles.
- Identify trends and budget analysis for executive management to assist in financial decisions.
- Oversee the development and preparation of agency budget allotments.
- Oversee the development and preparation of financial decision packages.
- Ensure continual monitoring of DNR’s operating and capital expenditures and provide expert-level analysis of fund balances and trends.
- Oversee the Office of Finance, Budget, and Economics (OFBE), comprised of the following teams: Budget, Accounting (accounts receivable/payable, asset management, financial reporting, and payroll), and Economics. This position also establishes fiscal policy, processes, and procedures for the agency.
- Advise and assist managers and executives in developing spending strategies.
- Monitor and review state-wide revenue forecasts and provide updates to the EES Deputy Supervisor, COO, and executive management.
- Provide historical analysis and projections of future revenue, expenditure, and FTE fiscal analysis.
- Manage the budget lifecycle through the legislative session, fiscal year close, and end of biennium.
- Represent DNR with OFM, the Governor’s office, legislative staff, or other venues.
- As the Financial Business Sponsor for OneWA, oversee and ensure completion of the fiscal work associated with the project, including development and implementation of the Financial Data Model (FDM), business process re-engineering, implementation of agency crosswalk, and transition from the crosswalk.