About the role

  • Assistant Director, Financial Transparency at GFOA leading modernization of financial reporting awards. Supporting high-quality practices, member needs, and program effectiveness through innovative engagement and communication.

Responsibilities

  • Drive continuous improvement of awards program by understanding member needs, the evolving reporting landscape, and current changes to accounting principles
  • Act as a change agent by leveraging technology and identifying and implementing innovative practices that elevate program relevance and effectiveness and streamline workflows
  • Ensure tasks are allocated strategically among reviewer team members to optimize efficiency and productivity and to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality program services
  • Develop and oversee operating budgets for award programs, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities
  • Monitor trends in financial reporting and use GFOA programs to promote high quality and timely financial reporting
  • Create clear and engaging materials to guide members through award program requirements and application processes
  • Design and implement a staff development program to ensure a strong talent pipeline, succession planning, and professional growth and development

Requirements

  • Proven success managing professional and administrative teams
  • Effective coordination of complex processes involving multiple stakeholders
  • Strong written and oral communication skills; teaching and presentation experience is a plus
  • Ability to manage and leverage software platforms used by the award programs
  • Familiarity with accounting, auditing, and financial reporting for state and local governments or equivalent transferable experience
  • Exceptional team-building skills to work effectively across departments and with external partners

Benefits

  • retirement match program
  • health insurance
  • dental
  • vision

Job title

Assistant Director, Financial Transparency

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$165,000 - $185,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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