About WSDOT

　　Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is the steward of an integrated, multimodal transportation system that helps to ensure people and goods move safely and efficiently throughout the state. In addition to building, maintaining, and operating the state highway system, WSDOT operates the largest ferry system in the nation, manages the world's longest floating bridge, and recently completed the world's widest tunneling project. 

　　The Opportunity

　　WSDOT Budget and Financial Analysis (BFA) division is seeking an Assistant Director in the Central Budget office in Olympia, WA. The Budget and Financial Analysis (BFA) division provides budget development, advocacy, allotment, monitoring, economic data, and financial analysis services for the department. As the Assistant Director, you will direct and control the processes to prepare and administer the department's budget, which for the 2023-25 biennium is approximately $10 billion.

　　The primary purpose of the Assistant Director is to ensure WSDOT's financial integrity and credibility are maintained so that important transportation projects and services are delivered. In this role, you will recommend functional strategies and specific objectives for the budgeting activities and implements the policies, procedures, and practices to accomplish the goals and objectives related to budgeting. The Assistant Director coordinates the management of data (using multiple, complex financial systems) to ensure that legislative, Office of Financial Management (OFM), and transportation executives and managers are provided with accurate, consistent, and comprehensible information. In general, this position requires mastery of communication, financial, technical, strategic, tactical, and managerial skills in order to lead a team through the development, implementation, and monitoring a complex department budget.

　　What to Expect

　　Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the Assistant Director will:

　　Plan, lead, organize, and control the work performed by the office to ensure appropriate and optimum use of resources (dollars and FTEs) through completing timely staff appraisals, identifying professional development opportunities, prioritizing, and planning staff workloads, and rebalancing as needed.

　　Support effective communications by maintaining the highest standards of personal / professional and ethical conduct while supporting the state's goal for a diverse workforce.

　　Conduct complex analyses to highlight potential issues, concerns, challenges, and alternatives.

　　Investigate, develop, and provide responses to inquiries from legislative staff, legislators, executive staff, and other interested parties.

　　Manage program restructures, which includes providing historical data as required by the Legislative Evaluating and Accountability Program Committee (LEAP).

　　Plan, recommend, organize, lead, implement, and monitor short and long-term financial policies and operational activities, assuring appropriate, efficient, and effective use of resources are utilized to maximize public benefit.

　　Annually facilitate the development of biennial and/or supplemental budget requests for submittal to OFM.

　　Manage the continual implementation of budgets, including variance spending from original plans and allotment processes, and internal and external factors / changes.

　　Monitor and report on expenditures; reviews and prepares numerous financial reports such as OFM variance report's (external) and the Quarterly Financial Report by program (internal), ensuring compliance with appropriate budget statutes, provisos, and legislative intent.

　　Review, analyze and provide guidance regarding direction and intent from OFM, legislature, agency executives, and other intereste