Deputy Director CTIO, Multimodal Finance & Policy Manager - Denver

Deputy Director CtIO, Multimodal Finance & Policy Manager

This position is only open to Colorado state residents.

The Deputy Director CtIO, Multimodal Finance & Policy Manager identifies, implements, and leverages available financial and funding resources, and oversees CtIO's debt portfolio, to ensure that CtIO has the capacity to innovatively and efficiently incorporate new legislative priorities. This includes managing a new revenue stream of approximately $60-90 million in yearly funds to deliver transit and rail projects. This position is required to evaluate and determine how innovative finance techniques can be applied to transit and rail projects in order to accelerate projects.

The Deputy provides leadership and coordination for the passenger rail planning process and relies on others outside of the Rail Team to implement its elements. This position applies an understanding of federal and state requirements, financial management best practices, to provide direction and ensure support from those outside of CtIO.

The Deputy coordinates CtIO budget activities and acts as primary business liaison to CDOT's Division of Accounting and Finance, including the Office of the CFO, Center for Accounting, Office of Financial Management and Budget, and the Center for Procurement and Contract Services. This position ensures that CtIO staff follow all financial and budgetary policies and procedures including State Fiscal Rules.

The Deputy will work closely with the CDOT senior leadership team, including executive management. This position also develops and presents agenda items for CtIO board meetings, including ensuring that key transit and rail projects and policy matters are elevated to the board in public discussions.

Your duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Identifies, develops, and implements a plan and guidelines for sources of CtIO funding.
• Primarily responsible for overseeing CtIO's debt portfolio, which includes debt issuances in different stages.
• Identifies best methods to incur debt that will support upcoming goals / projects, works with lenders to explore funding strategies, verifies repayments are made, and creates all necessary reporting and disclosure work for the debts.
• Implements key strategic initiatives and identifies all available financial resources to deliver the full suite of multimodal projects including transit, rail, and express lanes.
• Balances planning needs, available funds, project design and execution, and ultimately procurement requirements when determining which projects can be accelerated.
• Continuously monitors CtIO's needs and priorities, as well as best national practices being used in other states, to support the identification of projects and initiatives supportive of the Enterprise goals and objectives.
• Primarily responsible for developing and implementing annual and monthly budget management activities for personnel and operating expenses, as well as project budgets.
• Oversees revenue forecasting, resource allocation, and legislative analysis to ensure all financial information is accurate and consistent.
• Tracks expenditures office-wide and in all programs, including development of standardized processes and ensuring information regarding expenditures is readily available to all applicable office staff.
• Oversees the work of consultants, including prioritizing assignments required by the contract.

Leads collaborative business partnership efforts with federal partners, local governments, other transit agencies, industry, trade groups, communities, and private parties.

Ensures that CtIO conducts a comprehensive review of policies and procedures in light of the passage of SB 24-184 and any future legislation and updates them to align with legislative priority.

Supervises staff including :

Other duties as assigned. Work Environment

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Experience Only Must total at least 10 years and include : Experience in finance, accounting, business administration, public administration, economics or a field closely related to the major job duties which included experience conducting program-level financial and policy management AND at least two years of experience in both of the following : public or business administration establishing high level goals and objectives developing and managing a budget to achieve program goals and objectives.

OR Education and Experience : A combination of relevant education and experience equal to at least 10 years. Education from an accredited college or university in finance, accounting, business administration, public administration, economics or a field closely related to the major job duties be considered. Experience in program-level financial and policy management which included two years in both of the following will be considered. public or business administration establishing high level goals and objectives developing and managing a budget to achieve program goals and objectives.

Conditions of Employment Must pass a pre-employment screening which may include social security number trace, criminal records check, public court records check, educational records, and driving records checks.

Preferred Qualifications The exceptional applicant will be an experienced financial and policy manager with proven ability or accomplishments in the following :