Full Job Description
Company Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments
services to financial institutions via FedLine® Solutions, Fedwire®,
National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash®, FedACH® (Automated
Clearing House), Check Services, and the FedNow® Service. In 2020, we
undertook a strategic effort to transform FRFS from a product and
support office framework to a national, enterprise-focused
organization. The enterprise structure integrated the prior retail,
wholesale, cash, and customer relations product and support offices
into a new organization, which was further joined by the FedNow team
in early 2024. Our North Star strategy, with the new structure, is to
offer a fully integrated product suite that provides speed,
resilience, and choice in meeting the payments needs of financial
institutions across the United States. Through our evolved structure,
we will meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and
services more quickly, seek to provide a more robust and unified
customer experience across our financial service offerings, and create
new career growth opportunities for FRFS staff.
We are seeking
leaders to set the vision, strategy, values, and priorities that
enable FRFS to achieve its mission. Our leaders must demonstrate a
strategic, action-oriented mindset focused on intellectual curiosity,
agility, accountability, and the ability to drive innovation through
experimentation. To achieve our vision for a people-focused
organization with a strong collaborative and innovative culture, we
expect our leaders to champion an inclusive environment and
demonstrate our values in how we work and interact with each other and
our broader community.
THE TEAM & THE ROLE
The Enterprise
Services group within FRFS is seeking a Finance Manager to lead the
Portfolio & IT Finance team. Enterprise Services provides critical
business functions for the FRFS organization, including Strategic and
Financial planning, Risk and Compliance, Vendor Management, Legal
counsel, Enterprise Support, Employee Experience, and Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I).
The Finance Manager will lead the
Portfolio & IT Finance team and oversee a team of analysts with
responsibility for budgeting, financial reporting, strategic alignment
and progressing the continued evolution of FRFS’ agile transformation
in a complex and fast paced environment.
Job Responsibilities:
Provides senior management with financial analyses
for timely and effective decision making
Provides
data for and/or assists in establishing major financial objectives and
policies for FRFS Finance in partnership with other areas of the
Enterprise
Prepares/Reviews reports that outline the
FRFS' financial position in areas of application development (e.g.
contra and capital)
Prepares/Reviews reports that
outline FRFS’ major programs’ financial position in areas of
application development and provides thought leadership on program
management processes (e.g. workforce planning and change control)
Manages key internal relationship to progress the Finance
strategic partnership model with different areas of the Enterprise
Manages key external relationships to influence
process improvement and standardization across the Federal Reserve
System
Upskill the Finance team to be better versed
in agile frameworks and FinOps and support FRFS Technology in their
continued agile transformation
Requirements:
Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder with the
intent to become a US Citizen
An undergraduate degree
in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Accounting or other
related field
Typically, 7+ years of relevant work
experience in financial management/planning and accounting; 5+ years
of experience managing/leading teams as a formal people leader or a
scrum master with preference to have experienced both
Fundamental executive strategic thinking and ability to
communicate complex concepts to senior leaders to inform decision
making and advocate for change
Fundamental ability to
develop a team of analysts with diverse skillsets and differing levels
of experience; the ability to identify opportunities to empower the
team and provide them ways to control and direct their work
Advanced interpersonal and consensus-building skills and
ability to build trusting relationships within the FRFS and with
external stakeholders with individuals at varying levels of the
organization including senior leadership
Expertise in
Excel, and Microsoft Office suite applications as well as Tableau
Effective behavioral proficiencies, including, but not
limited to:
Leadership – provides direction for
advancing the team’s expectations, goals, and collective purpose;
ability to influence positive outcomes with a diverse stakeholder
group
Collaboration – demonstrates a dedication to
achieving Enterprise goals and connecting the team purpose to the
organizational priorities
Innovation – builds
flexible approaches and proposes and implements effective solutions
for challenges and/or opportunities
Accountability –
frequently reviews financial position against budget metrics and
milestones and proactively guides the organization
Development – continuously identifies areas for
development for the team and fosters a culture of continuous
improvement
Preferred
Qualifications:
Full Time / Part Time Full time
Regular / Temporary Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No) Yes
Job Category Accounting/Finance
Work Shift First (United States of America)
The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion
among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and
we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a
diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to
equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in
compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees
are valued for their differences.
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