This is a non-merit position with the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS).Positions in this class are exempt from the screening and referral requirements of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services - Human Resources Enterprise.The Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Chief Financial and Administrative Officer.
IPERS serves over 400,000 active, inactive and retired members covering most public employers within the state of Iowa. This executive acts as a senior advisor to the CEO, Deputy, and the Boards(s) on fiscal and administrative functions that impact IPERS $40 Billion Trust Fund.
Responsibilities
- Executive oversight of fiscal and administrative functions within the system.
- Manage the scope of investment accounting, reconciliations, and investment reporting including complex investment types and transactions.
- Maintain compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) statements.
- Interpret highly complex federal and state legislation and regulations.
- Develop and administer a uniform budget policy and program.
- Manage the professional relationship between IPERS and the Department of Management, Iowa Auditor of State, State Treasurer and the custodial bank.
- Participate in the annual actuarial valuation process.
- Participate in the development of IPERS legislative package.
- Perform recruitment, selection, assignment, orientation and professional development of financial and administrative staff.
What We Offer:
- Health, Dental, Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance – Insurance benefits start on the first of the month following 30 days of employment.
- Paid time off – separate vacation and sick leave - accruals begin on day one.
- Paid Holidays (nine per year)
- Flex Spending Accounts (medical and dependent care)
- Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (IPERS)
- Voluntary Retirement Plan (Retirement Investors Club)
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
Finalists are subject to a background check. Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university and experience equal to seven years of full-time management-level work in finance, human resources, engineering, law, social work, regulation, data processing, or program research or evaluation.
- Eleven years of full-time management-level work experience in finance, human resources, engineering, law, social work, regulation, data processing, or program research or evaluation.
- All of the following (a and b):
- Seven years of full-time management-level work experience in finance, human resources, engineering, law, social work, regulation, data processing, or program research or evaluation; and
- A combination of a total of four years of education and full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in any field equals one year of full-time experience. Graduation from the Iowa Certified Public Manager Program is also equivalent to one year of full-time experience or education.
- All of the following (a, b, and c):
- Five years of full-time management-level work experience in finance, human resources, engineering, law, social work, regulation, data processing, or program research or evaluation; and
- A combination of a total of four years of education and full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in any field equals one year of full-time experience; and
- A combination of a total of two years of graduate-level education and full-time experience (as described in part a), where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university course work in a public-service-related area (e.g., public or business administration, social work, law, education, engineering) equals one year of full-time experience. Graduation from the Iowa Certified Public Manager Program is also equivalent to one year of full-time experience or education.
- Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes one year of full-time work as a Public Service Manager 1, Public Service Manager 2, or comparable specific management-level position.
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