Technical and Analytical Skills**:** Advanced knowledge of public-sector finance, accounting, budgeting, controls, and financial planning; ability to evaluate complex financial and operational information, identify key issues, and support sound executive decision-making.
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Analyzes financial, operational, and policy information to identify significant trends, issues, and implications.
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Evaluates alternatives with attention to risk, practicality, and alignment to organizational priorities.
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Applies sound judgment in translating technical financial matters into clear recommendations.
Fiscal Stewardship and Financial Governance**:** Ability to support enterprise financial stewardship by reinforcing sound controls, accountability, compliance, and consistent financial management practices across assigned functions.
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Promotes accuracy, consistency, and responsible management of public resources.
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Reinforces financial governance expectations through disciplined oversight and follow-through.
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Balances responsiveness to operational needs with the control and accountability required in a public-sector environment.
Strategic and Cross-Functional Thinking**:** Ability to connect assigned finance functions to broader organizational goals, understand operational and financial interdependencies, and help advance coordinated solutions across divisions and leadership levels.
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Recognizes how decisions in one functional area affect financial performance, compliance, and organizational capacity in others.
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Anticipates downstream impacts, tradeoffs, and coordination needs when evaluating issues or recommendations.
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Supports enterprise initiatives by aligning functional work with larger strategic and organizational priorities.
Leadership and Organizational Development**:** Ability to lead through Directors and senior managers, establish expectations, strengthen consistency in management practices, and build organizational capability within assigned Finance Division functions.
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Provides direction, coaching, and support that strengthen leadership effectiveness and accountability.
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Promotes collaboration, consistency, and problem-solving across teams and functions.
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Supports organizational maturity through talent development, succession support, and continuous improvement.
Communication and Executive Support**:** Ability to communicate complex financial matters clearly to executive leadership, senior managers, governing bodies, and external stakeholders, and to support high-quality decision-making through credible analysis and advice.
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Presents financial issues and recommendations in a clear, organized, and decision-oriented manner.
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Adapts communication to technical and non-technical audiences without losing substance or accuracy.
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Maintains credibility in high-visibility discussions involving competing priorities, uncertainty, or organizational risk.
Judgment, Integrity, and Accountability**:** Ability to exercise sound judgment in complex or sensitive situations and demonstrate professionalism, discretion, integrity, and accountability in financial leadership and organizational interactions.
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Makes principled decisions in ambiguous or high-impact situations.
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Takes ownership of results and addresses issues directly and constructively.
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Demonstrates reliability, professionalism, and ethical consistency in leadership practice.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
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Governmental accounting principles, including GAAP and fund accounting.
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Public-sector budgeting and capital finance practices.
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Internal control frameworks, audit standards, and compliance requirements.
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Public procurement, contract administration, and financial governance processes.
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Federal, state, and local laws and regulations applicable to transit finance.
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Leading and overseeing complex finance functions in a public-sector environment.
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Reviewing and analyzing operating and capital budgets and financial forecasts.
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Interpreting complex financial data and presenting findings to executive audiences.
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Developing and implementing financial policies, procedures, and controls.
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Building effective working relationships across organizational boundaries.
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Exercise independent judgment on complex financial and organizational matters.
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Support executive decision-making with clear, accurate, and timely financial insight.
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Lead cross-functional initiatives and manage competing priorities.
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Communicate financial information effectively to diverse audiences.
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Uphold high standards of integrity, accountability, and professionalism.
Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, public administration, or a related field and eight (8) years of progressively responsible financial management experience, including leadership responsibility, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.