Program Chief II - Public Health - Finance and Business

Program Chief II
Public Health
Finance & Business department , Riverside, CA

The County of Riverside - Riverside University Health System - Public Health Department - Finance & Business department has openings for Full-Time permanent Program Chief II position.

Ideal Candidates will have:


* BA or MA in Accounting or Business Administration


* Five years of general accounting, financial management, grants management and billing experience


* Four years in a supervisory or management capacity

The Branch Chief II is responsible for overseeing several key financial and administrative functions within the department.

The role includes managing a Principal Accountant who supervises the accounts payable team, deposit desk, insurance billing desk, County-Based Medi-Cal Administrative Activities ( CMAA) and Targeted Case Management (TCM) program.

Additionally, the Branch Chief II oversees a supervisor who is responsible for grant claims, grant audits, and the preparation of annual reports.

The Branch Chief II will also lead the budget team, ensuring the completion, monitoring, and reporting of the department's budget and control of department positions.

Furthermore, the position is accountable for overseeing the monthly overhead cost allocations, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in financial reporting across all areas.

The Branch Chief for fiscal should be familiar with PeopleSoft financials modules (AP, AR, Project Costing, Assets, Billing, General Ledger, and queries).

They should also be familiar with PeopleSoft HRMS.

The position will be reviewing and providing guidance on complex workbooks for budget creation, tracking, and reporting so strong Microsoft Excel skills are necessary.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule from 7:30am to 5:00pm and a California driver's license is required.

Under general direction, plans, organizes, develops, and directs the operation of the Department of Animal Services, Environmental Health, or Public Health; and performs other related duties as required.

The Program Chief II is the full working level class of the Program Chief series and incumbents perform the full scope of assignments with a significant degree of independence in attaining program objectives within policy guidelines.

Incumbents report to a Deputy Director and are responsible for the overall administration, supervision, coordination, and management in the Department of Animal Services, Environmental Health, or Public Health.

This class manages a Department that, due to its budget, size, and/or level of staff, the diversity/difficulty of functions managed, and the nature of the administrative/ program duties performed, is considered moderate to large.

The Program Chief II is distinguished from the next higher-level class of Program Chief III in that the latter class directs the administration and management of the largest, most diverse and complex program functions based on the budget size, staffing levels, and difficulty of progra...