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This position provides senior management and leadership to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) as the Business Shared Services Manager for the BCA. This position is a member of the BCA Senior Management team and provides leadership, planning and direction for the BCA overall. This position also provides leadership, planning and direction for the business activities at the BCA. This position provides direct oversight for the following Business Shared service functions serving BCA divisions (Forensic Science Services, Investigations, MN Justice Information Services and Professional Services), as well as local, state and federal criminal justice customers of BCA:
a. Financial Analysis and Budget
b. Contract and Grant Management
c. Procurement and Purchasing
d. Human Resource and Personnel Management
e. Accounts Payable/Receivable
f. Asset Management
g. Shipping/Receiving
h. Business Process Analysis
a. Business Policies and Operating Procedures
j. Other Administrative Services
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Five (5) years of professional experience in a financial analysis/management area and/or related program administration. A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school may substitute for one year of professional experience and a Master’s degree from an accredited school may substitute for 18 months of professional work experience. Professional experience must include the following:
1. Experience with financial analysis/management and working with business and administrative processes
2. Demonstrated supervisory and/or leadership experience sufficient to manage a budget, supervise staff and represent the BCA Business Shared Services area to internal and external partners.
3. Demonstrated ability to work with contracts and other types of legal agreements and/or grants
4. Strong written and verbal communications skills.
5. Ability to work cooperatively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and underserved communities
Preferred Qualifications
1. Experience with state budget and procurements systems (SWIFT)
2. Experience with business process improvement
Physical Requirements
Light: Requires occasionally moving and transporting such articles as file boxes and heavy hand tools or heavier materials with help from others, and moving and transporting light objects frequently. Even though the weights being moved and transported may be a negligible amount, a job in this category may require positioning self to move to a significant degree or may involve maintaining a stationary position for extended periods.
Additional Requirements
This position requires successful completion of the following:
It is the policy of the Department of Public Safety that all employees submit to a background investigation prior to employment, includes the following components:
1) criminal history
2) reference check
3) fingerprinting
4) drug screen
Application Details
How to Apply
Select “Apply for Job” at the top of this page. If you have questions about applying for jobs, contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us. For additional information about the application process, go to http://www.mn.gov/careers.
If you have questions about the position, contact Kara Kreutzer at kara.kreutzer@state.mn.us.
To receive consideration as a Connect 700 Program applicant, apply online, email the Job ID#, the Working Title and your valid Proof of Eligibility Certificate by the closing date to Kara Kreutzer at kara.kreutzer@state.mn.us.
About Public Safety Dept
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) is a diverse, complex agency dedicated to serving communities across the state. DPS has 10 public facing and four support divisions with about 2,200 dedicated employees operating programs statewide that all have one goal: Building a safer Minnesota.
Why Work for Us
Diverse Workforce
We are committed to continually developing a workforce that reflects the diversity of our state and the populations we serve. The varied experiences and perspectives of employees strengthen the work we do together and our ability to best serve the people of Minnesota.
A recent engagement survey of State of Minnesota employees found:
- 95% of employees understand how their work helps achieve their agency’s mission
- 91% of employees feel trusted to do their jobs
- 88% of employees feel equipped to look at situations from other cultural perspectives when doing their job
- 87% of employees report flexibility in their work schedule
Comprehensive Benefits
Our benefits aim to balance four key elements that make life and work meaningful: health and wellness, financial well-being, professional development, and work/life harmony. As an employee, your benefits may include:
- Public pension plan
- Training and professional development
- Paid vacation and sick leave
- 11 paid holidays each year
- Paid parental leave
- Low-cost medical and dental coverage
- Prescription drug coverage
- Vision coverage
- Wellness programs and resources
- Employer paid life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Health care spending and savings accounts
- Dependent care spending account
- Tax-deferred compensation
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Federal Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program
