Business Manager

Maintains and supervises a combination of administrative services for the Department of Corrections and the South Dakota State Penitentiary, including coordination of the annual budget, monitoring the reconciliation of the state’s accounting system, reviewing and approving expenditures, maintaining personnel management functions and procedures, acting as purchasing agent, and overseeing capital assets inventory to ensure compliance with federal and state rules and regulations.

Specific duties will include:
financial Management to include regular review of financial reports for adherence to set budget by monitoring monthly cash balances and expenditure authority;

working with cost center managers on interpreting, managing and controlling costs within their cost center;

assisting in annual budget preparation and loading of the approved annual budget within the budget system;

overseeing the inmate banking system trust accounts at SDSP for proper entry procedures;

recommending changes to fiscal operating procedures;

analyzing and monitoring monthly expenditure and revenue reports;

assisting in the preparation of year-end accrual documentation and entry;

conducting and preparing annual institutional inventory;

performing as the liaison between the SDSP and the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications to maintain equipment inventories and computer user accounts;

providing daily assistance to Senior Management on fiscal issues;

preparing and reviewing service provider contracts;

providing technical assistance relating to federal grant awards and expenditures.

Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment. Offers of employment are conditional upon successful completion of a drug screening.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
Knowledge of:
the principles and practices of administration with emphasis in organization, fiscal management and budgetary control;

generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), standards, and practices;

generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS);

computerized accounting software;

office management;

state accounting system;

purchasing policies and procedures.

Ability to:
communicate information clearly and concisely;

plan, organize and direct an administrative services program;

supervise;

deal tactfully with others;

interpret rules and regulations;

follow established procedures;

meet reporting requirements;

make timely and accurate decisions.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE ELIGIBLE

The State of South Dakota offers paid employee health insurance plus ten paid holidays, generous vacation leave accrual, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information visit

http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus/workbenefits.aspx