STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR, DEPARTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Class Code: 1266-35
Date Established: 07-01-85
Occupational Code: 7-2-6
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To direct and coordinate agency
business and accounting activities throughout state government and to serve as
team leader in the development and analysis of the state budget.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Assists the Assistant
Commissioner in coordinating department-wide programs, including policy setting
and the review and analysis of reorganizations within the Department of
Administrative Services.
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Serves as a team
leader in the state-wide review and analysis of the Integrated Financial
System, Personnel and Payroll System on an ongoing basis, with the
responsibility for the resolution of problems arising at the agency level.
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Provides analysis and
recommendations regarding departmental policy setting and the interpretation of
the laws governing departmental business activities.
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Provides general
administrative supervision over business management and budget staff with the
responsibility for evaluating work performance as necessary.
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Appears before legislative
committees to testify on legislation and presents written documentation as
required.
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Reviews procedures
followed by all state agencies when submitting budget requests to the Governor,
and makes recommendations to the Assistant Commissioner in regard to changes
necessary in the production of tentative budgets.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in evaluating, planning
or integrating analysis of data to formulate current and long-range solutions,
strategies or policies of a specialized or technical nature.
Knowledge: Requires expertise in a highly
specialized, technical or professional discipline to manage or create policy at
a system wide administrative level.
Impact: Requires overall administrative
responsibility for achieving agency objectives by directing all aspects of
operations management. Errors at
this level result in disruption of system
wide programs or services as well as long-term adverse impact on agency
image and the future success of organizational operations.
Supervision: Requires agency-wide administrative
supervision, including the responsibility for developing and evaluating
internal personnel policies. This
level also involves the administrative management of a program which affects
more than one agency, including overseeing the interaction of agency employees
or policies to accomplish organizational objectives or goals.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires acting as the official
representative of the agency, including explaining and defending current and
long-range goals or objectives which directly affect public policy decisions
regarding major state programs and services.
Complexity: Requires formulating the combination of
overall job functions in order to address highly diverse or novel situations
requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches to a wide range of
intellectual and practical problems.
Independent Action:
Requires administrative
decision-making in authorizing and monitoring the implementation of major
departmental policies and procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master's degree from a recognized
college or university with a major study in business administration, public
administration, or accounting.
Additional years of formal education may not be substituted for the work
experience required by this class specification.
Experience: Ten years' experience in a business
management field such as accounting or business administration, five years of
which must have been in a high level management position involving supervisory
and executive experience concerned with program administration, program
planning and evaluation. Each
additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of
required formal education at the graduate level only.
License/Certification: Valid New Hampshire driver's license.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Extensive knowledge of the modern
principles and methods of fiscal and administrative management. Extensive knowledge of office
management and the principles of accounting, including the application of these
principles. Knowledge of data
processing as it relates to fiscal activities. Ability to plan, direct and coordinate the business
practices of agencies, departments and institutions. Ability to conduct studies, analyze information, and make
recommendations on matters of policy.
Ability to interpret and apply fiscal policies and rules. Ability to present fiscal matters to
legislative committees. Ability to
express ideas clearly and concisely both orally and in writing. Ability to establish and maintain
effective working relationships with associates and with representatives from
other federal and state departments.
Ability to meet with legislators to explain complex rules and policies. Ability to meet with employees and the
general public in order to explain the business management procedures used to
arrive at fiscal and budgetary decisions.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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