Deputy Director for Budget & Capital Planning

Agency Overview

The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), which oversees over $2 billion in capital programs and projects, is responsible for capital planning, project delivery, property management, and real estate services for the Commonwealth. We are stewards of the Commonwealth’s assets, which include 3 million square feet of state buildings. As an agency, we care for the people of our state and the future of our planet.

• We work with state agencies to create and manage forward-thinking, sustainable buildings to meet the needs of the Commonwealth’s citizens and help achieve a zero-carbon future.

• We are partners with fellow agencies to help them meet their strategic needs with fiscally responsible building and real estate solutions.

• We support the growth of the Commonwealth’s economy and actively engage with private sector partners to make it easier to do business with the Commonwealth.

• We work to expand access, opportunity, and equity to create more inclusive services, planning and outcomes for all the citizens of the Commonwealth.

DCAMM is a central agency in implementing several key policy priorities of the Healey-Driscoll Administration, including promoting decarbonization and climate resilience in all state facilities, identifying and facilitating opportunities to repurpose underutilized state property for housing production, and increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in public construction contracting and in the public construction workforce.

Position Summary:

The Deputy Director for Budget & Capital Planning in the Office of Finance and Administration (OFA) serves as the senior deputy to the Director of Budgeting and Capital Planning, under the overall leadership of the Deputy Commissioner for OFA. The position provides agency-wide leadership in the development, implementation, monitoring, and ongoing management of DCAMM's five-year Capital Investment Plan and annual Capital Spending Plan, as well as related budgeting, forecasting, funding, reporting, and analytical activities.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Oversee the development and tracking of DCAMM's annual Capital Spending Plan, including DCAMM's quarterly capital allotments.

• Lead regular reviews of cash flow projections with Project Executives and Project Managers for active projects within DCAMM's portfolio.

• Plan and track hundreds of smaller projects within the Deferred Maintenance program in coordination with the Office of Facilities Management and Maintenance (OFMM).

• Oversee reconciliation of agency bond funding authorizations to ensure accurate balances are available for allocation to capital projects.

• Develop and present recommendations for balancing accounts and optimizing available capital resources.

• Oversee Fixed Asset allocations for CTR, related reporting and reconciliation, ensuring that issues affecting capital financial reporting are identified and addressed.

• Maintain an updated and detailed understanding of all ongoing DCAMM capital projects, including overall timelines, funding sources, project risks, and impacts on annual capital spending budgets (caps).

• Provide senior-level analysis and guidance to support agency capital planning and financial decisions and accurately project overall cap and non-cap spending on an annual and multi-year basis.

• Synthesize complex project, budget, and funding information into analytical reports that identify spending non-conformance, emerging risks, and potential impacts on DCAMM's capital program.

• Lead cross-functional resolution of financial issues, working with project offices on process improvement, and developing ad hoc and routine reporting for senior leadership and ANF.

• Maintain effective working relationships with senior executives on a DCAMM-wide basis, senior client agency staff, and ANF's Capital Management group.

• Build consensus, resolve competing priorities, communicate financial implications, and provide recommendations that support established production and spending goals.

• Coordinates priorities across budget, capital planning, finance, and project delivery functions.

• Manage staff development initiatives and establishment of staff capabilities needed to meet agency budget and capital planning priorities.

• Assign duties, responsibilities, and work priorities across the Budget & Capital Planning function.

• Manage daily operations, including problem solving, escalation of complex issues, and establishment of priorities based on agency-wide needs.

• Provide initial approval and assignment of deferred maintenance project criteria for all agencies, including funding source(s), selection of Major Program(s), Capital Spending

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