Deputy Director

This position may close at any time based on the needs of the Court.

Applicants are encouraged to apply promptly.
 

The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is the largest unified trial court in the United States. The Court’s 582 judicial officers and its dedicated workforce of over 4,600 full-time employees serving across 36 facilities work purposefully and seamlessly to achieve the mission to provide equal access to justice to all of Los Angeles County. With an annual budget exceeding $1 billion, the Los Angeles Superior Court operation scales one of the nation’s largest counties, covering over 4,084 square miles and serving over 10 million residents.

The Court’s justice-oriented mission, dynamic workforce and the ever-evolving needs of the community at large offer bold and rewarding opportunities for talented, public-sector professionals and leaders who seek to foster and realize positive impact. Find out more about your future with the Superior Court of Los Angeles County – connect with us today.
 

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is seeking Deputy Directors for its Budget and Expenditure Management and Revenue Services departments to lead and coordinate comprehensive financial programs that align with the Court’s strategic goals. The Deputy Director position ensures compliance with statutes and regulations, financial policies, GASB, and GAAP, and oversees the Court’s involvement in specialized financial programs driven by federal, state, and local initiatives. This role serves as a key subject matter expert in financial systems, supporting the development of innovative solutions for financial reporting, monitoring, and process improvement. This position may also act in a team of strategic advisors to executive leadership and judicial officers on financial matters.

Deputy Director for Budget and Expenditure Management:

Reporting directly to the Budget and Expenditure Management Director, key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Promoting Operational Excellence in Budget Performance – Oversee comprehensive budgeting services across a 60-member department, including budget planning, payables, data analytics, and reporting, ensuring high-quality service delivery aligned with organizational priorities.
• Strategic Leadership – Manage, direct, and integrate complex budgetary and expenditure programs to advance the court’s vision, strategic plan, and organizational objectives, ensuring alignment between financial operations and enterprise goals.
• Driving a $1 billion Budget with Precision – Assist with the planning, development, and execution of the Court’s annual $1B budget; monitor performance against approved allocations; analyze variances; and produce expenditure performance summaries to aid data informed strategic and executive decision-making.
• Innovation in Budgetary Accountability Systems – Serve as a subject matter expert in budgetary and expenditure systems and guide business process reengineering, system modernization, and reporting enhancements, ensuring compliance with statute, policy, GASB, and GAAP.
• Shaping Countywide Budget Strategy – Direct and support the development of the County’s trial court operations budget in collaboration with the County Chief Executive Office, including analysis, preparation, and oversight of specialized programs such as the PACE program.
• Trusted Advisor to Court Leadership – Provide expert consultation to Judicial leadership, executives, and senior managers on budgeting, forecasting, legislative analysis, budgetary and expenditure strategy, and accounting issues; deliver high-level insights to support informed and timely decisions.
• Convey Complex Financial Insights – Clearly and persuasively present intricate financial condition data, proposals, and recommendations to diverse audiences to drive understanding and impact, enabling informed, results-oriented decisions.

Deputy Director for Revenue Services:

Reporting to the Revenue Services Director, key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide Strategic Leadership – Oversee complex funding allocations, forecasting, modeling, legislative analysis, and accounting functions to support high-level decision-making and strategic goals.
• Lead and Develop Teams – Lead a team of 60 staff, including Finance Administrators and Managers, with a focus on coaching, mentoring, enhancing performance, succession planning and fostering a culture of continuous growth and change agility.
• Direct Revenue Operations – Including trust fund handling, fee and fine collection, accounting processes, and fund distribution in compliance with statutes and regulations.
• Ensure Fiscal Compliance and Accountability – Interpret and apply laws, court rules, and legislative changes to maintain adherence to policies and strengthen accountability.
• Drive Process Improvements and Effectiveness – Evaluate workflows, automation efforts, systematic program review, implement internal controls, and lead modernization projects to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and accountability
• Providing Accessible, Accurate, and Qualified Data – Collaborate with all internal and external stakeholders to deliver customer focused data-informed decision support, reports and resolve complex financial revenue operational or statutory issues.
• Communicate Complex Financial Information – Present and explain highly complex data, proposals, and recommendations clearly and persuasively to diverse stakeholders in meetings and other forums, such as legislative advocacy, and to support informed decision-making with a focus on impact and driving strategic results.

This is an at-will managerial position. The Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act (SB 2140) authorizes the Court to exclude managerial employees from the employment protection provisions of the Act subject to meet and confer.

THIS IS A TELEWORK ELIGIBLE OPPORTUNITY

This position may be eligible for telework following an initial training period and contingent upon the needs of the Court.

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

To qualify, you must meet one of the following options at the time of application:

OPTION I: Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in a financial position, at least four (4) years of which must have been managing a team with responsibility for outcomes and timely deliverables of financial work products.

OPTION II: Bachelor's degree* with a major in public or business administration, accounting, finance, or a closely related field -AND- six (6) years of progressively responsible experience in a financial position, at least two (2) years of which must have been managing a team with responsibility for outcomes and timely deliverables of financial work products.
 

OPTION III: Master's degree* with a major in public or business administration, accounting, finance, or a closely related field or Juris Doctorate degree* -AND- four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in a financial position, at least two (2) years of which must have been managing a team with responsibility for outcomes and timely deliverables of financial work products.

OPTION IV: Doctorate degree* with a major in public or business administration, accounting, finance, or a closely related field -AND- two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in a financial position which must include managing a team with responsibility for outcomes and timely deliverables of financial work products.

*To qualify for Options that require educational credentials, you must attach the required documentation to your application. For more information, please visit the Applicant Support page.

Note: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio (e.g., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience). Overtime does not count toward additional credit.
 

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

To be considered for this role, the following documents must be attached to your application at the time of application:

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

APPLICANT SUPPORT & INFORMATION

Applications must be submitted online. Before submitting your application, carefully review ALL the information detailed on our APPLICANT SUPPORT page linked HERE.

Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruitment process may submit a request for accommodation to the email provided below. For additional employment information, please click HERE.

WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER APPLYING

This recruitment process may take up to 4-6 weeks to complete. We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process, detailed below:
 

EVALUATION: Qualifying evaluation of education, training and experience based upon submitted application and supplemental questionnaire.

ASSESSMENT: Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the assessment process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to evaluate further job-related experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be placed on an eligible list which will remain active for approximately six (6) months and may be invited to participate in a selection interview. Other vacancies may be filled using this list.

Questions regarding this posting may be e-mailed to

Ashley Betancourth, Staffing Partner

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