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About the Role

The Deputy Director of Finance, Administration, & Strategy serves as the executive responsible for the San Francisco Arts Commission’s administrative operations, financial stewardship, organizational performance, and strategic execution. This position ensures the agency has the systems, people, technology, and operational discipline necessary to deliver exceptional public service.

Responsibilities

• Direct the development and management of the agency's operating and capital budgets across multiple funding sources.
• Ensure responsible stewardship of public resources through strong fiscal controls, forecasting, long-range financial planning, and transparent reporting.
• Develop and/or update departmental financial policies to align with citywide standards, and in collaboration with program teams, establish internal processes for implementation.
• Review and approve significant expenditures, contracts, grants, purchase orders, and capital transactions.
• Prepare and present financial reports and recommendations to the Controller's Office, Mayor's Budget Office, Arts Commission, Capital Planning Committee, and executive leadership.
• Lead agency-wide strategic planning, implementation, and performance management.
• Develop agency goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, and accountability measures to support continuous improvement.
• Establish systems for measuring operational effectiveness, customer service, grantmaking outcomes, cultural impact, and organizational performance.
• Build the agency's data and analytics capacity to support evidence-based decision making.
• Produce executive performance reports and strategic analyses that inform policy and operational decisions.
• Identify organizational risks and opportunities and recommend improvements based on data, customer feedback, and performance outcomes.
• Lead strategic initiatives that modernize systems, improve service delivery, and strengthen public trust.
• Direct Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, facilities, procurement, records management, administrative operations, and internal policy.
• Partner with the Department of Human Resources on recruitment, workforce planning, employee engagement, labor relations, performance management, and succession planning.
• Oversee workplace safety, facilities management, cybersecurity coordination, and continuity of operations.
• Ensure compliance with applicable local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and City policies.
• Establish agency-wide data governance and reporting standards.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of executive dashboards and performance reporting systems.
• Expand the use of technology and business intelligence tools to improve agency operations, grantmaking, permitting, financial management, and customer experience.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, accessibility, and appropriate use in decision making.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the Executive Director on financial, operational, and organizational matters.
• Present financial, operational, and policy recommendations to the Arts Commission and executive leadership.
• Coordinate agency-wide initiatives with other City departments and external partners.
• Serve as Acting Executive Director when designated.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, AND Four (4) years of senior-level professional management experience, all of which must include supervisory experience of professional staff.
• Up to two (2) years of additional qualifying experience may substitute for the required bachelor's degree.

Skills

• Demonstrated managerial experience in business administration, government administration, finance, operations, or a closely related field.
• Experience in an arts, cultural, or public sector organization.
• Experience leading strategic planning, organizational transformation, or enterprise performance initiatives.
• Experience developing performance dashboards, data analytics, or organizational metrics.
• Experience managing complex public budgets and multiple funding sources.
• Experience presenting to governing boards, commissions, or elected officials.

Location

• San Francisco

Work Type

• Permanent Exempt Appointment

Experience Level

• Senior-level professional management experience
• Supervisory experience of professional staff

Education Level

• Baccalaureate degree

Salary/Compensations

• $139,334 - $177,892

Benefits

• Employee Benefits Overview

About the Company

• The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is the City agency that champions the arts as essential to daily life by investing in a vibrant arts community, enlivening the urban environment and shaping innovative cultural policy.
• The San Francisco Arts Commission is committed to creating a city where all artists and cultural workers have the freedom, resources and platform to share their stories, art and culture and where race does not predetermine one’s success in life.
• We also acknowledge that we occupy traditional and unceded Ohlone land.
• Fueled by these beliefs, we commit to addressing the systemic inequities within our agency, the City and County of San Francisco and the broader arts and culture sector.
• This work requires that we focus on race as we confront inequities of the past, reveal inequities of the present and develop effective strategies to move all of us towards an equitable future.

Equal Opportunity

• The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply.
• Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.