Applications Closed for CIO Position

The CIO position in the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) remains vacant, but the application period has closed.

The opening for CDTFA's chief policymaker and highest-level technical expert was posted on Dec. 8, and the announcement ran until Jan. 19. It is no longer being advertised, according to Paul Cambra, spokesman for the CDTFA.

“It is not being actively recruited,” Cambra told Techwire. “The eligible list and applications have been submitted to the hiring authority for consideration.”

Interviews had not begun as of Friday.

According to the job description posted here, the CIO will oversee Information Technology (IT) policy and provide leadership and management for CDTFA’s enterprise IT program. The CIO will serve as a member of CDTFA’s Executive Team, Governance Council and Steering Committee for the Centralized Revenue Opportunity System (CROS) Project. The CIO proactively participates with the Executive Team in development of the CDTFA strategic and policy direction, and is responsible for CDTFA’s IT vision, Strategic Plan, program policy and planning, and performance management.

The new CIO will report to CDTFA Chief Deputy Director Katie Hagen. The director of the department is Nicolas Maduros.

The CDTFA is one of the entities to emerge from a restructuring by state government. The department's website explains: “The Taxpayer Transparency and Fairness Act of 2017, which took effect July 1, 2017, restructured the State Board of Equalization and separated its functions among three separate entities to guarantee impartiality, equity, and efficiency in tax appeals, protect civil service employees, ensure fair tax collection statewide, and uphold the California Taxpayers' Bill of Rights. The State Board of Equalization will continue to perform the duties assigned to it by the state Constitution, while all other duties will be transferred to the newly established California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and the Office of Tax Appeals.”