Chief Financial Officer, PMRS pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 09579
- Class code
- 09579
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief Financial Officer, PMRS is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 09579.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 07/01/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible professional and managerial work overseeing the financial and investment operations of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System (PMRS). The employee in this job plans, directs, and evaluates financial and investment operations to administer comprehensive and cost-effective retirement pension plans to local government municipalities. Work involves developing, modifying, and implementing policies and procedures to enhance and secure defined benefit and cash balance retirement plans. Work includes communicating with PMRS board members, external investment organizations, asset managers, local municipalities, and actuaries to compile and publish fiscal information in the PMRS Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).
Examples of the work
• Develops policies and procedures to ensure operational efficiency for investment transactions, investment reporting, cash management, and related accounting and auditing functions. • Presents policy recommendations to the Secretary, PMRS and the PMRS board. • Oversees the preparation of various financial documents, such as the PMRS ACFR, budget and supplementary budget reports, monthly financial statements, broker commission reports, asset allocation reports, and state and federal regulatory reports. • Initiates new account relationships with investment managers. • Develops investment strategies, trading procedures, and reporting requirements.
Minimum qualifications
• Seven years of managerial experience in accounting, budget development, or financial management work; and a bachelor's degree in accounting, business, economics, finance, or a related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.