Fiscal Systems Analyst Senior Lead-Finance

Job offers are contingent on successful completion of employment verification and background checks. Snohomish County will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this opportunity. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

STATEMENT OF ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

1. Oversees and troubleshoots the County’s integrated budget, financial, and payroll/attendance systems by ensuring system integrity, testing and implementing updates, recommending account structures, and providing user training and support.
2. Solves extremely complex issues on the financial business systems that have enterprise-wide impact, demand an exceptional number of resources, are of exceptionally long duration, and/or exceptionally high risk. 
3. Leads and mentors teams and staff at lower technical levels, leads groups, is the principal advocate within the County for multiple financial system functions, and represents the County for enterprise-wide financial systems. Serves as a departmental spokesperson on technical matters, acts as a consultant on feasibility for other complex information and tasks related to financial management systems. 
4. Designs computer systems to analyze data from other agencies.
5. Modifies, designs, and programs budget, financial, payroll, and attendance information reports according to client specifications using and/or integrating a variety of software. 
6. Modifies, designs, coordinates, and reviews various system processes, which may include maintenance of the general ledger, month and year-end closings, budget development and maintenance, payroll/attendance development and maintenance.   Documents all aspects of the various systems processes.
7. Provides support to department staff in developing automated solutions to routine budget, cost/special studies, financial, and payroll/attendance tasks.   May act as project lead in helping customer departments develop automated solutions to related workflow issues.
8. Provides technical assistance and training to countywide end-users in using financial/budget/payroll/attendance software, including BARS state reporting requirements, general ledger report writing, etc.
9. Analyzes new union, state, and federal required accounting, budget, payroll/attendance requirements; develops and implements changes to the systems which will meet new legal requirements.
10. May represent and/or directly provide information and analysis to management in support of bargaining union contract negotiations related to compensation and benefit agreements.  Assists management negotiators in determining the abilities and limitations of automated systems in relation to proposed payroll and attendance benefit changes.  May make recommendations on the best solutions from a systems perspective.
11. Develop and maintain a variety of relational database applications.  Ensure the applications are built and maintained with sound design practices.   Analyze user and database activity to detect and resolve application problems and faults.
12. May participate in internal confidential investigations of personnel as requested by the County’s Controller.
13. Conducts, participates in, and coordinates a variety of accounting, payroll/attendance, and budgeting-related special studies.

1. May perform any of the duties and responsibilities of all lower-level positions. 
2. May perform duties at the same level as those in other specialty areas. 
3. Performs related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
    A Bachelor's degree in accounting, information technology, computer science, business administration, or related field; PLUS, six (6) years of pro­fessional accounting system experience including extensive experience with automated financial systems; OR, any combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge and abili­ties. Must pass job-related tests.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
     Previous financial system experience at a governmental agency and/or IT certifications in multiple directly related specialties are preferred. 

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES 
Knowledge of:

• the principles, theories, and practices of governmental accounting or governmental budgeting
• the tools, standards, methods, best practices, and industry trends applicable to database development and application across a large complex organization.
• methods and procedures used in conducting a detailed systems analysis
• programming and executive user report languages
• computers and computer software
• data processing procedures as applied to accounting methods or capital and operating budget procedures in a public entity. 
• County’s financial system hardware, software, and peripheral equipment

• utilize computer technology to perform assigned duties
• interpret administrative directives and use initiative and sound judgement in applying the same to work situations. 
• analyze and solve problems associated with systems development or programming
• analyze, interpret, and communicate complex financial information
• apply the principles and theories of finance and accounting to complex issues
• communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• plan and organize the work and work independently without immediate supervision
• work under pressure and meet deadlines
• maintain the confidentiality of information
• establish and maintain effective work relationships with superiors, peers, associates, and the general public