FISCAL SYSTEMS ANALYST SENIOR

Snohomish County’s Finance Department is seeking experienced Fiscal Systems Analysts to join the operations team. These positions will be part of a county-wide finance system implementation team.The successful candidate will have:Demonstrated experience with automated financial systems.Demonstrated knowledge or experience with implementing financial systems.Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems associated with systems development or programming.Ability to analyze, interpret, and communicate complex financial information.Strong verbal and written communication skills.Strong customer service skills.THIS POSTING WILL BE USED TO FILL TWO POSITIONS. BOTH POSITIONS ARE PROJECT POSITIONS, ESTIMATED TO END ON 12/31/2026This position is open until filled with first consideration given to applications received by July 15, 2024.BASIC FUNCTIONTo design, maintain, and modify various county-wide and finance department-specific automated financial system programs, and plan, coordinate, and manage these systems through all phases of preparation of the county's general ledger, annual financial report, budget, payroll, and attendance tracking processes.STATEMENT OF ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIESAdministers and troubleshoots the county's integrated financial and payroll/attendance systems; designs security profiles; verifies system integrity; processes, develops and recommends account code structures for all County departments.Tests financial and payroll/attendance systems' program updates, troubleshoots new releases prior to full implementation including providing suggested solutions to developers. Creates training materials and trains users on relevant new/changed program usage requirements.Designs computer systems to analyze data from other agencies.Modifies, designs and programs financial, payroll and attendance information reports according to client specifications using and/or integrating a variety of software.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.Provides support to department staff in developing automated solutions to routine financial and payroll/attendance tasks. May act as project lead in helping customer departments develop automated solutions to related workflow issues.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.Provides team leadership and participates as team member for financial and payroll/attendance system development and/or modification.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.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 determine abilities and limitations of automated systems in relation to proposed payroll and attendance benefit changes. May make recommendations on best solutions from a systems perspective.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.May participate in internal confidential investigations of personnel as requested by the County's Controller.Conducts, participates in and coordinates a variety of accounting, payroll/attendance and budgeting related special studies.STATEMENT OF OTHER JOB DUTIESPerforms related duties as assigned.A Bachelor's degree in accounting; PLUS, five (5) years of professional accounting 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 QUALIFICATIONSPrevious financial system experience at a governmental agency is preferred.Job offers are contingent on successful completion of reference 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.KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIESthe principles, theories and practices of governmental accountingmethods and procedures used in conducting detailed systems analysisprogramming and executive user report languagescomputers and computer softwaredata processing procedures as applied to accounting methodsCounty's financial system hardware, software and peripheral equipmentAbility to:utilize computer technology to perform assigned dutiesanalyze and solve problems associated with systems development or programminganalyze, interpret and communicate complex financial informationapply the principles and theories of finance and accounting to complex issuescommunicate effectively both orally and in writingplan and organize the work and work independently without immediate supervisionwork under pressure and meet deadlinesmaintain the confidentiality of informationestablish and maintain effective work relationships with superiors, peers, associates and the general publicSUPERVISIONEmployees in this class receive direction from an administrative superior as assigned. The work is performed with considerable independence and is reviewed through meetings, reports and results obtained.WORKING CONDITIONSThe work is performed in the usual office environment.Snohomish County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are provided upon request.

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