Finance Systems Administrator - Oracle

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Finance Systems Administrator - Oracle

Salary

$66,377.00 - $102,897.00 Annually

Location

Durham, NC

Job Type

Full time with benefits

Job Number

24-04912

Department

Finance

Opening Date

05/17/2024

Closing Date

Continuous

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Position Description

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $66,377 to $102,897

Hours: 8:00 - 4:30

Join one of the highest fiscally rated entities in the country. The City of Durham’s Finance Department (http://durhamnc.gov/456/Finance) promotes sound management and stewardship of taxpayer dollars by helping the City Council, City Manager and City departments manage their financial resources and leading risk management administration and training. If sound fiscal management is what you’re about, join our team!

Devoted to providing technical support, administration and maintenance/management of a department's technology systems and equipment, including user/technical support, data/database management and data extraction/analysis. Supervise and/or serve as the primary and lead administrator of a department's information technology system(s) and/or oversee technology support for a department. May supervise a team of non-exempt support staff, supervise temporary staff, lead professional staff, or supervise two or more professional staff. Responsible for serving as a designated subject matter expert, performing complex analysis and providing technical leadership for a department's information system. Decisionmaking includes providing management objectives, establishing work goals and objectives of a unit to carry out management direction, and selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction.

Primary responsibilities will include serving as the subject matter expert and technical lead , collaborating with and under the direction of, the Business Systems Manager, in the ERP implementation from MUNIS to Oracle Fusion, including recommendations for system configuration, data conversion and reconciliation, training, and documentation. Position will also be responsible for reviewing data for accuracy and quality; researching, analyzing, and updating data; assessing business needs; configuring systems; responding to user requests; troubleshooting systems or network issues; writing reports and queries; administering servers or networks; installing and configuring updates; backing up data; configuring access; and performing related duties, as assigned.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Performs complex analysis and provides technical leadership for a department's information systems; coordinates technology support and the design, installation, and modification of hardware, network, and software solutions; plans, assigns, and evaluates work; trains staff; manages and assigns projects; and assesses business and technology requirements.

• Plans and implements process improvements; and ensures operational efficiency, system integrity, and compliance with contracts and applicable regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.

• Coordinates the preparation of, and prepares, maintains, reviews, and/or submits policy, operational, financial, and related reports, records, user guides manuals, contracts, agreements; designs and manages databases and systems; researches, analyzes, compiles, extracts, digitizes, and/or reviews data; reviews work and the work of others for accuracy, completeness and compliance with contracts and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.

• Manages procurement processes; researches and evaluates products, services, and processes; reviews and approves expenditures; orders supplies; researches, analyzes, and reports on financial, vendor and operational information; prepares cost estimates and financial forecasts; prepares maintenance schedules; inspects and tests systems and equipment to determine purchase or replacement needs; and makes budget and procurement recommendations.

• Collaborates with Business Systems Manager, Department Management, City departments, and/or external agencies; convenes, facilitates and attends meetings and conferences; prepares and makes presentations; provides training; provides subject-matter expertise and consulting; resolves issues; and conducts negotiations, as assigned.

• As assigned, incumbents may serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion or supervise two or more non-exempt, temporary, or professional (exempt) staff including conducting performance evaluations, coordinating training, and implementing hiring, discipline, and termination procedures.

• Providing software and hardware support primarily for the ERP migration from MUNIS to Oracle Fusion, and other applications and equipment used by the Finance Department including banking-related software, as needed

• Gathering and analyzing data; troubleshooting issues with functionality; modifying setup of software to accommodate ongoing changes in operations

• Creating, developing, and editing reports which may include use of SQL, Access, Report Builder

• 3.0 or Oracle Fusion ERP specific report generating tools

• Facilitating task team(s) for ongoing development and maintenance of systems within Finance.

• Working directly with vendors to address complex system errors and/or issues.

• Developing and facilitating training and documentation on Oracle Fusion applications specific to Finance.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, information technology, or directly related field

• Seven years of related professional information technology experience (one of which must be with Oracle Fusion application. ), which includes lead, project management and/or supervisory experience.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Oracle - Finance, Purchasing, General Billing & Payroll modules strongly preferred

• ERP system implementation experience strongly preferred

• Report writing experience using SQL, Access or ERP (Oracle Fusion) specific reporting tool strongly preferred

Benefits – General Full-Time Employees

• 11-12 paid holidays per year

• 12 standard work days of vacation per year

• 12 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement

• 2 weeks paid military leave per year

• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans

• State and City retirement plans

• Short and long term disability plans

• Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions

• City contribution of 10.15% into the N.C. State Retirement System

• Paid funeral leave

• Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling

• Paid life insurance equal to annual salary

• 48 hours for volunteer work each year*

• 4 hours parental leave each year

• Workman's Compensation Insurance

• 457 Deferred Compensation Plans

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)

• State retirement plan

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)

• State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire

• Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire

• Dental and life insurance, after one year of service

• Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service

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  Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

• City of Durham Website

• Walk in

• Job fair

• Employee referral

• Professional organization Please list the organization in "other" box below

• Internet posting Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below

• Craig's List

• Facebook

• LinkedIn

• GlassDoor

• governmentjobs.com

• Monster.com

• Indeed.com

• Employment Security Commission

• Magazine/Newspaper

• Other

  02

  If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.

  03

  Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

• Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)

• Associates Degree

• Bachelor's Degree

• Master's Degree

• Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)

  04

  How many years of related professional information technology experience do you have?

• No related experience

• Less than 1 year of related experience

• 1 year but less than 7 years related experience

• 7 years but less than 11 years related experience

• 11 years but less than 15 years related experience

• 15 or more years related experience

  05

  How many years of experience do you have using Oracle software?

• No related experience

• Less than 1 year of related experience

• 1 year but less than 3 years related experience

• 3 years but less than 5 years related experience

• 5 or more years related experience

  06

  Do you have experience with Oracle Fusion modules?

• Yes

• No

  07

  If you answered that you have experience with Oracle Fusion modules, please indicate which ones have you worked with? If NO experience with Oracle Fusion modules, please put N/A

• N/A

• Finance

• Purchasing

• General Billing

• Payroll

• Accounts Payable

• Fixed Assets

  08

  Do you have experience implementing an ERP system?

• Yes

• No

  09

  Please list the ERP software you have experience implementing?

  10

  Do you have report writing experience using SQL, Access, or ERP (preferable Oracle)?

• Yes

• No

  11

  Please list the report writing software you have experience with:

  Required Question