City of Norfolk, VA

Description

Norfolk, Virginia is America's most authentic and urban waterfront city. Home to the world's largest naval station and the business, arts, and cultural center of Coastal Virginia, Norfolk has been rated a top place to live, work, play, and raise a family by numerous publications. Working for the City of Norfolk is an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others. With our commitment to competitive pay and a strong retirement package, you can do good for your community and do well for yourself. Join a caring workplace that proudly celebrates uniqueness, authenticity, and a shared commitment to improving the lives of our residents.

The Department of Finance provides centralized structure and support for the City of Norfolk, to include financial reporting; debt; payroll; procurement; risk management; financial applications, systems, and technology; accounts payable; collections; and retirement. Finance’s Financial Applications, Systems, and Technology (FAST) Division is responsible for the management, coordination, and direction of the integrated technological systems that support the Department’s financial operations as well as the efforts of the greater City team. Through the provision of assistance and guidance, the Department of Finance is positioned to interact with just about every City department and is a great place to build a career. We work hard, but we also have fun and take care of our greatest resource, our people

The Fiscal Systems Administrator develops and implements innovative technological strategies within the Department of Finance to enhance performance and efficient operations of the Financial Information Systems of the City. Provides guidance to the Department of Information Technology’s staff in support, upgrades, and implementation of hardware and software in the City’s departments. Works directly with the Fiscal Systems Managers and concentrates more on the functional aspects of the Financial Information Systems. Manages, coordinates, and directs the operations of integrated technological systems that are required to support the efforts of all departments of the city. Leads and/or participates in strategic planning groups.

Essential Functions

• Assist with the administration of the City’s financial systems, with a focus on user functionality and experience.
• Design/Implement user functionality enhancements; with a focus on the Advantage Financial Management System (AFMs).
• Lead and/or participate in strategic planning, developing, and scheduling of technology solutions.
• Liaise with IT partners on system fixes, enhancements and implementations.
• Ensure proper implementation of and compliance with City policies and procedures as it applies to all internal City financial systems.
• Support an effective system user training program.
• Provide technical assistance and support for payment processing.
• Assist in the development of financial reports and other information queries.
• Maintain high level of proficiency in tools and technologies used by the organization, to include Microsoft Office applications and Power BI.
• Other duties as required and assigned.
• Position is expected to work more than 40 hours per week during high volume times and to meet critical deadlines.

Education/Experience

• Work requires broad knowledge in a general finance or Finance Information Systems professional or technical field. Knowledge is normally acquired through at least four years of college resulting in a Bachelor's degree or equivalent. Graduate or professional advance work in finance or Finance Information Systems is desirable.

Required:

• At least five (5) years of experience in Finance, with progressive System Administrator or Technology Manager experience

Preferred:

• At least two (2) years of experience using Advantage Financial Management System (AFMS).

Additional Information & Requirements

Work Schedule:

• 8:30 – 5:00 M-F

Signing Bonus:

• This position is eligible for a $5,000 signing bonus.
• Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.
• Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.
• Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.
• Retirement

If you are hired October 5, 2010, or after to a position with City of Norfolk Retirement System benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

If you are hired January 1, 2022, or after to a position with Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

• The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant’s school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.

NOTE:

The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type.

Non-City

Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions.