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City of Durham Finance Systems Administrator - Oracle in Durham, North Carolina
Finance Systems Administrator - Oracle
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Finance Systems Administrator - Oracle
Salary
$76,399.00 - $118,415.00 Annually
Location
Durham, NC
Job Type
Full time with benefits
Remote Employment
Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number
24-05038
Department
Finance
Opening Date
08/05/2024
Closing Date
Continuous
Description
Benefits
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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: $ 71,624 - $111,014
Hours: 8:00 - 5:00
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. Decision making 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 or equivalent combination of education and experience, which includes ERP system, module, and/or integration implementation and some project management experience.
Additional Preferred Skills
ERP system, module, and/or integration implementation experience strongly preferred
Oracle - Finance, Purchasing, General Billing & Payroll modules a plus
Report writing experience using SQL, Access or ERP (Oracle Fusion) specific reporting tool a plus
Benefits – General Full-Time Employees
12-13 paid holidays per year
13 standard work days of vacation per year
13 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 13.6% 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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City of Durham Website
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If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
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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)
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How many years of related professional information technology experience do you have (including ERP implementation, project management related to ERP systems, process mapping, change management and related skills)?
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
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Do you have experience implementing an ERP system and/or any modules or integrations with an ERP system?
Yes
No
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Please list the ERP systems, modules, and/or integrations you have experience implementing?
Required Question