Overview

Position Title: Senior Financial Business Systems Analyst

Company:City Of Culver City

Location:Culver City, CA, US

Job Description:

Culver City is a Charter City incorporated in 1917, and is a destination filled with outdoor cafes unique shops and galleries opening onto pedestrian-friendly boulevards. Culver City has a dedicated staff of approximately 700+ employees with an overall operating budget of over $235 million. The city provides a full range of municipal services including Fire, Police, Community Development, Public Works, Parks, Recreation and Community Services, and Transportation.

Responsibilities:

  • Performs overall management of financial information system projects including the selection and implementation of packages or internally developed system.
  • Coordinates, monitors and reports on project status and schedules; coordinates the procurement process; resolves schedule problems/conflicts; identifies and develops necessary integration of applications; and manages future product enhancements.
  • Translates financial business requirements into system definitions and solutions.
  • Works closely with end-users to review, identify and define functional limitations of existing and proposed applications and systems, and recommends, implements and test solutions.
  • Researches and recommends enhancements for integration of various applications and for extracting primary application data for end user access and analysis.
  • Effectively communicates and delivers presentations to all City staff, vendors, consultants, and the public.
  • Stays current on essential knowledge and practices by obtaining necessary training, and subsequently providing the latest training and assistance to staff on use of applications as appropriate.
  • Documents, reviews and verifies applications of computer programs including updates of all enhancements, modifications, user manuals, flowcharts, system flow, and definitions.
  • Assists City staff in the use, maintenance, troubleshooting, and development of reports using the City’s financial systems.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

  • Any combination equivalent to training and experience that could likely provide the required knowledge skills and abilities would be qualifying.
  • A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be: a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Public or Business
  • Administration, Economics, Business or Computer Information Systems, or a related field, and four (4) years experience in the analysis, development and implementation of automated financial business applications/systems.
  • Experience with a municipal enterprise financial system and/or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is desirable.