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Fiscal Systems Manager

Salary

$80,000.00 - $97,000.00 Annually

Location

Norfolk, VA

Job Type

Permanent Full-time

Job Number

12763

Department

Finance

Division

Director's Office

Opening Date

04/11/2025

Closing Date

5/11/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

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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 Manager 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 Sr. Fiscal Systems Manager and concentrates on both technical and 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 the Senior Fiscal Systems Manager in the maintenance and administration of the financial information systems functions of the City that are controlled by the Department of Finance and play a role to help guide the strategy, architecture, and transformation of our financial information systems leveraging industry best practices.

+ Maintain primary responsibility for the development, maintenance, and administration of one major Department of Finance’s three critical financial information systems, CGI’s Advantage Financial Systems, Oracle PeopleSoft Applications, Finance Data Lake, with secondary responsibility for another system.

+ Help define and execute a strategic vision for Department of Finance systems transformation and continue building innovative technological strategies to enhance performance and efficient operations of the financial information systems of the City.

+ Strategically plan the design, development, and scheduling of the installation of systems and associated software.

+ Ensure proper implementation of and compliance with City policies and procedures as it applies to all internal City financial systems.

+ Assist the Fiscal Applications, Systems and Technology (FAST) team in the performance of their duties.

+ Supervisory duties including training, problem resolution, and performance evaluation.

+ Provide technical assistance and support for payment processing.

+ Manage training and development by scheduling and coordinating user training classes.

+ Assist in the development of financial reports and other information queries.

+ Use of Microsoft Office, SQL Server, Power BI, and other software to perform job duties.

+ 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 deadline.

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:

+ Three (3) years of experience working through design, development, release cycle, and delivering financial software solutions and/or management of finance software projects.

+ Six (6) years as an IT/System Administrator or Technology Manager.

Preferred:

+ Master's degree.

+ Previous experience with CGI’s Advantage Financial Systems, Oracle PeopleSoft Applications, and/or data lakes/warehouses.

+ Previous experience in a technical finance system environment.

+ Advanced Microsoft Office skills.

Additional Information & Requirements

Work Schedule:

+ 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday

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.

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The following Supplemental Questions are specific to the position for which you have applied to assist the hiring manager in screening applications for specific experience being sought. Please be specific in answering these questions as they will be used to evaluate which applications will be given further consideration in the process. Do not answer "see resume" or "see application" as these are not valid answers. Please note that if you are invited to be interviewed by the department, your responses to the following questions may be subject to verification.

+ I understand and will answer the following supplemental questions completely and thoroughly.

02

If you were referred for this position by a current City of Norfolk employee, please provide the employee's full name, department, and job title. If not, please indicate by typing "N/A."

03

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

+ High School Diploma/GED

+ Some College (6 months or more)

+ Vocational/Technical Degree

+ Associate's Degree

+ Bachelor's Degree

+ Master's Degree or higher

04

How many years of progressive responsibility as an IT/System Administrator or Technology Manager do you have?

+ Less than 6 years

+ 6-7 years

+ 7-8 years

+ 8-10 years

+ More than 10 years

05

How many years of experience do you possess in Finance/Accounting?

+ Less than 3 years

+ 3-7 years

+ 7-10 years

+ 10 or more years

06

What automated financial systems do you currently use, or have you used in past? If you have not used any automated financial systems, enter N/A.

07

How many years of supervisory experience do you have?

+ Less than 3 years

+ 3-7 years

+ 7-10 years

+ 10 or more years

08

Do you have experience working with third party integrations into ERP systems such as banks and payment providers?

+ Yes

+ No

09

Please rate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel. (Applicants may be subject to a skills assessment.)

+ Not proficient

+ Beginner (basic spreadsheets)

+ Intermediate (functions, pivot tables, etc.)

+ Advanced (power query, power pivot etc.)

10

Are you willing and able to work both remotely and onsite in an office environment depending on conditions and at management's discretion?

+ Yes

+ No

11

Are you able and willing to work additional hours if, and when, required?

+ Yes

+ No

12

Do you have the legal right to work in the United States and, upon employment, can you provide documentation to verify this?

+ Yes

+ No

13

Please provide an explanation of any periods of unemployment that are 30 days or longer. Indicate N/A if you have not experienced any periods of unemployment.

14

Please indicate your veteran status. (A copy of your long form DD-214 may be required)

+ I am not a Veteran

+ I am a Veteran

+ I am a Disabled Veteran

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Are you a current or previous City of Norfolk employee?

+ Yes - I am a current City of Norfolk Employee

+ Yes - I am a previous City of Norfolk Employee

+ No - I am not a previous or current City of Norfolk employee

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