COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST IV (WORKING TITLE: RECORD TO REPORT LEAD)
State of Florida
- Tallahassee, FL
- $75,000-90,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Four (4) years of experience in State of Florida accounting/ledger management and financial reporting.
- Four (4) years of experience in accounting for or management of the following State financial management processes: preparing financial accounting schedules and reports, analyzing, and reconciling financial data, recording and/or adjusting accounting entries to appropriately classify receivables, payables, revenue, assets, cash, grants, payroll, disbursements, contracts, and projects.
- Experience in requirements gathering, data analysis, design, development, testing and/or implementation of financial management system(s).
- Experience working in team environments (i.e., as a leader or as a member).
- Experience performing business analysis functions, including working with subject matter experts, business users, or stakeholders to gather information, document expectations, and develop the desired outcome.
- Relationship Building – Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with others.
- Communication – Effectively communicating, both verbally and in writing, to individuals or groups.
- Information Gathering – Knowing how to find information and identifying essential information.
- Information Organization – Finding ways to structure or classify multiple pieces of information.
- Critical Thinking – Using logic and analysis to identify strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
- Identifying Downstream Consequences – Determining the long-term outcomes of a change in operations.
- Active Learning – Working with new material or information to grasp its implications.
- Systems Evaluation – Looking at many indicators of system performance, taking into account their accuracy.
- Identification of Key Causes – Identifying the things that must be changed to achieve a goal.
- Coordination – Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
- Computer/Tools – Knowledge of computer software, including applications, or other tools that support performance of position duties.
- Working with supervisor and leadership to establish priorities and due dates for work assignments and keeping them up to date on key work items.
- Communicating concerns and executive contact immediately to your supervisor and/or project director.
- Managing all deadlines in an organized manner to ensure timely completion of fully developed work products.
- Applying critical thinking (e.g., don’t just solve the problem at hand, solve the core problem).
- Adhering to DFS policies at all times (e.g., security, dress code, ethics).
- Working as a team player and demonstrating a “teamwork” attitude and professional demeanor.
- Preparing presentation materials and leading meetings with state agencies and other stakeholders.
- Presenting at executive steering committee meetings and or advisory council meetings as requested.
- Attending conferences, conventions, etc. to extend knowledge of accounting and ERP principles, processes, and changes.
- Reviewing and providing input on current and proposed state and federal statutes and rules, and regulation changes (e.g., GASB standards) to determine impact to Project requirements.
- Working with the financial management solution software implementation vendor, and other project resources (including contractors) to ensure adherence to State standards and established procedures for maintaining data and information accuracy and security.
- Serving as the subject matter expert in the accounting and financial management functions for the Florida PALM Project.
- Addressing the accounting and financial management functions, responsibilities, and needs of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and of the state agencies.
- Working collaboratively with project team members, DFS business owners, state agency business owners and other stakeholders to ensure functional designs and configurations are developed to meet business requirements and result in the development of a user-friendly and comprehensive solution.
- Consulting with subject matter experts, business users, and stakeholders of the financial management solution, researching statewide problems and recommending solutions to effect statewide implementation of the financial management solution.
- Ensuring the “How Met” for requirements of assigned system modules satisfy the needed functionality.
- Ensuring the technical requirements for assigned system modules satisfy the needed functionality.
- Making decisions on design functionality and business requirements.
- Conducting in depth analysis and documentation for system configuration.
- Completing system configuration where assigned.
- Leading functional reviews for design, testing and other related activities for assigned system modules.
- Developing and executing test scripts for assigned system modules to ensure system functionality meets the functional and technical requirements.
- Assisting with user-acceptance testing sessions with state agencies and enterprise partners.
- Assisting agencies and enterprise partners in understanding business process change impacts.
- Assisting in training state agencies and enterprise partners.
- Identifying risk and issues, design requirements, or otherwise, for assigned system modules.
- Managing deliverables and work products to ensure compliance with the Project PMP and schedule.
- Providing input on activities to include in the Project schedule.
- Providing weekly updates to the Projects PMO on assigned schedule items.