Accounts Payable - Fiscal Analyst 3 In-Training
State of Washington
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FISCAL SYSTEMS ANALYST SENIOR-FINANCE
Snohomish County
Finance
Location
Everett, Washington, 98201
Salary
$8,765 - $11,186.61
per month
Type
Full Time
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February 12, 2026
SES Pay Grade
Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900
Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This senior-level role involves managing and improving the county's financial software systems, especially during a major upgrade to Oracle starting in 2026, with a focus on payroll, budgeting, and reporting.
The job requires troubleshooting issues, creating custom reports, training staff, and ensuring compliance with legal changes in finance and payroll.
It's ideal for someone with strong tech skills in financial systems who enjoys leading projects and supporting teams in a government setting.
Key Requirements
- Experience administering and troubleshooting integrated financial, payroll, and attendance systems
- Ability to design security profiles, verify system integrity, and develop account code structures
- Proficiency in testing program updates, creating training materials, and training end-users
- Skills in designing and programming custom financial reports using various software tools
- Knowledge of maintaining general ledger processes, budget development, and BARS state reporting
- Capability to analyze and implement changes for new accounting, budget, and payroll regulations
- Experience leading projects and providing technical support for automated financial solutions
Full Job Description
Snohomish County is hiring project staff to backfill and support a finance software system replacement project. The County has purchased Oracle, and implementation will begin in 2026.
Project positions are budgeted to 12/31/2026 but anticipated to continue through the next biennial budget end date of 12/31/2028.
Our Fiscal Systems Analyst, Senior provides system support and expertise to our payroll team and are critical to our daily success.
If you would like to be part of a team taking Snohomish County to the next level in technology, please apply!
BASIC FUNCTION
To design, maintain, and modify various county-wide and finance department specific automated financial system programs, and plan, coordinate and manage these systems through all phases of preparation of the county's general ledger, annual financial report, budget, payroll and attendance tracking processes.
To design, maintain, and modify various county-wide and finance department specific automated financial system programs, and plan, coordinate and manage these systems through all phases of preparation of the county's general ledger, annual financial report, budget, payroll and attendance tracking processes.
Job offers are contingent on successful completion of employment verification and background checks. Snohomish County will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this opportunity. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
For any questions, reach out to SHR-Talent@snoco.org
Requirements
STATEMENT OF ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
- Administers and troubleshoots the county's integrated financial and payroll/attendance systems; designs security profiles; verifies system integrity; processes, develops and recommends account code structures for all County departments.
- Tests financial and payroll/attendance systems' program updates, troubleshoots new releases prior to full implementation including providing suggested solutions to developers. Creates training materials and trains users on relevant new/changed program usage requirements.
- Designs computer systems to analyze data from other agencies.
- Modifies, designs and programs financial, payroll and attendance information reports according to client specifications using and/or integrating a variety of software.
- Modifies, designs, coordinates and reviews various system processes, which may include maintenance of the general ledger month and year-end closings, budget development and maintenance, payroll/attendance development and maintenance. Documents all aspects of the various systems processes.
- Provides support to department staff in developing automated solutions to routine financial and payroll/attendance tasks. May act as project lead in helping customer departments develop automated solutions to related workflow issues.
- Provides technical assistance and training to countywide end-users in using financial/budget/payroll/attendance software including BARS state reporting requirements, general ledger report writing, etc.
- Provides team leadership and participates as team member for financial and payroll/attendance system development and/or modification.
- Analyzes new union, state and federal required accounting, budget, payroll/attendance requirements; develops and implements changes to the systems which will meet new legal requirements.
- Develop and maintain a variety of relational database applications. Ensure the applications are built and maintained with sound design practices. Analyze user and database activity to detect and resolve application problems and faults.
- May participate in internal confidential investigations of personnel as requested by the County's Controller.
- Conducts, participates in and coordinates a variety of accounting, payroll/attendance and budgeting related special studies.
May represent and/or directly provide information and analysis to management in support of bargaining union contract negotiations related to compensation and benefit agreements.
Assists management negotiators determine abilities and limitations of automated systems in relation to proposed payroll and attendance benefit changes.
May make recommendations on best solutions from a systems perspective.
STATEMENT OF OTHER JOB DUTIES
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in accounting; PLUS, five (5) years of professional accounting experience including extensive experience with automated financial systems; OR, any combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge and abilities. Must pass job related tests.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Previous financial system experience at a governmental agency is preferred.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Previous financial system experience at a governmental agency is preferred.
Additional Information
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of:
- the principles, theories and practices of governmental accounting
- methods and procedures used in conducting detailed systems analysis
- programming and executive user report languages
- computers and computer software
- data processing procedures as applied to accounting methods
- County's financial system hardware, software and peripheral equipment
Ability to:
- utilize computer technology to perform assigned duties
- analyze and solve problems associated with systems development or programming
- analyze, interpret and communicate complex financial information
- apply the principles and theories of finance and accounting to complex issues
- communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- plan and organize the work and work independently without immediate supervision
- work under pressure and meet deadlines
- maintain the confidentiality of information
- establish and maintain effective work relationships with superiors, peers, associates and the general public
SUPERVISION
Employees in this class receive direction from an administrative superior as assigned. The work is performed with considerable independence and is reviewed through meetings, reports and results obtained.
WORKING CONDITIONS
The work is performed in the usual office environment.
Snohomish County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer.
Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are provided upon request.
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