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The Marin County Department of Finance
 is responsible for the powers and duties of the offices of the auditor, controller, tax collector, treasurer, and public administrator. We serve as a collaborative partner and fiscal advisor to the County government in their consideration of fiscal decisions and planning. We strive to inspire and elevate public trust in County government by safeguarding the County's financial integrity, advocating, and implementing best practices, and ensuring compliance with mandates and fiduciary responsibilities.

Mission Statement: The mission of the Department of Finance is to instill the public's trust and ensure the financial integrity of the County of Marin by safeguarding the County's funds and promoting the prudent utilization of resources.

There is currently one (1) full-time Business/ERP Systems Analyst in the Department of Finance.

The Business/ERP Systems Analyst will play a crucial role in maintaining and optimizing our County's Tyler Munis HCM and payroll system modules. This position demands a seasoned analyst with deep expertise in payroll laws and public-sector pension reporting, tasked with providing robust production support and system stabilization. Responsibilities include customizing, configuring, and enhancing the ERP application to meet evolving countywide business needs and ensure seamless integration. The analyst will be responsible for troubleshooting complex issues, coordinating system changes, and maintaining data integrity through rigorous testing and validation. This role also involves developing comprehensive reports and queries, creating user documentation and training materials, and providing essential end-user support. Furthermore, the analyst will analyze operational business needs, recommend and implement process improvements, and ensure compliance with all applicable regulations. A significant portion of the work will involve analyzing, auditing, and balancing payroll data, resolving discrepancies, and conducting statistical and analytical studies to drive informed decision-making.

The Department of Finance has embraced a hybrid work schedule that considers that some duties of this position may be performed remotely. However, the successful candidate must be able to report to County facilities for meetings, work assignments, and/or disaster service work upon short notice, as needed and deemed appropriate. During the initial probationary period, the successful candidate may be required to work primarily onsite before establishing a hybrid work schedule.

You will be diving into the heart of our ERP system, specifically Tyler Munis, where your expertise in configuration, testing, and troubleshooting brings stability and efficiency. You'll be the go-to person, leveraging your deep understanding of finance or payroll to make impactful decisions and craft strategic plans. Picture yourself analyzing complex business requirements, translating them into clear, concise procedural documentation that empowers users across the county. You'll be the one ensuring system audits and compliance run smoothly, using your sharp business analysis skills to identify and eliminate potential issues.

You'll thrive in an environment where you can showcase your technical prowess, effortlessly explaining intricate concepts to diverse audiences, from end-users to senior leadership. Envision yourself as a catalyst for process improvement, transforming functional needs into tangible technical solutions, always with a creative and solution-oriented mindset. If you've navigated the complexities of governmental agencies, worked with government clients, or understood the dynamics of a unionized environment, you'll find yourself right at home. This is your chance to make a real difference, to be the driving force behind our ERP system's success.

• Principles, business processes, and practices related to the assigned area.
• Business systems and/or functional experience in program area of assigned work.
• Procedures and practices for testing business functions within ERP systems and applications.
• Application software including project management, presentation, spreadsheet, and word processing applications.

Ability to:

• Lead discussion with managers and end users to define and document business requirements.
• Develop and document clear and detailed business and technical processes, functions and procedures.
• Coordinate with end users and technology staff to implement new releases of software, new functionality and system patches.
• Develop an understanding of departmental business processes and technology requirements.
• Effectively analyze, troubleshoot, problem solve complex processes.
• Design, configure, and implement complex systems.
• Adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Read and interpret a variety of technical manuals and instructions designed for automated applications.
• Communicate effectively, including writing clear, concise and detailed instructions, procedures and reports.
• Conduct effective training sessions.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with persons contacted in the performance of duties.

Any combination of education and experience that would provide the knowledge and abilities listed. Typically, equivalent to a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration, computer science, accounting, finance, human resources, payroll, purchasing or a field related to the work and two years of responsible journey level experience in a position that would provide knowledge of ERP systems or related functional business programs, processes and/or operations, including experience in the planning, implementation, oversight and/or utilization of automated information systems and applications used to support departmental activities.
 
Additional professional experience in analyzing business processes and information systems may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

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Testing and Eligible List: Depending on the number of qualified applications received, the examination may consist of a highly qualified review, application screening, online assessment, written examination, oral examination, performance examination, or any combination to determine which candidates' names will be placed on the eligible list.  The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill the current vacancy, and any future vacancies for open, fixed-term, full-time or part-time positions which may occur while the list remains active.