Financial Systems Coordinator

Committed to excellence in public and financial services and upholding the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

The Chesterfield County Accounting Department provides financial services and support to Chesterfield County government departments and Chesterfield County Public Schools. We help them fulfill their missions by delivering high-quality financial services through efficient processes, innovative solutions, strong internal controls, and effective use of technology.

We are a collaborative team of professionals dedicated to continuous improvement, professional development, and providing exceptional customer service. We would love to have you join our team!

As a Financial Systems Coordinator in the Accounting Department, you will serve as a key operational leader within the Financial Systems team, helping ensure the effective operation, support, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the County's enterprise financial systems and related financial processes.

This position combines financial systems expertise, operational coordination, project leadership, and direct staff supervision. You will supervise Financial Systems Analysts responsible for enterprise financial systems support and a Financial Systems Specialist whose primary responsibilities involve accounts receivable operations. You will also collaborate with Financial Systems Senior Analysts and the Financial Systems Manager to support reliable financial systems operations and effective accounting processes for Chesterfield County government and Chesterfield County Public Schools.

Workday is the County and Schools' enterprise financial management platform, and this position plays an important role in supporting and optimizing its ongoing operations. You will help translate Financial Systems priorities into action by coordinating daily activities, developing staff, resolving complex issues, leading projects and improvements, and ensuring operational responsibilities are completed accurately and timely.

You will work closely with accounting functional areas, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, and Financial Reporting, while collaborating with Budget, Procurement, Human Resources, Chesterfield County Public Schools, Information Systems Technology (IST), Workday, third-party vendors, and other County departments.

This position requires someone who understands how financial operations and enterprise technology work together, recognizes the impact of system and process changes across functional areas, and can effectively coordinate people, resources, and activities to achieve successful outcomes.

This position is a part of an approved Career Development Plan (CDP) and offers career progression opportunities and salary incentives, as funding permits, based on qualifications, performance, and experience.

• Directly supervise Financial Systems Analysts and the Financial Systems Specialist, including assigning and reviewing work, establishing performance expectations, coaching and mentoring employees, conducting performance evaluations, identifying training needs, and supporting professional and career development.
• Coordinate staff assignments, workloads, priorities, and daily activities to ensure timely completion of operational responsibilities, customer requests, and assigned projects.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and customer-focused work environment that encourages knowledge sharing, problem-solving, professional growth, and continuous improvement.

• Coordinate day-to-day financial systems operations and Workday Operational Support (WOS) activities, including request intake, work assignments, issue resolution, escalations, customer communication, and follow-through.
• Provide operational leadership and serve as an escalation point for complex financial system issues involving business processes, workflows, security, integrations, reporting, data, and system functionality.
• Collaborate with Financial Systems Senior Analysts and other subject matter experts to coordinate operational activities, complex issue resolution, system enhancements, and project implementation.
• Coordinate critical daily, monthly, annual, and fiscal year-end financial systems activities to support accurate and timely financial operations.
• Support Workday business process administration and improvements, including workflow…