Senior Financial Analyst

The City of Kent Finance Department is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Payroll team. This position will be responsible for assisting with semimonthly payroll processing, responding to a variety of inquiries and payroll processing matters, preparing and submitting state and federal tax reports, and providing support to others in the use of the payroll system and processing.

A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience in municipal or government accounting or financial analysis are ideal qualifications.

There is one full-time position available, represented by the AFSCME union.

An unranked eligibility list may be established from this recruitment to fill future Senior Financial Analyst vacancies that arise within the next 12 months.

The recruitment process for this position will include at least one panel interview.
Applications will be accepted through Wednesday, October 21st.

$7,876.00- $9,603.00 per month, depending on experience

Additional information may also be found in the AFSCME contract, which you can access at
Human Resources | City of Kent (kentwa.gov)

Under the direction of the Division Manager or Supervisor, perform a full range of technical and analytical duties, while providing related customer service to internal and external customers.

Work is characterized by senior professional financial, technical, and analytical accounting duties and responsibilities requiring a significant level of accuracy. Duties could include, but are not limited to, analysis and research, assisting with month-end and year-end closing processes, forecasting, trend analysis, maintaining and enhancing various information technology systems, preparing complex reports and processing of payroll operations. The incumbent is also responsible for use of complex spreadsheets and other financial models to validate and track work performed.

Work is often subject to tight deadlines requiring the incumbent to work well under pressure.

Work is performed under limited supervision. Supervisor sets the overall objectives and resources available. Incumbent and supervisor work together to develop deadlines, projects, and work to be completed. Incumbent plans and carries out the assignment, resolves most conflicts that arise, coordinates work with others, and interprets policies on own initiative in terms of established objectives. Incumbent keeps supervisor informed of progress, potentially controversial matters, or far-reaching implications.

Work is reviewed in terms of feasibility, compatibility with other work, and/or effectiveness of results.

Foster strong working relationships with City personnel to facilitate effective communication, assistance and recommendations regarding all aspects of the operating and capital budgets – development, requests, reductions, positions, reallocation, monitoring, year-end and project closing.

Assist with the preparation of monthly, quarterly and year-end reports, supplemental budget adjustments, the biennial budget and mid-biennium adjustments. Prepare a variety of other statistical reports regarding costs, labor, revenue, expenditures, capital and projections; assist with special projects such as developing performance measures and/or analyzing project costs.

Develop and maintain spreadsheet models for multi-year forecasts of revenues and expenditures taking into account historical trends, maintenance and operation costs, projected debt service, capital costs, City policies, labor agreements, and state and federal laws. Provide narratives of major components, changes, assumptions and trends.

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