Operating Budget & Payroll Supervisor

This position is open to current KING COUNTY EMPLOYEES ONLY.

This recruitment aims to fill this role as a Special Duty Assignment (SDA) for up to 1 year in duration.

This is a one‑year opportunity to help lead the Wastewater Treatment Division’s (WTD) operating budget and payroll team through the upcoming 2028/29 sewer rate and budget cycle. The successful candidate will gain skills and confidence in preparing materials for senior leadership and advisory bodies, reporting complex financial information to varied audiences, supervising and mentoring a team of finance professionals, and managing change and complexity in a fast‑paced environment.

This role is a critical component of WTD’s daily operations and long‑term strategic planning as it pertains to budgetary needs, supporting our staff, planning for economic shifts, and ensuring financial resiliency. The successful candidate will be the main connection to financial resources on the operating side for most staff, supervisors, and managers, and will assist the CFO and senior leadership in prioritizing needs, forecasting outcomes, and organizing key data points.

This position is within WTD’s Finance and Administration (F&A) Section, which serves the essential role of ensuring that financial resources are in place to fund the Division’s priorities and decision‑making is well‑informed regarding financial risk, optimization trade‑offs, financial equity, and compliance. In managing WTD’s large portfolio of financial activities and processes, F&A performs numerous functions including rate‑setting, budget development and oversight, capital finance, contracting, technology services, central service administration, accounting, audit and compliance, payroll, utility billing, and more.

In F&A we value cultivating a culture where you are encouraged to challenge the status quo and offer new ideas while building and maintaining enduring relationships.

King County, named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is a diverse and vibrant community that represents cultures from around the world. Our True North is to create a welcoming community where everyone can thrive. We prioritize equity, racial and social justice, making it a foundational and daily expectation for all employees. As a Operating Budget & Payroll Supervisor you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work.

Learn more about our commitment at http://www.King County.gov/equity

• Oversee the operating budget (over $500M biennially) function which includes development and management of biennial budget along with providing guidance and support to operating budget staff
• Manage (in close collaboration with the CFO) the annual sewer rate operating investments (decision packages) function which includes partnering with various Section/Unit Managers and providing guidance and support to operating budget staff to plan and develop proposals. Also includes working closely with the Rates & Financial Planning Unit
• Develop complex budget and financial spreadsheets for management information and reporting purposes. Ensure standardization, consistency and uniformity in the gathering, processing and reporting of financial information
• Oversee the payroll function which includes 2 payroll staff processing payroll for over 900 WTD and DNRP DO employees along with performing ad‑hoc payroll related requests
• Act as WTD’s primary Oracle EBS User Administrator which includes managing all of WTD’s Oracle EBS users and access along with performing the biennial audit. Provide ongoing training to all levels of staff in the implementation of financial systems and processes. Identify and…