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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 01/03/19

Applications Due01/17/19

Vacancy ID62978

AgencyFinancial System, Statewide

TitleInformation Technology Specialist 2, #19-01

Occupational CategoryNo Preference

Salary Grade18

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $56604 to $71980 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? Yes

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address Statewide Financial System

W. A. Harriman State Office Building Campus, Bldg. 5

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12227

Minimum Qualifications This position is open to candidates who are reachable on the Information Technology Specialist 2, G-18, Civil Service eligible list OR have one year of permanent competitive service as an Information Technology Specialist 2, G-18. This position is also open to NYS employees at or above G-16 who are eligible for transfer under Section 52.6 or 70.1 of the Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second, consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two grades. In order to qualify for a Section 52.6 transfer, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive service in a qualifying administrative title such as Information Technology Specialist 2 (Programming), G-18; Business Systems Analyst 1, G-18; or Telecommunications Analyst 2, G-18. In order to qualify for a Section 70.1 transfer, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive service as a Supervising Computer Operator, G-18.

Duties Description As part of the Statewide Financial System (SFS) Agency Change Management Section, the incumbent will be responsible for change management tasks related to business process and system changes that affect end users and stakeholders of the State’s enterprise financial and accounting system. The incumbent will also be responsible for managing stakeholder communication, training, and testing.

General Job Responsibilities:

• Plan activities to gather and define approach to understanding and resolving stakeholder issues.
• Identify and document the corrective action needed and communicate resolution to stakeholders.
• Develop understanding of agency business process needs to provide targeted support to various stakeholder groups.
• Interface with stakeholders to ensure that SFS fully understands their problems.
• Determine level of efforts required for tasks and estimate timetables for completion.
• Serve as liaison between business and IT staff; assisting with communicating requirements and system changes to stakeholders.
• Upon successful resolution of a problem, ensure resolution steps are clearly documented and conduct training activities with appropriate SFS units as needed.
• Monitor for any subsequent issues to ensure that they are resolved in a timely fashion.
• Ensure stakeholder training materials, project artifacts, and communications needs are met within required timeframes.
• Review and validate key stakeholder communications for technical accuracy prior to sharing with audience.
• Assist testers with scheduling testing of new releases and effected business processes; follow up on testing when needed.
• Serve as subject matter expert in SFS PeopleSoft Financials functional areas.
• Participate in knowledge transfer and continuous learning sessions to build competency in key focus areas.

Additional Comments You are advised that, should you accept a job offer with SFS, you may be required to be fingerprinted.

SFS is the organization that manages the enterprise financial system that supports the business of New York State government. SFS is an independent entity jointly governed by OSC and the Division of the Budget.

As one of the largest public sector enterprise financial systems in the United States, SFS processes an average of 22,000 voucher transactions daily and about $150 billion in payments per year using Oracle PeopleSoft technology. SFS staff provides extensive operational support to over 70 NYS agencies and authorities. SFS continues to work on major initiatives to expand the use of system functionality and works collaboratively with agencies and the NYS Office of Information Technology Services clusters that support IT systems across the State.

Currently, we are looking for motivated, highly qualified professionals who can lead and support on-going transformational statewide information technology projects. Working as part of the team at SFS provides a great opportunity to be part of a mission-driven organization that strongly supports its employees’ professional growth and development through training opportunities and knowledge sharing. You would also be able to see your work directly support the transformation of business processes supporting NYS government.

More About SFS

We are an innovative team of experts specializing in enterprise resource planning (ERP), financial operations, business analysis, information technology, project management, service delivery, training, change management and stakeholder relations. Since our inception, our focus has been to meet our customers’ financial processing needs, ensure the integrity of State financial data and lead future migrations from existing agency financial systems into one integrated financial management system.

To learn more about SFS, visit our website at www.sfs.ny.gov.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Kim Hayden

Telephone

Fax 518 486-5617

Email Address PersonnelSFS@budget.ny.gov

Address

Street NYS Division of the Budget

State Capitol

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12224

 

Notes on ApplyingTo apply, please send a cover letter and resume by e-mail, fax, or post office mail. Please include your current Civil Service title and grade and be sure to indicate that you are applying for the position of Information Technology Specialist 2, Ref. #19-01.

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