What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business and Finance Officer III position at King County?
* This position is open to all King County employees and the general public. *
King County Metro Transit’s Rail Division has an exciting opportunity for a Business and Finance Officer III. This position will be a key member of the team leading financial and business analysis for one of North America's largest and fastest growing providers of public transit services.
Rail‘s BFO III plays a vital role in ensuring our ability to accomplish this work efficiently and in alignment with the approved budget. This position will be responsible for communicating effectively with diverse teammates across the Division, and working collaboratively with leaders, administrative staff, employees, and others to provide strategic planning and support for business and financial management.
Our ideal candidates will have extensive experience conducting complex analysis and synthesizing complex financial issues with an equity lens that can be easily shared and understood by internal and external partners. In addition to these technical skills, the ideal candidate will have lived experience and demonstrated the ability to design, implement, and practice applying equity and social justice principles within financial policies.
About Metro Transit's Expanding Rail Division
King County Metro Transit's Rail Division manages and maintains Sound Transit's Link light rail service and City of Seattle’s streetcar system. Link light rail currently spans a 33-mile route from SeaTac to Lynnwood and a 6.6-mile route from Redmond to South Bellevue. By the end of 2026, light rail is projected to expand to nearly 60 route miles, adding seven new stations. Additional expansions to the Link system will be coming online for years to come.
Seattle Streetcar includes the 1.3 mile South Lake Union line and the 2.5 mile First Hill line, proudly serving the diverse and vibrant communities around Seattle’s downtown core. These rail services complement Metro's extensive fixed-route bus system and mobility services. Puget Sound transit agencies are collaborating to create an integrated transit network that enables people to travel farther, faster, and more easily.
This recruitment will immediately fill up to two (2) positions. Term-Limited Temporary (TLT) or Special Duty Assignment (SDA) positions with an anticipated duration of 6- 12 months, with the potential to extend. This recruitment may also be used to establish an eligibility pool to fill future Term Limited Temporary (TLT) and/or Special Duty Assignment (SDA), vacancies in this classification. Eligibility pools remain valid for twelve (12) months upon creation, or until the pool is exhausted, at the discretion of the hiring authority.
Interviews are anticipated to occur during the week of February 24 through February 28, 2025, but are subject to change.
Who May Apply
This position is open to King County employees and the general public.
To Apply:
Those interested must submit:
- An online King County application, updated with accurate contact information, and relevant work history going back at least 10 years (or more, if necessary), with all job duties.
- Completed supplemental questions
- A cover letter/letter of interest, detailing the following:
- How your experience and background meet or exceed the qualifications for this position, and
- How you have applied equity and social justice principles in your current and/or previous role(s) (experience may include roles in either a professional or volunteer setting).
- A current resume, detailing experience, and education.
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Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all King County employees. In this role, you will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of the work.
As the Business and Finance Officer III, you will:
- Work in partnership with Rail Division staff to oversee the financial management of the Division.
- Monitor and manage transaction level financials for the Link Light Rail (Accounting entries, Personnel Coding, etc.).
- Oversee divisional or section financial data, including maintenance of data integrity and knowledge of data structure across financial tools.
- Manage financial reporting to division or section leadership, Metro Finance and Administration Division, and regional partners, including presenting data at divisional or section business meetings on a regular basis.
- Provide regular insight, analysis, and recommendations on finances and business processes to support division or section leadership in decision-making and maintaining the financial health of the organization.
- Provide project management support for budget development.
- Support the preparation of annual and biennial budgets, analyze and monitor actual expenses, and develop updated spending projections.
- Work with Rail Division Section staff and Human Resources representatives to manage personnel counts and hiring.
- Provide additional support to Division or Section leadership as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Public Administration, and three (3) or more years of experience or training as a BFO II or BFO III, or the equivalent combination of experience and education.
- General understanding of project and financial accounting concepts and principles, including generally accepted accounting principles and indirect cost accounting.
- Ability to work independently with strong organizational and time management skills in the face of conflicting, and rapidly changing priorities.
- Ability to distill complex financial information into meaningful business analysis for a variety of audiences.
- Ability to listen to and problem solve with colleagues to provide best fit solutions.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work productively with core workgroups, management, central budget staff, and outside agencies.
- Knowledge of and skill in the use of enterprise financial information systems, and the ability to design business processes that work effectively in tandem with financial information systems.
- Proficient in use of MS Office suite, i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams.
- Ability to develop financial strategy and apply business analysis techniques.
- Ability to take initiative within the scope of the position, to develop and implement plans, and to prepare recommendations for action.
- Knowledge of and experience with enterprise finance systems, analytical and reporting tools - such as Oracle EBS, OBIEE (BI Insights), or PeopleSoft.
- Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and complete work in a high-pressure environment with moving deadlines and changing priorities.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Experience and/or training specific to public sector and/or transit organization financials.
- Skill in data visualization such as Power BI.
- Demonstrated experience in financial planning.
Application & Selection Process
Applications will be screened to determine whether candidates meet minimum qualifications, and for clarity, completeness, and responsiveness to the application instructions above. Highly competitive applicants may be asked to interview. Formal offers will be finalized after candidates have successfully completed any necessary pre-employment processes, such as reference checks or internal record reviews.
Work Schedule This position is anticipated to be full time, assigned 40 hours per week, typically Monday through Friday. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and is therefore not eligible for overtime pay. This position is eligible for telework/remote work. Work outside of the normal workday is required periodically.
Union Membership: This position is represented by PROTEC17.
Work Location: The primary location of this position is 3407 Airport Way South, Seattle, WA 98134. This position may be requested to travel to the Operations and Maintenance Facility – East, located in Bellevue (1925 120th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98005) and future Link facilities.
Teleworking Requirement: The work associated with this position will be performed predominantly in a hybrid work environment with a minimum of 2 days in the office. Employees will have access to shared workspaces at various Sound Transit facilities. Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.
Employees will be provided with a Sound Transit issued laptop and must maintain a workspace with an internet connection (access may be supplemented in some situations) where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours. King County has a robust collection of tools and resources to support working remotely. The individuals selected for these opportunities will be joining innovative and progressive teams that are redefining how we work in the department's hybrid environment.
CLASS CODE / PAY GRADE: 2131100 / 62
For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact: Ebony Ware, Human Resource Analyst, at eware@kingcounty.gov.
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