Review Vacancy
AgencyFinancial System, Statewide
TitleManager Information Technology Services 1 26-10
Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $111708 to $137590 Annually
Duties Description The Statewide Financial System (SFS) is seeking an experienced and collaborative leader to serve as the Revenue and Banking Manager. This position offers an opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary team, broaden one’s impact across New York State government, and help shape enterprise business processes and financial capabilities used by State agencies.
The Revenue and Banking Manager will provide direction and leadership across a diverse portfolio that includes customer management, billing, accounts receivable, collections, electronic billing and payments, banking, cash management, deal management, lease administration, and related financial services and integrations.
The position is assigned to the Business Solutions and Enterprise Architecture Division. The incumbent will lead a blended team of approximately 10–12 State employees and consultant staff responsible for analyzing business needs, designing enterprise and agency-specific business processes, and translating those processes into effective system solutions.
The manager will work with State agency finance offices, the Office of the State Comptroller, the Division of the Budget, SFS enterprise architecture, project delivery leads, business and technical teams. The role provides opportunities to develop staff, establish priorities, collaborate with agency and SFS leaders, and guide solutions to complex statewide business challenges.
Responsibilities:
• Provide leadership, supervision, coaching, and professional development to assigned State employees and consultant staff.
• Set direction and priorities for the Revenue and Banking portfolio and lead the team in delivering strategic initiatives and enterprise solutions.
• Develop the team’s expertise in statewide revenue and banking processes and the SFS capabilities that support them.
• Build strong relationships with agency users, control agencies, and internal partners to understand business needs and improve statewide financial operations.
• Lead the design and improvement of standardized enterprise business processes while evaluating agency-specific requirements when appropriate.
• Oversee business requirements, process and functional designs, testing, implementation activities, and supporting documentation.
• Ensure solutions address the underlying business need, consider statewide and cross-functional impacts, and align with SFS strategy and established design, security, and architectural standards.
• Monitor workload, resource capacity, risks, dependencies, and priorities and provide recommendations and escalations to division leadership.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, knowledge transfer, continuous learning, and process improvement.
•Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications This position is open to candidates who are reachable on the Manager of Information Technology Services 1, G-27, Civil Service eligible list OR have one year of permanent competitive service as a Manager of Information Technology Services 1 , G-27. Candidates reachable on the eligible list will be considered through canvass and need not apply. The position is also open to NYS employees at or above G-25 who are eligible for transfer under Section 52.6 of the Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades. Examples of qualifying Section 52.6 titles include Information Technology Specialist 4 (and all parenthetics), G-25, Manager Information Technology Services 1 (and all parenthetics), G-27.
Preferred Skills and Abilities:
• Strong leadership skills and a demonstrated commitment to staff development and accountability.
• Excellent communication, organizational, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to build productive relationships with business, technical, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience applying business analysis and process-design techniques to develop practical, sustainable solutions.
• A degree in accounting, finance, business administration, information systems, public administration, or a related field, or comparable experience.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in business analysis, financial systems, financial operations, or solution delivery.
• Experience supervising employees, consultants, or cross-functional teams.
• Experience with revenue, accounts receivable, billing, customer management, banking, cash management, electronic payments, or related financial operations.
• Experience with New York State government, SFS, Oracle PeopleSoft, another enterprise resource planning system, or a comparable large-scale organization or application.
Additional Comments This position may be designated 55 b/c and is subject to verification of applicant eligibility. 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 the Office of the State Comptroller and the Division of the Budget.
The Statewide Financial System (SFS) is New York State’s enterprise financial system that supports agency business processes and serves as the State’s accounting system of record. Supporting approximately 80 State agencies, SFS processes over $100 billion in payments on an annual basis, and strives to continually ensure system performance, reliability and availability, safeguard the integrity of the data contained within SFS, and maximize use of SFS functionality for the greatest benefit of NYS government.
Currently, we are looking for motivated, highly qualified professionals who can lead and support ongoing transformational statewide information technology projects. Focused on best practices, continuous improvement, and enabling efficient government operations, SFS team members include programmers, project managers, PeopleSoft experts, database and security administrators, business analysts, and customer service and change management professionals. Located in Albany, NY, SFS is a fast-paced, dynamic place to work, where individuals have the opportunity to support the transformation of NYS government’s financial business processes. SFS is committed to diversity and workforce development, providing its employees with professional growth through training opportunities and knowledge sharing.
To learn more about SFS, visit our website at www.sfs.ny.gov.
Work hours and telecommuting availability (50% maximum) for this position will be discussed during the interview process, and are subject to operational needs and the telecommuting application process.
Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. SFS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to workplace diversity.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.
Email Address personnel@sfs.ny.gov
Address
Street Statewide Financial System
W.A. Harriman State Office Building Campus, Bldg. 5
Notes on ApplyingTo apply, please send a cover letter and resume by e-mail. Files should be named using the format: "Last Name First Initial resume.pdf or doc" and "Last Name First Initial cvr ltr.pdf or doc". Please include your current Civil Service title and grade (if applicable) and be sure to indicate that you are applying for the position of Manager Information Technology Services 1 , Ref. #26-10.