EXAMPLES OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

(The duties listed are typical examples of the work performed by this job classification. This is not an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements and does not limit the assignment of additional related duties for the position. Not all duties assigned are included, nor are all duties listed performed in every office or every day.)
1. Leads the technical administration and operations of the Oracle Cloud Budget Application system including daily monitoring, trouble shooting, ad-hoc report creation, new implementations, and upgrades including directing the work of contractors.
2. Leads and oversees to completion, the integration, interfacing and continual successful operation of new software and applications.
3. As a technical expert and lead, identifies deficiencies in the operation of existing and new software/applications and clearly communicates to the unit and vendors the needs and optimal resolution for these deficiencies. Responsible for overseeing and ensuring successful execution of resolutions.
4. Serves as technical expert to resolve system issues quickly and support all unit staff with technical concerns and issues. Communicates to supervisor/unit concerns, resolutions and relevant technical issues to ensure unit awareness of pertinent situations and information.
5. Responsible for writing and rewriting criteria for reports over multiple applications/software, based on desired results; run and deliver reports; and ensure data integrity.
6. Serves as technical lead and collaborates with the team leader and budget specialists, maintains and updates the annual setups for the budget submission process.
7. Serves as technical lead and collaborates with the team leader and budget specialists, to oversee the load of the data from the Cloud ERP system and Lawson systems for budget preparation, financial monitoring, salary simulation, building/food service loads, and central office loads.
8. Serves as a project manager, responsible for the planning, execution, and implementation of new application segments/components, such as identifying gaps in the new Budget Application and works with the contractor to troubleshoot and resolve the gaps. Responsible for ensuring gaps are resolved.
9. Serves as technical lead and collaborates with the team leader, budget specialists and contractors in testing, enhancing and troubleshooting the MCPS Budget Application system and the interfaces with the ERP Financials System and Lawson.
10. Ensures project schedules are developed, timelines are met, and implementation is completed in a manner that supports project goals and objectives. This includes tracking and supporting progress of other team members.
11. Serves as a technical expert and resource and provides programming and software support to Budget Unit staff.
12. Works closely with staff from the Office of Technology Innovations in the development and maintenance of system enhancements and represents functional users in clear definition of problems, requirements, and needs. Responsible for ensuring complete, timely and successful implementation of all upgrades.
13. Supervises the execution of the annual/bi-annual/monthly interface files necessary to maintain budget development, financial monitoring, salary simulation, and internal MCPS systems.
14. Designs, develops, modifies and implements, various Budget databases and data files, as requested.
15. Develops and executes appropriate test scripts to simulate a live environment and maintains a catalog of all developed test scripts.
16. Observes and evaluates daily operations to identify process improvement and learning opportunities and initiates improvements and staff training as appropriate.
17. Responsible for meeting facilitation (following effective meeting guidelines), documentation, development of feasible solutions, and problem resolution related to process improvement and data integrity and leads the implementation of changes/improvements as appropriate.
18. Develops and delivers technical training programs of various formats for Budget Unit staff and departmental users including preparation of training materials.
19. Assists with reporting requests from BOE, superintendent of schools, executive staff, county council, and other stakeholders, as directed by the supervisor. Prepares budgetary information reports using Smart View, Excel, Access, and other appropriate software packages during high peak workforce reporting requests.
20. Maintains expert knowledge in Microsoft Office, SQL, Oracle Budget Application, and ERP reporting as well as future technical installations.
21. Maintains system tables and other system set up requirements including but not limited to the annual updates related to budgetary and benefit rates, etc. to ensure deadlines are met.
22. As the technical expert, assists in the administrative support to Help Desk tickets from MCPS Budget Application end users.
23. Assists the supervisor and team leader, in collaboration with budget specialists, in the development and periodic reviews of process and procedure manuals for various functional units in the Budget Unit and provides updates where appropriate.
24. Participates in meetings to plan, test, and implement changes to the ERP and Budget Application system as-needed.
25. Serves as a member of the Budget Unit functional ownership teams.
26. Performs related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.