Financial Services Administrator – Roads Maintenance Finance and Operations

The King County Department of Local Services is seeking an experienced financial leader and people manager to serve as the Financial Services Administratorfor the Road Services Division. This position leads an integrated portfolio encompassing maintenance budget and work-program planning operational financial analysis cost recovery management systems and data integration contracting and procurement. The position ensures these interconnected functions operate as one coordinated service model that supports reliable road maintenance and responsible stewardship of public resources.

The Financial Services Administrator (FSA) supervises professional staff whose portfolios cover Roads maintenance finance and work-program analysis Maintenances Management System (Anaplan) and contracting and procurement. The position establishes priorities aligns workloads sets performance expectations resolves cross-functional issues and ensures that financial operational system and contracting information is accurate timely consistent and useful for decision-making.

This role reports to the Road Services Finance and Administrative Services Manager and works closely with maintenance leadership field and program staff Roads Finance teams the DLS Directors Office central County finance and procurement offices auditors partner agencies and contracting jurisdictions. The successful candidate will combine strong governmental finance knowledge operational curiosity systems thinking contracting awareness sound judgment and the ability to lead experienced professionals in a complex public-service environment.

About the Department of Local Services (DLS)
King County is the local service provider for roughly 250000 residents who live in unincorporated communities. The Department of Local Services includes the Directors Office and the Road Services and Permitting Divisions providing a single executive point of accountability for delivering local services. The Road Services Division plans builds operates and maintains roads and bridges that connect people and communities across unincorporated King County.

Applying the principles of equity and racial and social justice is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all King County employees. You will apply these principles to all aspects of your work.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Supervise professional staff responsible for maintenance budget finance and work-program analysis management systems contracting and procurement.

• Assign and oversee the work; establish priorities service expectations decision authority handoffs calendars and backup coverage; monitor workloads and deliverables; coach and develop staff; evaluate performance; and address performance or conduct concerns.
• Build an inclusive accountable collaborative and customer-focused team culture. Coordinate cross-functional assignments resolve matters within delegated authority and elevate significant financial operational compliance or policy risks.
• Lead development and publication of the maintenance biennial budget and annual work program using Anaplan and County financial and work-management systems. Work with maintenance managers to evaluate proposed changes to performance standards and service targets including their budgetary and cost implications.
• Oversee planned-versus-actual financial and production reporting forecasts variances accomplishment rates and corrective actions including analysis of labor overtime equipment materials fleet contracts and program costs.
• Develop financial plans funding strategies forecasts and policy recommendations addressing service staffing equipment and program decisions. Coordinate maintenance planning with the operating budget and capital program.
• Oversee cost recovery and reimbursable work including loan-in and loan-out activity labor and equipment charges capital-project support work for contracting jurisdictions rate development billing reconciliation and recovery monitoring.
• Ensure emergency financial readiness through timely project and coding setup real-time storm and snow cost tracking documentation reconciliation reimbursement support and audit readiness.
• Provide strategic oversight of systems supporting maintenance work planning budgeting cost estimating asset management operational reporting and financial management.
• Ensure the integrity of project cost-accounting structures asset inventories labor equipment and material rates estimates and related data. Direct reconciliation and data governance across Oracle EBS Anaplan Cityworks or Roadworks Power BI and related systems.
• Prioritize system upgrades integrations testing issue resolution documentation training access and adoption. Use financial production and system data to improve workflows controls decisions and performance.
• Provide leadership and strategic guidance for procurement methods solicitations awards scopes specifications evaluation criteria contract terms and the annual pool-bid process. Coordinate with the central procurement office to address schedule continuity and contract risks.
• Oversee contract inventories usage expenditures amendments renewals expirations payments vendor performance compliance documentation and continuity planning. Ensure compliance with prevailing wage nondiscrimination records financial controls audit requirements and Pro-Equity in Contracting goals.
• Serve as the primary advisor on assigned maintenance financial systems policies processes and projects. Establish and standardize procedures internal controls documentation validation reconciliation and reporting; lead improvements audit responses corrective actions year-end close emergency response and time-sensitive priorities.
• Train and advise finance and maintenance staff and leaders on financial work-management cost-recovery contracting and control practices. Prepare and present executive-level analyses dashboards recommendations briefings and responses for leadership auditors partner agencies elected officials and other public decision-makers.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support Road Services financial and administrative operations including special projects year-end financial close emergency response audit support and other time-sensitive priorities.

We are looking for candidates who demonstrate the following:

Minimum Qualifications

• Progressively responsible experience managing supervising or providing accountable leadership to professional finance program systems contracting procurement or administrative staff including assigning and prioritizing work setting expectations monitoring performance coaching staff resolving conflict and developing effective teams.
• Experience integrating related functions into a coordinated service model leading work across organizational and professional boundaries managing competing deadlines and operating effectively in complex or sensitive situations.
• A bachelors degree in public-sector finance public administration accounting economics or a related field with relevant coursework or an equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the knowledge skills and abilities required for the position.
• Advanced experience with operating-budget development financial planning forecasting variance analysis work-program monitoring cost accounting internal controls and management reporting in a complex operating environment.
• Knowledge of governmental accounting auditing budgeting and financial-control principles with experience in cost recovery rates reimbursable work project structures restricted funding emergency cost tracking or comparable operational finance activities.
• Experience overseeing or improving financial budgeting work-management asset-management cost-estimating reporting or relational-database systems including reconciling information resolving data-quality or process failures establishing controls and guiding integrations upgrades testing and user adoption.
• Working knowledge of public-sector contracting and procurement including solicitation planning competitive processes scopes and specifications contract administration compliance records and internal controls; ability to oversee a complex portfolio assess risk resolve issues and coordinate with procurement and accounts-payable partners.
• Demonstrated ability to develop policies procedures standards training documentation performance measures and sustainable processes; translate financial and operational data into clear options and recommendations; and communicate effectively with staff operational leaders executives auditors external partners and public decision-makers.
• Demonstrated judgment initiative adaptability organizational awareness and composure when managing ambiguity emergencies and firm deadlines together with a commitment to advancing equity racial and social justice through leadership financial stewardship contracting systems design workforce development and service delivery.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting transportation roads public works utilities maintenance infrastructure fleet or another operationally intensive public service.
• Experience with King County financial budget procurement contracting payroll capital-project or emergency-response processes and with Oracle EBS Anaplan Cityworks or Roadworks Power BI E-Procurement supplier registration Airtable or comparable platforms.
• Knowledge of County Road Administration Board reporting prevailing-wage requirements Pro-Equity in Contracting asset-management practices or emergency reimbursement documentation.
• Experience presenting financial or policy information to executive leadership central budget or finance offices auditors elected officials or governing bodies and leading Lean continuous-improvement automation data-governance or system-integration initiatives.

Interview Schedule:Applicantswho pass the initial screening will be invited to participate in an interview the week of October 12 2026.

Who may apply:This position is open to all qualified applicants.

Selection process:Applicants will be screened for clarity completeness and competitiveness. Minimum qualifications and answers to supplemental questions must be demonstrated in your application materials. The most competitive candidates may be invited to participate in one or more interviews.

Work schedule:The work week is normally Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. but may at times require work on the weekends or outside of normal business hours. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

Emergency designation status:This position has been designated as: Mission Critical in an Emergency a designation that describes employees who staff county functions or services that may be delayed suspended or diverted in an emergency while essential functions are prioritized.

Unless otherwise directed by the King County Executive department director or agency head all employees regardless of designation are expected to report to work or request leave during an emergency or inclement weather.

Teleworking Requirement:The employee in this position will work in the office at least three (3) days a week to foster connection and responsiveness and will be expected to arrive prepared and on time.

Work location: The employee will report to work mainly at the Renton Maintenance Facility (155 Monroe Ave NE Renton WA 98056). The secondary location for occasional business needs will be King Street Center (201 S. Jackson Street Seattle WA 98104). Employees will have access to shared workspaces at various King County facilities and may be required to report to offices in Unincorporated King County.

Employees mustresidein Washington State and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements. Employees will be provided with a King County-issued laptop and must maintain a workspace with an internet connection 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.

Are you ready to make a difference Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nations best places to live work and play.

To apply:If you are interested in pursuing this position and supporting King Countys vision for unified equitable and high-performing government please follow the application instructions carefully. Provide us with your work history as applicable ensuring that you provide details that highlight your ability to fulfill the requirements for this position.

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