Job Details

Salary : $71,304.00 - $110,531.00 Annually
Location : Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 25-05748
Department: Finance
Opening Date: 12/04/2025
Closing Date: Continuous

Position Description

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $71,304 - $100,724
Hours: 8a - 5p M to F; Flexible Hybrid
Join one of the highest fiscally rated entities in the country. The City of Durham's promotes sound management and stewardship of taxpayer dollars by helping the City Council, City Manager and City departments manage their financial resources and leading risk management administration and training. If sound fiscal management is what you're about, join our team!

Devoted to providing technical support, administration, and maintenance of a department's technology systems and equipment, including user support, data management, and data extraction/analysis.

The Finance Senior Business Systems Analyst is responsible for providing advanced professional analysis and project management on technology and related initiatives including researching and evaluating new processes and technologies; providing fiscal analyses for purchases and assisting with budget development and administration for department technology; overseeing the technology procurement process; serving as project manager for implementation, testing and close out; preparing project plans; troubleshooting and maintaining hardware and software; providing training; extracting data, creating maps, and writing reports; coordinating with vendors; designing, developing, and maintaining databases and web pages; and maintaining documentation and records.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provides advanced professional analysis and project management on technology and related initiatives; work involves managing projects, including preparing project scopes, developing work plans, and mitigating risks; analyzing business and technology needs; testing, reviewing, and evaluating systems; designing and implementing technology solutions; designing, developing, and maintaining specialized databases; coordinating and performing technology support operations; troubleshooting related issues; and ensures compliance with policies and procedures.
• Administers the procurement process for technology projects; assists with developing and administering budgets; researches and evaluates new technology systems and products; researches, analyzes, and reports on financial, vendor, and related data; prepares cost estimates and financial forecasts; and makes budget- and procurement recommendation.
• Prepares, maintains, reviews, and/or submits reports, project and other plans, contracts, bid documents, maps, records, presentations, and other documents; designs, develops, and maintains databases and webpages; researches, compiles, extracts, digitizes, and presents information; and reviews work for accuracy, completeness and compliance with contracts, and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Collaborates with vendors, City management, City departments, and/or external agencies; convenes, attends and facilitates meetings; provides technical assistance and subject-matter expertise in person, via phone or online systems; prepares and conducts training; assesses and/or coordinates technology, business, and/or project needs and operations; coordinates and conducts product demos and trials; and implements new technologies and processes.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, information technology, or directly related field,
• Five years of related professional information technology experience.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Oracle Fusion experience preferred

Benefits - General Full-Time Employees

• 12-13 paid holidays per year
• 13 standard work days of vacation per year
• 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
• 2 weeks paid military leave per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
• State and City retirement plans
• Short and long term disability plans
• Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
• City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
• Paid funeral leave
• Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
• Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
• 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
• 4 hours parental leave each year
• Workman's Compensation Insurance
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plans

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
• Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service

01

Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

• City of Durham Website
• Walk in
• Job fair
• Employee referral
• Professional organization ***Please list the organization in "other" box below***
• Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below***
• Craig's List
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• GlassDoor
• governmentjobs.com
• Monster.com
• Indeed.com
• Employment Security Commission
• Magazine/Newspaper
• Other

02

If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
03

Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

• Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)

04

How many years of related experience do you have in computer science, information technology, or directly related field?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 5 years of related experience
• 5 years but less than 9 years of related experience
• 9 years but less than 13 years of related experience
• 13 or more years of related experience

05

Do you have any experience with Oracle Fusion?

• Yes
• No

Required Question