Senior Financial Systems Analyst

The City of Richmond is a diverse and dynamic community in pursuit of our vision to be the most appealing, livable and well-managed community in Canada.

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We are a vibrant, diverse cosmopolitan city, supported by a strong economy and recognized as leaders in innovation and service delivery excellence.

The City of Richmond is committed to be the most appealing, livable, well-managed community in Canada, a goal that is only made possible by developing our most valuable asset – our people. This is a great opportunity to join our team and shape our community.

Overview

City of Richmond embraces continuous adoption of new technologies to sustain the long term growth of the organization. With rich experience in ERP system and a wealth of knowledge in financial operations, the Senior Financial Systems Analyst establishes the crucial connection between technologies and business areas to ensure the adopted technologies support the City’s strategic goals.

This role will be frequently consulted by subject matter experts and management teams from various business areas regarding the best practice and how to address the current gaps in their business and system processes. The Senior Financial Systems Analyst then takes the opportunity to engage the stakeholder in collaborating on the solution to meet the requirements from the business areas and also ensure the solutions also comply with the standards set by the City.

As the City’s ERP system supports a large number of business areas ranging from planning and development, community services, fire & community policing, licensing & permits to property tax & utilities, a good understanding of the complexity of system behaviors in a highly integrated system and the impact on the upstream and downstream is crucial for this role. The Senior Financial Systems Analyst possesses good insights into the business operations and the technologies adopted across entire landscape in the City, she / he will act as a powerhouse to advocate the improvement of City’s technology platform to enhance operational efficiency and overall data quality and integrity by applying professional knowledge and ethics.

• As an ERP veteran and expert, you will be able to quickly narrow down root causes of day to day system incidents by applying your savvy system knowledge and working closely with user groups to ensure the smooth operations of the City’s ERP platform and integration interface.
• Continuous improvement is your second nature, you are keen and very capable of evaluating existing procedures for compliance during system incident investigations and coordinating with Subject Matter Experts to achieve a comprehensive, integrated approach in problem resolution.
• You are strong and stress-resistant and able to take on rush tasks when required especially when critical deadlines need to be met. Examples of the deadlines can be contract execution, Council reports, regulatory filings, budget cycles, period end closing and audit requirements, etc.

With outstanding expertise you possess in both financial operations and technologies, you are able to solely represent Finance in city-wide system implementation and upgrade projects by bringing in broad knowledge and guidance on financial implications and business flow re-engineering. You are comfortable in analyzing various solutions and in making independent decisions on behalf of Finance during project committee meetings by :

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Qualifications and Experience

The City of Richmond offers a competitive pay and benefits program, attractive incentives and a compressed work day schedule. If you are looking to make a difference, and to share our vision “to be the most appealing, livable, and well-managed community in Canada,” please submit your application by following the instructions below :

The City of Richmond uses an applicant tracking system for candidates wishing to view and apply for available career opportunities. For further information regarding position details and to apply, please visit our website at www.chooserichmond.ca .

We are accepting applications until February 12, 2026 .

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those under consideration will be contacted. If you are unsuccessful, please accept our appreciation for your interest.

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