Program Description

  Information Technology

This program provides planning, direction, and support for finance and core business systems, technology, and business processes to support effective and efficient achievement of the Department's mission. Activities are proactively coordinated with the Department of Technology Services, other County departments, vendors, and Department staff to ensure consistency of Department systems and financial controls with countywide automation policies and standards and with appropriate financial control standards. The program oversees and coordinates business requirements analysis, development, selection, procurement, implementation, maintenance, administration, security, project management, and training on and reporting from the Finance Department's automated systems and applications. This program is also responsible for managing data integrity associated with daily and year-end processing, providing timely response to customer questions and proactive troubleshooting of financial transaction issues, supporting continuity of Finance Department business operations, managing service contracts and vendor relationships, and providing responses to FOIA-related and auditor requests of Finance.