Business & Finance Officer IV- Operating Program Lead

Posting number: 2026ECB27524

Department: MTD - Metro Transit

Division: Finance and Administration

Job classification: Business and Finance Officer IV (Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines)

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Administration, Accounting and Finance, Transportation, Transit

Summary

Are you a high-performing, confident individual with proven analytical skills and the ability to translate detailed data into clear, meaningful stories that inform decision-making? Are you interested in using your financial expertise to help an organization achieve its strategic goals?

King County Metro Transit's Finance & Administration Division seeks an experienced financial analyst looking to develop their skills at one of North America’s largest transit agencies. The Operating Program Lead (Business & Finance Officer IV) is a senior role on Metro’s central Business and Finance Team that will lead enterprise operating expense reporting and forecasting across all divisions, support the agency’s budget process, and provide financial analysis and modelling.

The candidate selected for this role will help shape Metro’s strategy, service, and infrastructure growth in the coming years, ensuring that the agency can meet the region’s growing mobility needs. Click to learn more about King County Metro Transit, and how Metro connects you with what matters. 

Position Info: This recruitment will be used to fill one (1) Career Service Business and Finance Officer IV vacancy on Metro’s central Business and Finance team. In addition, this selection process may be used to generate an eligibility list for future Career Service (CS), Term-Limited Temporary (TLT), and/or Special Duty Assignment (SDA) vacancies that may occur in this classification and workgroup. The eligibility list will be retained for 12 months from the date of posting and may be used at the discretion of the hiring authority. 

Who may apply: We are accepting applications from all qualified candidates, including the general public and King County Employees. Please refer to the ‘Supplemental Information’ section within this job bulletin for detailed application instructions.

Examples of duties

Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and foundational expectation for all King County employees. In this role, you will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of this work. This position is comprised of the following duties:

• Leading the financial monitoring and reporting for Metro’s enterprise operating program. This includes working with division finance staff to analyze budget to actuals, understanding variance drivers, preparing spending forecasts, and communicating results and trends to leadership.
• Managing the cost allocation process for all of Metro’s operated modes of transportation, including bus, light rail and all other modes, in order to develop performance metrics and provide reporting for service partners and the Federal Transit Administration.
• Working with the Business & Finance Team to manage the enterprise budget development process across all of Metro’s divisions. This includes supporting process development, analysis, prioritization of needs, aligning teams with reporting expectations, and working to submit a comprehensive department budget to the King County Executive and King County Council.
• Developing, maintaining, and improving financial models that are intuitive and easy for others to use. 
• Representing the Business & Finance Team to support projects, steering committees, and other work through the department. Actively support initiatives with a financial lens to identify issues, problem solve and help develop solutions.
• Supporting continuous improvement efforts for Metro’s operating program budgeting and analysis. This work may include evaluating existing processes, identifying areas for improvement, documenting new processes and procedures, monitoring implementation, and adjusting based on feedback and results.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications