Countywide Finance Department Organizational Assessment

Washington County, Oregon, is seeking external expertise through a solicitation to conduct a comprehensive organizational assessment of its Countywide Finance Department. With a population exceeding 618,000 and a complex, decentralized structure spanning urban, suburban, and rural areas, the county’s finance operations are distributed across numerous departments and functions, including accounting, budgeting, procurement, payroll, grant management, and tax collection. The Finance Division, based in Hillsboro and staffed by 35 full-time equivalents, manages a broad array of fiscal responsibilities under a layered fund structure that includes general, special revenue, enterprise, internal service, debt service, and capital project funds. Recent updates to financial policies and the implementation of a new ERP system have exposed gaps in governance, role alignment, and operational consistency, prompting the need for a structured evaluation to strengthen compliance, efficiency, and financial stewardship across the organization. The procurement is open to qualified professionals who can assess current workflows, identify redundancies or risks, and recommend improvements to ensure seamless coordination among decentralized finance functions while upholding state and federal standards. The solicitation, numbered 2026.069-RFP, was posted on July 23, 2026, with responses due by August 7, 2026. It is administered by the Finance Division of Washington County, located in the Charles D. Cameron Public Services Building, and is overseen by John Styer, Administrative Manager, and Kiersten Vanderhoof, Senior Procurement Analyst, who serve as the primary points of contact. The assessment will focus on evaluating the organizational design, reporting lines, technology integration, policy adherence, and internal controls within the finance function, with the goal of creating a unified, scalable governance model that supports the county’s diverse service areas—from public safety and health to transportation and housing. This initiative is critical to ensuring that the county’s financial systems remain resilient, transparent, and capable of meeting the demands of a growing and increasingly complex public sector environment.