Financial Systems Analyst

SUMMARY:  Serve as Project Leader, collaborate with Department Heads and end-users to determine needs and develop financial solutions globally.  Develop financial system’s functional support, ensuring that systems functionality effectively responds to users’ business needs.

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

§ As Project Leader, attend meetings with business groups (Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, HR, etc.) in order to determine needs, discuss problems, present solutions, and create schedules for deliverables; manage projects from inception through to completion to ensure development of effective solutions are completed and delivered according to projected, negotiated, or required timeframes.

§ As Functional Analyst, draw upon comprehensive system knowledge to enhance and/or modify the Company’s financial system’s functional features for a variety of modules, including but not limited to G/L, A/P, Credit and Collections, Chargebacks, cash management, financial close, budgeting and forecasting cycles. etc.; ensure system’s functionality is responsive to users’ business needs.

§ Configure system and design processes to achieve desired business results: establish set-ups, define business rules, create and discuss system configuration designs with end-users and/or requestors, secure approvals from Department Heads, ensure software development cycle is complied with to ensure proper controls and documentation, and apply configurations to system.

§ Partner with Directors, Data Quality Control staff and Compliance to ensure system configurations reflect specified data quality controls.

§ Provide expert production support after Director, Financial Systems has escalated a non-routine problem received by Help Desk operations.

§ Develop and deliver a variety of scheduled (online) and ad hoc (in person) system training to end-users.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Business or Accounting and 5 to 7 years of progressively responsible financial systems analysis, including some consulting experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

 

Skills:

§ Detail- and service-oriented self-starter able to effectively prioritize assignments and meet deadlines.

§ Ability to work calmly and flexibly under pressure.

§ Excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical, and problem solving skills.

§ Strong listening skills to facilitate comprehension of end-users’ requirements and/or problems.

§ Ability to persuade and negotiate others on optimal systems configurations.

§ Deep knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, G/L, A/P, A/R, fixed assets, etc..

§ Ability to lead and motivate project teams.

§ Visual basic & Visual basic script +++