Sr, Accounting Systems Analyst

loanDepot•Irvine, CA

14h

About The Position

Responsible for the administration (as assigned), maintenance, optimization, delivery of new features and enhancements, and oversight of data integrity into the financial systems, primarily Workday Financials (ERP). Collaborates with cross-functional teams, leads the execution of assigned financial initiatives, and delivers innovative efficient solutions. Requires a strong understanding of accounting principles under US GAAP and public company reporting requirements, internal controls over financial reporting, critical financial operations and accounting functions, financial systems and data language(s) (e.g. SQL, Python, etc.), and exceptional analytical and communication skills.

Requirements

Demonstrates team leadership and staff development skills.
Demonstrates understanding of business analysis principles, processes, and techniques.
Strong consultative and advisory skills.
Advanced working knowledge of data querying and data enrichment and translations (e.g. SQL, python)
Strong working knowledge of integration tooling and ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve data and/or integration errors or issues.
Experience and knowledge of US GAAP accounting principles and exposure to financial service industry accounting and finance accounting standards, rules and regulations.
Extensive working knowledge and experience with large cloud ERP software (workday financials preferred) and other accounting or reporting applications (e.g. Costar, Concur Expense, Workiva, Kyriba, etc.)
Ability to increase finance operational efficiencies including streamlining of recurring transactions, processes, interfaces, analytics and reports.
Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, management information systems, or similar required.
Minimum of Three (3) to five (5) years’ experience with accounting, financial, and ERP systems analysis (workday financial preferred).
Experience in the Mortgage industry (or financial services industry) preferred.
Workday pro-certification is a plus (record-to-report, supplier accounts, accounting center, prism, business processes, security, integrations, etc.)
Experience in complex data varying analytical and technical specifications required.

Responsibilities

Translates and documents business including functional accounting and/or finance requirements into system solutions, configurations, and/or automations including but not limited to workflows, data enrichments and/or mapping, validations or other risk based internal controls, and integration logic.
Directly interacts with internal departments to understand their system and reporting requirements and recommend appropriate solutions and configurations.
Owns delivery and ongoing support of assigned processes, account center sources, and prism datasets, including the data pipeline, pipeline design, reconciliation and/or validation logic, and error handling/issue resolution from daily/weekly/monthly accounting center batch processing.
Serves as one of the primary Accounting Center Functional Administrators and Financial Administrators (at minimum).
Performs day-to-day functional maintenance required, including changes needed from the business to the foundational data model (including but not limited to companies, cost centers, ledger accounts, spend categories, revenue categories, custom financial work tags, etc.).
Develops and maintains reporting capabilities in PRISM and WD Financials leveraging fit for purpose reporting tools (including prism analytics, discovery boards, matrix reports, advanced reports, composite reports, and/or OfficeConnect reports).
Leads and/or supports requirements refinement, documentation and translation into projects/milestones/tickets, assisting developers, testing changes, stakeholder coordination, and end user support in accordance with change management policies and procedures.
Maintains and/or creates documents and maps the process flows surrounding the inputs and outputs of WD Financials, risks and internal control points under the COSO internal controls over financial reporting Framework.
Manages multiple competing priorities through effective project management, planning, prioritization, and effective verbal and written communication.
Supports both internal and external audit requests related to such duties.
Stays up to date on current industry trends, emerging technologies, and methodologies related to accounting and financial systems and intelligent process automation.