Anaplan Functional Analyst (Max $45/hr W2)
About The Position
The Functional Analyst provides system analysis, configuration, development, QA, and support for Enterprise level in-unit and reporting applications. This role involves working directly with business team members, developers, and the user community to identify business needs and interpret them as application requirements, primarily related to financial budgeting & forecasting. The analyst will develop an understanding of the marketplace and product lines to effectively interpret financial analysis, forecasting, and budgeting. They will assist the business with the creation, testing, and implementation of budget templates for integration within a cloud-based solution (Anaplan – no Anaplan experience required). The role requires using analysis to influence and drive improvements within finance and business partners by using fact-based, holistic, and forward-looking perspectives. The analyst will provide second-level support for all in-unit and reporting applications, manage versioning and controls to ensure business continuity via strong organizational skills, and draft requirements and specifications documentation, complete to signoff and validate deliverables to specifications. This position functions as the primary liaison between business and developers, writes and executes functional test scripts, and coordinates with other analysts for system integration testing. The analyst will learn a very complex business and facilitate projects and decisions across many disparate user groups. Other reporting/analysis and special projects are also required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required (Finance, Accounting, MIS)
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills including, but not limited to: Pivot tables, more advanced formulas (IF, SUMIF, VLOOKUP, etc.)
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, ability to multi-task
- On time development of user stories, application requirements, and/or process flow diagrams
- UI design and/or mockups, with detailed requirements
- The ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Creative problem-solving skills.
- Very detailed approach to tasks assigned.
- Managing conflicting priorities and gaining consensus across multiple user groups
- Committed and enthusiastic approach to supporting business customers and end users.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice To Haves
- 2 years of experience in finance or functional analysis
- Experience with financial systems, forecasting, and budgeting
- Experience with a formal software development life cycle
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Experience with Jira or a similar tool
- Experience with reporting tools (Power BI) and data analysis
- Experience with SAP and/or Hyperion
- Anaplan experience
Responsibilities
- Provides system analysis, configuration, development, QA and support for Enterprise level in-unit and reporting applications.
- Works directly with business team members, developers, and user community to identify business needs and interpret them as application requirements primarily related to financial budgeting & forecasting.
- Develops understanding of marketplace and product lines to effectively interpret financial analysis, forecasting, and budgeting.
- Assists the business with the creation, testing and implementation of budget templates for integration within cloud-based solution (Anaplan – no Anaplan experience required).
- Uses analysis to influence and drive improvements within finance and business partners by using fact-based, holistic and forward-looking perspectives.
- Provides second level support for all in-unit and reporting applications.
- Manages versioning and controls to ensure business continuity via strong organizational skills.
- Drafts requirements and specifications documentation, completes to signoff and validates deliverables to specifications.
- Functions as primary liaison between business and developers.
- Writes and executes functional test scripts and coordinates with other analysts for system integration testing.
- Learns a very complex business and facilitates projects and decisions across many disparate user groups.
- Performs other reporting/analysis and special projects as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
