Business Analyst

City of New York•New York, NY

21h•$80,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the FISA-OPA Accounting Entity Manager or the Deputy Entity Director with wide latitude for independent judgment, s/he will serve as a Business Analyst on the Business Team in the Financial Systems Group at FISA-OPA. The Business Analyst will support the accounting components of the City's Financial Management System (FMS3). The primary focus of the Business Analyst activities will be supporting the portions of the application that manages Accounting/disbursement related functions.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering or a related field and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to information technology service management, process management, operations
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to information technology service management, process management, operations
Education and/or experience which is equivalent to '1' or '2' above.

Nice To Haves

Extensive hands-on experience as an analyst working with accounting/budgeting software and business processes
Extensive experience working with planning, process and analysis/reporting tools such as; Oracle, SQL, Crystal Reports, MS Access, Excel.
Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills are required
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (i.e. analysis, problem re-creation and very detailed oriented).
Excellent customer service skills
Ability to work independently with minimal direction and under pressure with tight deadlines
Demonstrated ability performing project management activities
The candidate should have deep knowledge of the full application development and deployment life cycle processes
Good work organizational skills and detailed follow-through skills are required to monitor and report on the status of development and to resolve issues that are uncovered
Experience working in a large organization with complex accounting/budgeting/procurement/ purchasing processes
Work experience should reflect proven ability in developing and delivering successful enterprise wide applications and in coordinating such deployments
Experience with FMS/3 Accounting or FMS Budgeting is preferred. Also acceptable is experience with any other analogous enterprise-wide management solution (e.g., Peoplesoft, SAP, etc).

Responsibilities

Investigate and resolve software issues and defects reported by business users and others
Analyze and document business requirements - with a focus on the accounting functions in the FMS3 system
Analyze complex computer programming specifications to prepare structure charts or invocation diagrams
Work with technical analysts to research problems, find and implement solutions and, as necessary, review programming code to determine the effort needed to make changes
Test software to ensure it meets specifications and identify any defects
Support business users in the processing of business events
Run simulations of business event processing
Communicate issues and status to management and others