Business Systems Analyst

Woodward, Inc.•Fort Collins, CO

2d•$74,000 - $118,000

About The Position

The Finance Systems Analyst II partners with Finance, Accounting, and IT stakeholders to support, configure, integrate, and continuously improve enterprise finance systems. The role combines finance business knowledge with hands-on technical skills to translate business requirements into reliable system solutions, data processes, reports, integrations, and controls. The analyst serves as a technical administrator for Concur, independently resolves moderately complex issues, supports projects and system changes, and helps ensure financial systems and data are accurate, secure, controlled, and available for critical business processes. The position supports finance application administration and development, business process and requirements analysis, data integrations and reporting, operational support, risk and compliance, project delivery, and vendor and cross-functional collaboration. The posting lists an estimated annual base pay range of $74,000 to $118,000, with a midpoint of $96,000. Compensation may vary based on experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related factors. Applicants must be U.S. Persons under ITAR/EAR or eligible to obtain required authorizations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
Typically 3 or more years of experience supporting, configuring, developing, or analyzing enterprise business systems, with exposure to Finance or Accounting processes.
Hands-on experience with SQL and relational databases is required.
Working knowledge of Finance and Accounting processes and how system design, data, and controls affect business outcomes.
Ability to translate business requirements into system configuration, data, integration, reporting, and support solutions.
Ability to reconcile financial or operational data and explain variances, dependencies, and downstream impacts.
Ability to understand APIs, file-based integrations, ETL processes, data mapping, scheduling, logging, and error handling.
Ability to analyze application logs, database records, integration results, and configuration to troubleshoot moderately complex issues.
Ability to create maintainable technical solutions with appropriate documentation, testing, peer review, and change control.
Strong analytical skills to identify root causes, evaluate alternatives, and implement practical solutions.
Ability to assess how changes affect connected systems, data flows, business processes, users, and controls.
Ability to manage multiple support and project priorities and complete commitments accurately and on time.
Sound judgment to resolve issues independently within established practices and escalate higher-risk decisions appropriately.
Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical Finance and Accounting stakeholders.
Ability to document requirements, designs, procedures, test results, and support knowledge clearly and usefully.
Strong collaboration skills across business teams, IT teams, vendors, consultants, and audit partners.
Ability to follow through on commitments, provide transparent updates, and raise risks early.
Willingness to build deeper knowledge of assigned finance applications, business processes, database technologies, and integration tools.
Applicants must be U.S. Persons within the meaning of ITAR/EAR or eligible to obtain all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or U.S. Department of Commerce.

Nice To Haves

PostgreSQL experience is preferred.
Experience with Groovy or another scripting or programming language is preferred.
Experience supporting ERP, EPM, financial reporting, planning, consolidation, procurement, expense, pricing, or other enterprise finance applications is preferred.
Experience with system testing, change management, integrations, production support, and technical documentation is preferred.
Experience operating in a controlled environment with audit, security, compliance, or SOX-related requirements is preferred.

Responsibilities

Administer and support assigned finance applications, including configuration, master data, workflows, security roles, interfaces, scheduled jobs, and reporting components.
Develop and maintain technical solutions using SQL and PostgreSQL, scripting languages, application configuration tools, APIs, and data integration technologies.
Analyze application and database behavior, identify root causes, correct data or configuration issues, and implement sustainable solutions.
Support application upgrades, patches, enhancements, modules, and releases through configuration, testing, deployment, validation, and post-production support.
Maintain technical and functional documentation for configurations, integrations, data flows, support procedures, and operational processes.
Partner with Finance and Accounting stakeholders to understand processes, controls, reporting needs, and system pain points.
Gather requirements and translate business needs into functional requirements, technical specifications, process changes, and testable acceptance criteria.
Apply knowledge of financial processes to design practical system solutions and evaluate the impact of proposed changes across systems, integrations, data, controls, and downstream processes.
Recommend process and system improvements that enhance accuracy, efficiency, scalability, auditability, and user experience.
Design, build, support, and troubleshoot data loads, interfaces, integrations, and automated processes between finance systems and other enterprise applications.
Write and maintain queries, views, stored procedures, scripts, or related technical components for data validation, reconciliation, transformation, reporting, and issue resolution.
Validate data completeness and accuracy across source and target systems and resolve discrepancies with business and technical teams.
Support reporting and analytics by translating financial data needs into reliable datasets, extracts, calculations, and system reports.
Monitor scheduled processes and integration failures, coordinate recovery, and document recurring issues and preventative actions.
Monitor system performance, interfaces, batch processes, and service health, taking action to maintain reliable operations.
Manage assigned incidents, service requests, access requests, and problem records according to support priorities and service expectations.
Provide advanced user support and explain technical issues clearly to Finance, Accounting, audit, and leadership stakeholders.
Coordinate with vendors, infrastructure teams, enterprise application teams, and other IT partners to resolve cross-system issues.
Participate in on-call, month-end, quarter-end, year-end, planning-cycle, or other critical business support as required.
Support user access, role design, segregation of duties, and periodic access reviews in accordance with company policies and application controls.
Maintain evidence and documentation for system changes, approvals, testing, access, interfaces, and other activities subject to internal controls or audit review.
Follow change management, software development lifecycle, information security, and data governance requirements; identify and escalate system, data, security, and control risks.
Support internal and external audit requests and help demonstrate that system processes and controls are designed and operating as documented.
Contribute as a functional and technical subject matter resource to system implementations, upgrades, integrations, and process improvement projects.
Develop or maintain project plans, requirements, design documentation, test scripts, issue logs, cutover tasks, and status updates.
Coordinate user acceptance testing and technical validation, document results, and confirm defects are resolved before deployment.
Communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions to project leads and stakeholders in a timely and concise manner.
Support change adoption through documentation, training, knowledge transfer, and post-implementation support.
Work with software vendors and consultants on support cases, product defects, technical questions, enhancements, and implementation activities.
Provide problem statements, logs, test results, data examples, and business impact information to accelerate issue resolution.
Collaborate across Finance, Accounting, IT, Internal Audit, Sourcing, and other business functions to deliver integrated solutions.
Contribute to vendor evaluations, solution assessments, licensing reviews, and technical discussions as requested.
Identify manual work, recurring incidents, process gaps, and control weaknesses that can be improved through automation or system changes.
Share knowledge with peers and users through documentation, demonstrations, training, and support.

Benefits

Annual cash bonus opportunity for all members.
401(k) match of 4.5%.
Annual Woodward stock contribution of 5%.
Tuition reimbursement and training/professional development opportunities.
12 paid holidays.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance upon date of hire.
Vacation, sick time, vacation buy-up, short-term disability, and bereavement leave.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits.
Member Life and AD&D and Long-Term Disability coverage.
Member Optional Life coverage.
Member referral bonus.
Spouse/Child Optional Life, Optional AD&D, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending.
Voluntary benefits, including home and auto insurance discounts, whole life insurance, critical illness insurance, legal assistance, and military leave.