Finance & Accounting Business Systems Analyst Consultant

Voyage Advisory•Chicago, IL

4d•Remote

About The Position

Our consultancy is looking for a highly motivated, business-facing Business Systems Analyst Consultant with a finance/accounting background. We're looking for peak performers who have a passion for business, a joy in solving problems, and a work ethic that doesn’t rest until the job is done. This is a business-facing analyst role, not a technical/IT support or systems administration role. The ideal candidate has personally owned business analysis work — leading requirements conversations, producing core BA deliverables, and representing the business perspective to vendors and technical teams — rather than supporting someone else's process from a technical coordination or reporting seat. Ideal candidates would possess 5-10 years of business systems analysis experience in a finance/accounting environment, with insurance industry experience a plus. Candidates should have a strong familiarity with process flow diagramming and process standardization/improvement experience, as well as solid organizational and requirements elicitation skills. We are looking for candidates with strong finance knowledge and a working knowledge of GAAP standards. Ideal candidates will have exceptional interpersonal, verbal communication, and presentation/storytelling skills to help facilitate elicitation and read-out sessions with the project leadership team. Candidates should have excellent relationship-building skills to build trust and facilitate shared understanding and buy-in with business process owners — including the ability to constructively push back on stakeholders or vendors when a proposed solution doesn’t meet the business need. A client service focus, as well as the ability to identify opportunities for improvement, develop recommendations, and implement complex solutions in a fast-paced environment, are key. Some of the key systems this person may be working with include VRC's Velocity or Verity Systems, Kyriba, Blackline, and the Workday Financial Management platform.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting (or a closely related field); equivalent, demonstrated accounting-role experience may be considered in place of a degree. CPA a plus, not required.
5-10 years of Business Systems Analysis experience, with clear personal ownership of BA work — not primarily an IT, technical coordination, reporting, or systems-support role.
Strong finance knowledge and a working knowledge of GAAP standards.
Direct, hands-on experience with multiple core accounting processes, such as AR (invoicing, cash application), AP (vendor invoices/payments), reconciliations, order-to-cash, or month-end close (journal entries, accruals, financial reporting support).
Experience supporting accounting transformation or system implementations, with a clearly defined personal role (e.g., new GL or billing system implementation, process documentation, testing coordination, data conversion validation).
Demonstrated experience representing business users to vendors or technical teams — clarifying business needs, translating requirements, reviewing proposed solutions, and constructively pushing back when a solution doesn't meet the business need.
Experience with core BA deliverables: current/future-state process maps, user stories, acceptance criteria, business requirements documents (BRDs), design specs, and training materials.
Hands-on involvement in UAT and business validation — writing or reviewing test scripts, coordinating UAT sessions, documenting defects, validating data, and helping obtain business sign-off.
Business Systems Analysis experience in the insurance industry a plus.
Process flow diagramming experience; MS Visio experience preferred.
Six Sigma and process standardization/improvement experience a plus.
Strong facilitation skills, and solid verbal and written communication skills — able to speak to specific, concrete examples rather than general or theoretical descriptions.
Strong Word and PowerPoint skills.
Strong Excel skills, including familiarity working with large datasets and pulling useful insights out of them.
Strong relationship-building skills between internal customers, vendors, and employees.
Client-facing experience.

Nice To Haves

Insurance industry experience
CPA
MS Visio experience
Six Sigma and process standardization/improvement experience

Responsibilities

Interview stakeholders from different profit centers to identify current-state finance workflows.
Review workflows including invoicing, cash application, AR processing, AP procurement and management, monthly close and reporting, treasury management, etc.
Lead requirements gathering and elicitation sessions and document and gain sign-off on business requirements.
Represent business/finance stakeholders in discussions with vendors and technical teams — translating business needs, reviewing proposed solutions, and confirming solutions meet the business requirement.
Support accounting transformations and system implementations (e.g., new GL or billing system rollouts, data conversions), including documenting process changes and coordinating testing.
Participate in user acceptance testing and business validation: helping business users understand what to test, validating converted or reconciled data, documenting issues, and tracking them through resolution to sign-off.