Financial Systems Analyst

LED FastStart•Jefferson, LA

51d

About The Position

The Financial Systems Analyst is responsible for implementing, supporting, and maintaining financial applications. The role collaborates with team members, colleagues, vendor support teams, IT, and Finance and Accounting staff to ensure financial systems and interfaces operate as designed. It also ensures that IT practices—including testing, change management, issue tracking, and user management—are performed appropriately. The analyst supports audit and SOX controls, helps improve processes, participates in system upgrades, and communicates project status and obstacles.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, or a directly related field.
Ten years of experience in a functional analyst, technical analyst, business analyst, or similar role.
Effective written and oral communication.
Knowledge of operational business processes and systems.
Proficiency with software including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Demonstrated knowledge of process improvement.
Good leadership, interpersonal, and motivational skills.
Strong oral and written communication skills with all levels of management, end users, and peers.
Basic understanding of databases and standard file layouts for conversions and interfaces.

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot financial application issues, analyze options, and provide or recommend solutions.
Serve as a key point of contact for financial application support, working with end users, contractors, and vendors to resolve issues.
Perform, execute, and monitor appropriate audit controls.
Participate in system upgrades and patches, including learning, documentation, testing, functional or technical review, and execution.
Prepare reports, perform analysis, and evaluate opportunities to improve financial system stability.
Identify best practices through process reviews.
Establish and maintain relationships with various departments.
Escalate obstacles and issues that affect timelines or deliverables.
Report project status according to established timelines.
Monitor interface emails, results, and reports to ensure files are distributed or consumed according to design.
Communicate with vendors and business community members to ensure interfaces operate effectively.
Liaise with IT Interface teams to troubleshoot or monitor interface execution and performance.
Monitor and manage issue tracking, user requests, and interfaces to troubleshoot user-management issues.
Create users and roles in accordance with strict user-management guidelines.
Perform scheduled SOX controls or reporting to ensure company policies and procedures are followed.