Financial Systems Senior Data Analyst

Holland & Knight LLP•Tampa, FL

About The Position

The Financial Systems Senior Data Analyst supports Financial Systems Technology (FST) by developing and maintaining the data framework for the firm’s financial systems, integrations, databases, and reporting platforms. The role documents data flows, business rules, system relationships, mappings, lineage, metadata, and data quality standards so financial information remains accurate, consistent, accessible, and reliable. The position partners with Finance, Technology, application owners, project teams, and vendors to analyze financial data, resolve data issues, define shared standards, and support system implementations and modernization efforts. It also supports changes to financial systems and reporting through documentation, testing, validation, reconciliation, and coordination with business and technical stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
At least 5 years of relevant experience in data analysis, financial systems, business intelligence, reporting, or data governance; an equivalent combination of education, specialized training, certifications, and professional experience may be considered.
Ability to explain complex financial, data, and technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, lookup functions, pivot tables, data validation, reconciliation, and structured reporting.
Experience with Power BI, Power BI Report Server, SSRS, or comparable reporting and visualization platforms.
Experience creating data models, process flows, system relationship diagrams, source-to-target mappings, and technical specifications.
Working knowledge of ETL processes, APIs, interfaces, integrations, scheduled processes, and file-based data exchanges.
Experience using SharePoint, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Jira, or comparable documentation, service management, or work-tracking platforms.
Ability to sit or stand for extended periods.
Moderate or advanced keyboard usage.

Nice To Haves

Microsoft certification in Power BI Data Analytics, Fabric, Azure Data, SQL, or related data technologies.
Relevant certification in data quality, metadata management, database technologies, financial systems, or business intelligence.
Experience supporting financial system implementations, integrations, upgrades, data migrations, conversions, or reporting transformations.
Experience within a law firm, professional services organization, financial services company, or similarly controlled business environment.

Responsibilities

Document end-to-end data flows across financial systems, integrations, and reporting platforms.
Maintain data lineage, mappings, dictionaries, metadata, business rules, relationships, and process flows.
Maintain the FST data catalog, including definitions, metadata, ownership, classifications, and lineage.
Support implementations, upgrades, integrations, migrations, reporting changes, and modernization efforts.
Develop test strategies, scenarios, acceptance criteria, reconciliation plans, and expected results.
Execute validation, integration, regression, reconciliation, and quality assurance testing.
Document defects, analyze failures, validate fixes, and confirm production readiness.
Facilitate workshops to resolve inconsistencies, document decisions, and align business and technical stakeholders.
Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule and full attention to and engagement in work activities during business hours, unless otherwise approved or required by applicable law.
Perform special projects and duties as assigned.