IT Financial Analyst - Atlanta or Columbus

Synovus•Columbus, GA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The IT Financial Analyst serves as the primary interface between Information Technology and assigned business areas. The role identifies business requirements, develops project and process specifications, coordinates with project teams, and supports adherence to schedules, budgets, and IT strategy. It evaluates whether existing solutions meet business needs or new solutions are required, provides input on buy-versus-build decisions, and ensures appropriate integration of solutions affecting work processes. The role identifies improvement opportunities and negotiates commitments between business partners and IT from requirements gathering through implementation. The analyst provides business reporting and analytical support, especially for departmental governance and performance, using varied data sources and analytical tools. The position designs, develops, tests, and maintains reports using SQL-driven application table portlets and Business Objects. It also conducts systems analysis, supports system administration and maintenance, audits compliance with processes and standards, analyzes system and application incidents, and works with product support teams to implement solutions. The role supports multiple projects, evaluates their complexity and dependencies, and gathers feedback on technology solution delivery. It contributes to process maturity and operational improvement by developing and maintaining processes, procedures, templates, protocols, and tools. The analyst builds stakeholder relationships, explains business direction to IT, communicates technical concepts to nontechnical colleagues, guides team members through operating processes, keeps current with technology trends, and assists less experienced team members. Employees are expected to understand risks in their functional area, follow applicable policies and requirements, and report suspected violations promptly. The position is based in a regular office environment. The description lists Atlanta or Columbus as locations in the title.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
10 years of experience developing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise policies, procedures, and operating standards, including preparing agendas, meeting minutes, and follow-up actions for management meetings.
Ability to meet the listed physical demands: sitting for long periods; regularly talking and hearing; using hands and reaching; seeing objects up close or at a distance, using peripheral vision, and identifying basic colors; lifting or exerting force up to 10 pounds.
Travel required less than 25% of the time.

Nice To Haves

A degree in Finance is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as an expert on supported business units and understand IT systems and capabilities; analyze business operations and identify automation opportunities.
Develop business models that represent business requirements and meet business needs.
Obtain and validate stakeholder information requirements using analysis techniques; translate high-level requirements into functional specifications and manage approvals, changes, and traceability.
Assist with business process redesign and documentation for new technology, and ensure technology solutions comply with organizational standards.
Develop business models such as use cases, business process flows, and data flow diagrams.
Negotiate agreements and commitments, facilitate communication between business units and IT through implementation, and provide input on buy-versus-build decisions.
Participate in business-unit planning sessions to improve processes and help define and streamline division-level processes, procedures, and templates.
Provide business reporting and analytical support, analyze data, recommend improvements, and design, develop, test, and maintain reports using SQL-driven application table portlets and Business Objects.
Conduct systems analysis focused on business process models and use cases; perform system administration and maintenance as needed.
Audit compliance with division processes, procedures, and standards.
Analyze system and application incidents and work with the application business partner's product support team to identify and implement solutions.
Evaluate multiple projects for complexity, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies, and conduct surveys to gauge technology solution delivery effectiveness.
Improve operating processes, methodologies, and standards; help develop departmental processes, procedures, and protocols and coordinate maintenance of process-administration tools.
Build, maintain, and manage stakeholder relationships; educate IT about business direction and communicate technical concepts to nontechnical team members.
Guide team members through established operating processes and escalate non-conformance as needed.
Maintain knowledge of technological trends and apply IT knowledge to business-unit needs.
Assist less experienced team members as needed.
Observe applicable policies, procedures, laws, regulations, and risk limits, and promptly report known or suspected violations.
Perform other related duties as required.