Junior Business Systems Analyst - Accounting & Financial Systems

RGP•Plano, TX

1d•Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for a Junior Business Systems Analyst with an accounting background and experience supporting business applications, ERP systems, or financial systems. In this role, you’ll work at the intersection of Accounting, Finance, Tax, and IT, supporting business-critical applications used throughout the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes. You’ll be assigned to specific applications and receive hands-on training to develop a strong understanding of the systems, historical issues, troubleshooting processes, configurations, and escalation paths. This role offers an opportunity to build both your technical and business expertise while supporting essential financial operations. Remote | Multi-year engagement.

Requirements

Accounting, Finance, or related educational/background experience.
Experience supporting, implementing, configuring, or testing business/financial systems.
Understanding of basic accounting concepts, including debits, credits, reconciliations, and financial data flows.
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Ability to investigate an issue and identify the underlying cause rather than immediately escalating it.
Comfortable working with data, files, interfaces, system configurations, and application workflows.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail.
Self-starter who takes initiative and is comfortable working with incomplete information.
Comfortable operating in the “gray,” asking the right questions, making reasonable assumptions, and validating them with the business.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with Accounting, Finance, Tax, IT, and external vendors.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ERP, accounting, reconciliation, financial close, or other business applications is highly preferred.
Exposure to QA/UAT or testing tools such as QTest is a plus.

Responsibilities

Investigate application issues and errors reported by Accounting, Finance, and Tax teams.
Review system queues, transactions, files, and data to identify the root cause of issues.
Troubleshoot missing data, incorrect product codes, blank files, failed uploads, reconciliation issues, and other processing errors.
Review accounting impacts and understand how debits, credits, and financial data should flow through the system.
Configure system parameters, mappings, rules, and other application settings.
Work closely with business users to gather information, validate expected results, and resolve issues.
Partner with IT and vendors when issues require escalation or technical fixes.
Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
Assist with testing, QA/UAT, defect investigation, and validation of system changes.
Maintain clear documentation of issues, findings, configuration changes, testing evidence, and resolutions.
Learn multiple applications through a structured rotation and become a subject-matter expert in assigned systems.