Finance Application Analyst (Hybrid)
About The Position
The Sr. Financial Systems Analyst provides administrative and functional maintenance and support for AMA financial applications, including Infor/Lawson, Oracle EPM (Hyperion), Blackline, Ironclad, Concur, and other Finance-led systems. The role focuses on business process management, system utilization, and data integrity across Finance, and liaises with internal customers, functional areas, IT resources, and external vendors, including hosting and SaaS providers. This is a hybrid role based in the AMA’s Chicago office, requiring three days per week in the office. The position supports financial system operations and month-end close activities, coordinates requirements and system changes, assists with testing and training, and collaborates with IT and vendors on integrations, upgrades, enhancements, and issue resolution. The position may include other responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience working on finance business processes and a suite of financial applications, including Infor/Lawson or similar ERP systems.
- In-depth expertise with multiple financial system cycles, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, and bank settlement processes.
- Demonstrated ability to gather and document business requirements, assist with solution configuration or design, and coordinate user acceptance testing.
- Strong collaboration skills with IT and vendors.
- Working knowledge of relational and multidimensional data modeling concepts and processes using Microsoft SQL.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to understand complex financial definitions and information and grasp technology concepts.
- Demonstrated experience supporting, configuring, and administering financial systems, ideally Oracle Lawson, Hyperion, Concur, or similar ERP platforms, including coordinating enhancements with IT and vendors.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills to translate business needs into clear requirements for IT partners.
Responsibilities
- Provide functional support for month-end closing activities, monitor interfaces, troubleshoot user issues, maintain metadata, and support financial systems operations.
- Gather, analyze, and document requirements, and coordinate system enhancements or configuration changes based on Finance business needs.
- Conduct testing and user acceptance testing for system changes.
- Identify system issues by understanding Finance business processes and develop solutions to resolve them.
- Collaborate with internal customers, functional areas, and IT resources to evaluate system optimization opportunities.
- Participate in troubleshooting sessions, propose business-side solutions, and provide subject matter expertise.
- Maintain the security, confidentiality, and integrity of data on AMA financial systems.
- Document and analyze business processes, system configuration, and user procedures.
- Support transition planning, system upgrades, and releases with IT and vendors, providing business-side expertise and functional testing.
- Provide input on change requests and help evaluate system impacts.
- Prepare training materials and support end users.
- Work on cross-departmental initiatives to streamline processes and workflows and improve monthly financial close efficiency.
- Perform limited hands-on scripting, including simple SQL queries.
- Collaborate with IT teams on complex technical tasks, integrations, and technical troubleshooting.
- Work with system vendors and IT to support upgrades and enhancements and drive issue resolution.
- Document data flows between Finance systems and assist in defining integration requirements.
- Perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Benefits
- Employees are eligible to participate in an incentive plan.
- The posting refers applicants to information about the AMA’s benefits offerings but does not specify the benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
