Sr. Financial Systems Analyst

Town of Castle Rock•Castle Rock, CO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Town of Castle Rock has an outstanding opportunity for a Sr. Financial Systems Analyst in our Finance Department. This position serves as the Finance Department’s functional subject matter expert for the Town’s financial management system and related Finance applications. This position supports system configuration, workflows, roles and access, reporting, data integrity, vendor-supported changes, and alignment between the system and Finance business processes. This position is not a technical system administrator. Technical administration, infrastructure, integrations, and security architecture are coordinated with the Division of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) and system vendors.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or closely related field from an accredited college or university
At least four to seven (4-7) years' of progressively responsible experience in financial operations, accounting, budgeting, procurement, or payroll, including experience supporting, configuring, implementing, or using a financial system, ERP system, accounting system, budgeting system, procurement system, or similar business application ; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Experience working with financial business processes such as accounting, budgeting, procurement, accounts payable, payroll, grants, capital projects, or financial reporting.
Experience coordinating with software vendors, consultants, technical staff, or implementation partners.
Knowledge of financial systems, ERP platforms, accounting systems, budgeting systems, procurement systems, and related business applications.
Knowledge of Finance business processes, internal controls, approval workflows, user access controls, and financial reporting practices.
Skill in analyzing business processes and translating operational needs into system configuration, reports, workflows, procedures, or support requests.
Skill in troubleshooting functional system issues and coordinating resolution with users, vendors, and technical staff.
Skill in documenting system processes, configuration decisions, procedures, roles, and user guidance.
Skill in supporting financial reports, queries, data extracts, dashboards, and reconciliations.
Ability to understand how system configuration affects accounting, budgeting, procurement, payroll, reporting, and internal controls.
Ability to manage competing priorities, support system users, and coordinate system changes in a structured manner.
Ability to communicate technical and financial information clearly to users, Finance staff, DoIT staff, vendors, and leadership.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive financial, payroll, personnel, and system access information.

Responsibilities

Serves as the Finance Department’s primary functional owner for financial system processes, configuration needs, user roles, workflows, reporting, and related Finance applications.
Support the configuration, maintenance, testing, and improvement of financial system modules, workflows, approval paths, business rules, forms, templates, and system settings.
Coordinate Finance system user roles, permissions, access requests, and security reviews in accordance with internal controls, segregation of duties, and Town policies.
Supports financial system implementations, upgrades, testing, integrations, training, and change management efforts by serving as a Finance subject matter expert and functional resource.
Work with Finance staff to understand accounting, budgeting, procurement, payroll, accounts payable, and reporting processes and ensure system configuration supports those processes.
Serve as the primary Finance liaison with system vendors, implementation partners, and consultants for configuration support, issue resolution, enhancements, upgrades, and system questions.
Acts as the primary Finance liaison with IT, vendors and implementation partners.
Work collaboratively with the DoIT to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Finance systems, including access, integrations, data, and system functionality.
Document Finance system processes, configuration decisions, user roles, workflows, procedures, and recurring system support tasks.
Develops Finance technology roadmap and recommends system improvements.
Review, troubleshoot, and resolve functional system issues; coordinate with DoIT or vendors when technical support is required.
Assist in reviewing, tracking, and testing system updates, configuration changes, enhancements, and upgrades.
Support financial reporting by creating, maintaining, or coordinating standard reports, queries, dashboards, data exports, and related reporting functions used by Finance and other departments.
Audit financial system data, user access, roles, workflows, and related controls to help maintain data integrity and support established internal control requirements.
Monitor financial data for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and alignment with Finance processes and reporting needs.
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen controls, reduce manual work, and improve user experience within the financial system.
Provide first-level functional support and guidance to Finance system users, escalating technical or vendor-supported issues.
Provide training, guidance, and support to Finance staff and other system users.
Participate in financial system implementation, process redesign, and continuous improvement projects.
Performs other duties as assigned.