Sr Finance Systems Analyst - Minneota, United States - Artius Solutions

Description

Job Description

Title: Sr Finance Systems Analyst (Oracle EPM Cloud)

Dept: Financial Systems

Location: Remote

Duration: 6 Months contract

Position Purpose: The Financial Systems Analyst Sr plays an important role in maintaining, designing, developing, and implementing systems for use within the Finance Department. This position evaluates business requirements and provides specification for new or modified software systems enhancements, patches and/or integration solutions. Conducts and analyzes business and information technology processes and documentation and prepares essential discovery work. Participates in the definition, testing, training, implementation and support of system changes and upgrades. Identifies requirements, develops and/or reviews test plans, tracks and documents the development and results of these plans. Alerts project team members and leaders to potential risks and issues of importance. Solicits requirements through interview, workshops, and/or existing systems documentation or procedures.

Simple Tasks:

• Support business users, build, maintain, and troubleshoot Finance Systems including, but not limited to, Oracle EPM Cloud (Planning, Free Form, and ARCS) including data integrations, configurations, and business rules.
• Participates in systems requirements, definition, testing, training, implementation, and support.
• Document procedures and write training documents.
• Documents the results of analysis activities using the appropriate templates or analysis tools.
• Work from high-level or detailed requirements, to design, develop, test, and implement a variety of operational and analytical financial systems.
• Adheres to process guidelines, policies, and standards.
• Lead research, identify, and analyze the requirements of business users.
• Makes recommendations for necessary changes on projects that come in from other departments or software vendors.
• Develops test schedules, reviews testing plans, tracks, and documents development results.
• Conduct financial system training.
• Monitor software performance on new and existing programs for the purposes of correcting errors, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging.
• Administer critical analysis of test results and deliver solutions to problem areas.
• Work with team for efficient implementation of new software products or systems and for resolution of issues
• Creates, modifies, maintains, and schedules procedures and reports.
• Identifies areas of potential business risk and communicates these to the Project Team members and Leaders.
• Performs other relevant job duties as required.

Requirements:

Education/ Certifications: (Preferred)

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance with an emphasis on Computer Science or related field required.

Experience:

• 6+ years of general business analysis experience required, may act as lead.
• Previous experience in project analysis
• Previous experience with system implementations or upgrades
• 2+ years of experience with Oracle EPM Cloud as a System Administrator including configuration, data integration, and business rules.

Other Skills/ Abilities:

• Knowledge and experience gathering requirements, functional design and working with business processes and teams.
• Must be self-driven and motivated: ability to work independently.
• Strong teamwork ethic, positive proactive flexible attitude ability to take complete ownership of responsibilities.
• Must be business process and systems-oriented and be a self-motivated learner.
• Ability to follow a project methodology.
• Demonstrates strong effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer focus and customer service
• Demonstrates ability to work in geographically dispersed teams.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects/tasks of varying complexities, meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
• Must have strong computer skills and be proficient in use of Microsoft Office
• Ability to present information or perform training to a large group.

Physical Requirements:

• Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment.
• Incumbent may sit for prolonged periods of time at desk or computer terminal.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone, and other office equipment during normal workday.
• Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in completion of job duties.

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