Senior Finance Systems Analyst
Job Summary
The Senior Finance Systems Analyst will optimize finance planning, reporting, and forecasting platforms across the organization. This role acts as a key liaison between Finance, IT, and stakeholders to deliver scalable system solutions. The candidate will manage system administration, process automation, and data integration to improve operational efficiency and decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Manage Finance systems (SAC-P, IECS)
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Support planning models, forecasting, and reporting
- Drive process automation and system improvements
- Provide production support and end-user training
Required Skills
- 5+ years in Finance/FP&A systems
- Expertise in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC-P)
- Proficiency in Impact ECS
- Advanced SQL and database concepts
- Strong FP&A process knowledge
Job Details
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a subject matter expert for Finance systems including SAC-P, IECS, and related reporting and planning applications.
- Partner with Finance stakeholders to gather business requirements and translate them into scalable system solutions.
- Test and support planning models, allocations, forecasts, reporting structures, and financial analytics.
- Collaborate with IT, Data Engineering, and business teams to support data integrations between Finance applications and enterprise data platforms.
- Analyze complex business and technical issues, identify root causes, and implement sustainable solutions.
- Support application upgrades, system enhancements, testing activities (SIT/UAT), and production deployments.
- Create and maintain system documentation, process flows, business requirements, and technical specifications.
- Drive process automation and continuous improvement initiatives that reduce manual effort and improve reporting accuracy.
- Provide production support, end-user training, and troubleshooting while promoting self-service capabilities within the Finance organization.
- Participate in data governance initiatives to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
- Integrate AI-assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness.
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, testing, and sharing AI-enabled enhancements.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Master’s Degree in Finance, Information Systems or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience supporting Finance, FP&A, or Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems.
- Hands-on experience administering and supporting SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning (SAC-P).
- Hands-on experience administering and supporting Impact ECS.
- Strong SQL development skills including complex queries, joins, data transformations, and performance optimization.
- Solid understanding of relational database concepts, data models, data warehousing principles, and ETL/data integration processes.
- Understanding of finance and FP&A processes including budgeting, forecasting, allocations, actuals, and performance reporting.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to apply baseline digital fluency and role-appropriate AI literacy to use AI-enabled tools responsibly.