Business Analyst | Finance  

The IT Finance/Accounting Processing Specialist works directly with the Project Manager - Internal Business Application to help define the projects’ visions, goals, and objectives through recommending and taking action to improve progress. This includes analyzing progress reported against the work schedules, dealing with financial budget and limitations, and reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems and the user’s needs.

The IT Finance/Accounting Processing Specialist is to drive cross-functional project teams to deliver breakthrough improvements in unit cost, quality, customer experience, and risk. This position manages the execution of UCFC Finance/Accounting system’s strategic initiatives through NetSuite enhancements.

The IT Finance/Accounting Processing Specialist will be responsible for the execution of business specific processes using software development lifecycle and/ project management life cycle, develop and analyze reports and day to day administrative activities as needed.

• College graduate with a bachelor’s degree in business, business administration, finance or accounting, management information systems or similar is desired
• 5 years or up of working experience specific to Finance/Accounting processes and system alignment
• Prior solid experience in the same post focused on Financial System
• Experience in any of project management methodologies and techniques (Agile, Scrum, Six Sigma, ASAP (SAP), PERT, Critical Path, Lean, PMI, Waterfall, etc.) is required
• Proficiency with project management tools (Zoho, MS Project, Wrike, Jira, Trello, Basecamp, Slacks, Confluence, Asana, etc.) and basic SQL is desired
• Familiar of any ERP solutions (SAP, Oracle, IFS, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage Intacct, etc.) is required
• Extensive experience in flowchart and diagram tools (MS Visio, Draw i.o, Lucid Chart, Smart Draw, ABC Flowcharter, etc.) is required
• Project Management certifications (PMBook, PMI, Prince, Six Sigma, etc.) is an advantage but not mandatory
• Experience in creating detailed reports and analysis
• Must be very detail-oriented so as to avoid the possibility of errors and serious loss
• Good planning, organizational, and time management skills
• Must have basic knowledge on project control techniques and principles, and ability to perform comprehensive forecasting and analysis
• Good communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Must be self-motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage changing priorities
• Ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions
• Display strong analytical and problem-solving skills