Financial Systems Specialist

Overview

Summary/Objective 

The Financial Systems Specialist is a pivotal player on the financial systems team that facilitates the digital transformation of our various financial functions enabling the vision of the Controllership to be the most respected in the nation. The specialist will be responsible for partnering with the businesses to discover potential innovational changes, designing clear business requirements in partnership with IT and other business units, implementing solutions and supporting the financial platform.

 Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develop proficient knowledge of ACA’s Workday Implementation (Financials Core, Prism, Reporting, Accounting Center and Adaptive Planning)
• Collaborate closely with the Controllership, Audit, IT, and data team leads to implement enhancements to the Financial Systems
• Construct clear and detailed business requirements for IT development and Finance Systems teams
• Provide day-to-day support with business users of the Financial Systems Platform
• Knowledgeable of ACA’s data warehouse and ACA’s processes.
• Resolve any data-related issues found, including obtain clarification from the relevant Controllership team owners, and correct data issues and/or develop alternate solutions
• A passion for data and concern for data integrity is key
• Configure/Test/Implement configuration changes in Financial Systems
• Design/Develop/Test/Implement modifications to Integration programs as needed
• Lead small projects using Agile methodology
• Examines sources of data through interviews and analysis
• Partner with business teams to update policies and procedures
• Curate supporting documentation to ensure information is clearly shared and consumable by business users and units
• Ability to work within given deadline to produce a high-quality data product with an emphasis on completeness and accuracy
• Identify and escalate any data integrity concerns and participate in remediation projects as required
• Collaborate with 3rd Party Vendors 
• Other tasks as deemed necessary 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with minimum 3.0 GPA. 
• Proficient skills in database systems (SQL) and financial systems.
• Self-motivated, team player, highly organized
• Attention to detail and accuracy of facts and documentation
• Ability to problem-solve and ability to follow through on tasks
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Customer-service oriented
• Strong sense of partnership and works well with cross-functional teams
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities
• Excited & motivated to learn new technologies
• Ability to explain technical concepts and analysis clearly to a wide variety of audiences.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as internet navigation
• Consistently displays the Guiding Principles

Preferred Qualifications:

• A blended education in both financial services and information systems.
• Experience with day-to-day usage in Workday
• Some IT and financials systems experience 

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position with a work schedule of Monday-Friday with some schedule variations as needed.

Travel

This position may require up to 5% travel.

EEO Statement 

ACA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.  ACA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice

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