Finance Business Analyst Lead

Job Title: Finance Business Analyst Lead

Assignment Length: Long Term Opportunity

Project City and State: Remote

Are you a Lead Business Analyst with expertise in Accounting and/ or Finance operations and SAP FS-CD and FS-GL on HANA

If so, check out this job!

Vertex is a US-based tech company with 25 years experience in Microsoft, Salesforce, BI, AI, and Cloud Computing. We have earned longstanding client relationships as trusted, long-term partners. Every day we inspire, innovate, and implement solutions that solve complex business problems using creativity and technologies that drive results.

What can you expect?

Professional recruiters with vast industry knowledge

Expert credentialing

No-hassle onboarding

What s in it for you?

An assignment that uses your skills

Opportunities to advance your career.

Competitive compensation

Great work environment

Role Responsibilities:

Direct and oversee the evolution of IT s business requirements activities across the Finance portfolio. Ensure that the solutions developed support the Finance department in achieving their strategic and tactical objectives.

Lead requirements definition for Finance solutions. Collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand their business requirements, informational needs and data sources. Translate these business needs into clearly defined and documented detailed business requirements/ functional requirements inclusive of business use cases, process flows, data flows, traceability matrices as well as report mock-ups. Ensure that processes are implemented to take full advantage of the capabilities of the system.

Implement system automation to enhance process efficiency, improve data quality and reduce manual errors

Plan and facilitate user acceptance testing with business stakeholders and project managers to obtain user acceptance test signoff.

Lead a small team of business analysts. Facilitate prioritization, resource management and support decision making. Review work products as needed and address escalated issues. Manage team member development including orientation, training, performance management, counselling and disciplinary action as needed.

Collaborate with IT leadership and business partners to direct IT investments in support of the overall Finance business strategy. Develop business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for IT spending and initiatives.

Maintain regular communications with Finance department managers and business process managers regarding pertinent IT activities.

Oversee the enforcement of business analysis processes, departmental standards, style requirements and all other procedures necessary to meet the business objectives and quality standards for IT deliveries.

Recommend, design, and monitor IT process improvement activities aimed at reducing costs, improving quality and speed to market.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Technical Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will be a results-oriented, senior business analyst with diversified experience in business systems implementations and finance operations. He/she will demonstrate a proven track record of leading business facing IT activities, and a strong process and delivery history. More specifically this individual will have:

Accounting and/ or Finance operations experience is required

10+ years experience in financial systems implementation work, with at least:

o 5+ years in the Insurance industry with a focus on Finance

o 2+ years experience managing business analysis teams

o 3+ years experience with SAP FS-CD and FS-GL on HANA

Experience in technology implementation and support

A track record of successful large project implementations

Experience in building a new model to serve the IT needs of a growing and change-oriented company

Proven leadership ability to effectively manage a team of IT professionals and contractors.

Demonstrated project management skills.

Lean Six Sigma experience, a plus.

Education Requirements:

Bachelor s degree in accounting, Finance is required; Master s degree in accounting, Finance of Information Systems management /or MBA preferred