Senior Analyst Financial Systems at KBW Financial

A global, Real Estate Investment Trust company has an opening for a Senior Analyst Financial Systems to join their team in Boston, MA. The Senior Analyst Financial Systems will report to the Manager, Financial Systems & have the primary responsibility of evaluating key financial processes and system capabilities and identifying transformational opportunities. The Senior Analyst Financial Systems will also get involved with analyzing and determining root causes of issues, identify areas for process improvement and provide concrete suggestions for improvement.

Up to $125,000 DOE.

The role requires someone to be local to be the Boston area and will be in the office a few days each week.

Job Description:
- Identify business opportunities or solutions to complex business problems and help determine the optimal solution.    
- Manage cross-functional teams for Finance, IT, and business process improvement initiatives with a holistic and global perspective.    
- Foster relationships and facilitate communications with business end-users, managing expectations for both users and IT Business Applications teams.    
- Maintain open and active lines of communication to ensure the achievement of the project's business value and goals.    
- Monitor the definition and design process to ensure compatibility with current systems and GAAP while minimizing business and financial risks.    
- Ensure that appropriate documentation, design requirements and design specifications are available prior to development.    
- Coordinate and actively participate in testing processes, including user acceptance testing.    
- Generate and distribute project communications and status updates, ensuring effective and ongoing communication between management, project sponsors, clients, and team members.    
- Proactively identify issues and risks, taking responsibility for driving issues to closure and developing plans to manage and mitigating risks.    
- Draft reports and corresponding training.    
- Provide back-office functional Oracle support to the Corporate Finance team. This includes EBS, FCCS and ARCS    
- Provide back-office functional TM1 support to the Corporate Finance team.    
- Consult with business teams on system-related issues, making recommendations to optimize the use of technology.    
- Alert management to situations that may adversely affect project performance.    
- Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Accounting required.
- 3 years’ experience in a corporate financial analyst position or equivalent experience required.
- At least one year of Oracle or similar system experience (Cognos TM1, Hyperion, Oracle BPM, and EBS Suite) is required.
- Strong understanding of accounting/finance and monthly close and planning processes.
- Firm understanding of income statements, balance sheets, and statements of cash flows.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively.
- Ability to work with different functional groups and levels of employees to effectively and professionally achieve results.
- Strong organizational skills: ability to accomplish multiple tasks within the agreed-upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast-paced environment.

All interested and qualified candidates send a resume to Kyle Emery -kemery@kbwfinancial.com.

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