Finance & Accounting Business Systems Analyst Consultant

Location: Remote

Finance & Accounting Business Systems Analyst Consultant

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Interview stakeholders from different profit centers to identify current-state finance workflows.
• Review workflows including invoicing, cash application, AR processing, AP procurement and management, monthly close and reporting, treasury management, etc.
• Lead requirements gathering and elicitation sessions and document and gain sign-off on business requirements.
• Represent business/finance stakeholders in discussions with vendors and technical teams — translating business needs, reviewing proposed solutions, and confirming solutions meet the business requirement.
• Support accounting transformations and system implementations (e.g., new GL or billing system rollouts, data conversions), including documenting process changes and coordinating testing.
• Participate in user acceptance testing and business validation: helping business users understand what to test, validating converted or reconciled data, documenting issues, and tracking them through resolution to sign-off.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Bachelors degree in accounting (or a closely related field); equivalent, demonstrated accounting-role experience may be considered in place of a degree. CPA a plus, not required.
• 5-10 years of Business Systems Analysis experience, with clear personal ownership of BA work — not primarily an IT, technical coordination, reporting, or systems-support role.
• Strong finance knowledge and a working knowledge of GAAP standards.
• Direct, hands-on experience with multiple core accounting processes, such as AR (invoicing, cash application), AP (vendor invoices/payments), reconciliations, order-to-cash, or month-end close (journal entries, accruals, financial reporting support).
• Experience supporting accounting transformation or system implementations, with a clearly defined personal role (e.g., new GL or billing system implementation, process documentation, testing coordination, data conversion validation).
• Demonstrated experience representing business users to vendors or technical teams — clarifying business needs, translating requirements, reviewing proposed solutions, and constructively pushing back when a solution doesnt meet the business need.
• Experience with core BA deliverables: current/future-state process maps, user stories, acceptance criteria, business requirements documents (BRDs), design specs, and training materials.
• Hands-on involvement in UAT and business validation — writing or reviewing test scripts, coordinating UAT sessions, documenting defects, validating data, and helping obtain business sign-off.
• Business Systems Analysis experience in the insurance industry a plus.
• Process flow diagramming experience; MS Visio experience preferred.
• Six Sigma and process standardization/improvement experience a plus.
• Strong facilitation skills, and solid verbal and written communication skills — able to speak to specific, concrete examples rather than general or theoretical descriptions.
• Strong Word and PowerPoint skills.
• Strong Excel skills, including familiarity working with large datasets and pulling useful insights out of them.
• Strong relationship-building skills between internal customers, vendors, and employees.
• Client-facing experience.

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