Finance Systems Analyst

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

A finance systems analyst will be responsible for maintaining, updating, and implementing our current finance platform. Executing change and system requirements will be a core job role, and training finance users would follow. The finance system analyst will be a key liaison between the technical teams and finance. The role requires strong written and verbal communication skills, reporting skills and coordination skills. In addition, a financial systems analyst at IFS continuously expands their business process domain knowledge and shares this knowledge to guide others.

Responsibilities will include:

• Participating in system testing and quality assurance activities inclusive of system modifications and enhancements.
• Act as the primary support contact for finance related concerns
• Ability to investigate and critically analyze common technical errors faced by finance users
• Periodic system updates on financial information for end user benefit
• Key liaison between IT Support teams and finance users to ensure smooth flow of operations and timely action
• Ability to put forward specifications of systems upgrades following end user information gathering
• Provide support on Initiating and carrying out finance system training to new users and refresher sessions to existing users
• Dealing and administering communication on system changes and modifications to all finance users
• Facilitating user acceptance testing (UAT) and engaging in testing activities such as test case creation, execution, and issue resolution
• Collaborate with end-user groups in defining project KPIs, metrics, and other support teams to design, build and deploy scripts to resolve issues. A team player with the ability to work with competing priorities and strict deadlines.
• Drive the evaluation, design, configuration, and testing of specific implementation projects
• Analyze, modify, and document existing process documentation in relation to the system and IFS standard operating procedures.
• Ensure stability and accuracy of system processes and integrations by thoroughly testing workflows.
• Manage the finance tickets and coordinate with IT to maintain operational efficiency and prioritize critical issues.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and support the financial systems vision
• Oversee user access to certain areas related to finance master data in THOR to ensure secure and appropriate access to financial data

Qualifications

Qualifications

Education

Degree in a related field such as computer systems technology, accounting, finance, or an accounting designation

Knowledge and Experience

• Continuously expanding your functional and technical domain knowledge is a very important part of being at IFS
• Candidate should have minimum 4-5 years of experience in a similar role

Specific Knowledge

• Experience with ERP applications in Finance Modules
• Proven track record in FinTech, Financial Institutions, or SaaS businesses is highly desired.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (MS Excel is mandatory) with a background in MS Outlook
• Consist of a strong working knowledge on the finance related modules. Experience in this area will be necessary to successfully carry out the role, as you will be supporting the global finance team within the application
• Proven success in problem-solving to automate and scale business processes in complex environments.
• Experience using IFS applications would be considered as an asset but is not mandatory
• Hands on experience with Kyriba is preferred but not mandatory

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Effective time management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and projects to meet business needs.
• Enjoy problem-solving and adopting a collaborative approach to find and implement innovative solutions.
• Strong aptitude demonstrated in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio).
• Ability to follow detailed workflow and instructions
• Be able to comprehend business requirements

Additional Information

We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community.