Financial Systems Analyst

Overview

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of3.1 million member sand online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations.

Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing;

Chicago;

New Delhi;

New York;
San Francisco;
Santa Monica;and Washington, D.C.

NRDC is seeking a Financial Systems Analyst to work with the Finance team in any of our U.S. based offices.

The Financial Systems Analyst will support the co-implementation and optimization of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as our finance and accounting system; and Coupa as our business spend management system over the next 12 months. This individual will supportleadership to make key decisions on system design, features, and segmentation with respect to the financial accounting systems. Additionally, this role will serve as a critical liaison between key project stakeholders and the external implementation partner, ensuring that business needs aremetand systems are delivered to spec, on time and within scope.

The role will alsobe responsible fordocumenting business processes, creating functional/technical design documentation, creating user guides, and developing/conducting training sessions to help with adoption.

Beyond the financial system implementation,the Financial Systems Analyst will continue to support the organization’s long-term digital transformation strategy bymaintainingintegrations, supporting system governance, managing financial configuration updates,assisting with system administration, providing systems support to end-users and supporting ongoing enhancements across NRDC’s financial systems ecosystem.

The position you are applying forispart of the bargaining unit represented by The Washington Baltimore News Guild (WBNG /The Newsguild-CWA Local 32035).

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:

• Serve as a system administrator for financial systems and procurement modules, ensuring efficient operation, alignment with business needs, and adherence to internal controls and security protocols.
• Provide ongoing user support, troubleshooting, issue resolution, and system maintenance.
• Work closely with Finance, IT, and key stakeholders to gather and document business requirements, translating them into technical specifications for system enhancements, configurations, and integrations.
• Design, configure, and maintain finance workflows, automation rules, and approval processes to streamline operations, reduce manual intervention, and improve efficiency across finance and procurement functions.
• Continuously assess and refine financial system processes, identifying opportunities for automation, simplification, and integration. Conduct routine systems maintenance to support organizational growth and change.
• Perform system testing, including unit and user acceptance testing (UAT), to validate system upgrades, new features, and process changes, ensuring workflow integrity and functionality.
• Work with Finance teams to develop reports, dashboards (Tableau, Excel), KPIs, and analytics to support decision-making, monitor system performance, and enhance financial insights.
• Develop and maintain user guides, training materials, and process documentation. Conduct training sessions for key stakeholders to ensure effective system usage across departments.
• Partner with internal teams, software vendors, external consultants, and the IT team to implement robust, integrated cloud-based solutions.
• Serve as a point of escalation between the Accounting & Finance department…