Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Company

Alaska Airlines

The Sr. Financial Systems Analyst is part of the delivery and support team focused on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integration, business process improvement, and automation. Acting as the day-to-day functional point of contact, this individual contributor is responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating user needs to formulate and implement solutions that align with business strategies at Alaska Air Group (AAG). The analyst works on projects across divisions and ensures that strategic goals, timelines, and project specifications are met while bringing, sharing, and maintaining professional expertise in financial systems, data integration, and SaaS solutions.

• Serves as Oracle Fusion Cloud subject matter expert supporting Financials and/or Procurement.
• Understands the organization's strategic direction and why projects are being undertaken.
• Displays ability to easily balance the big picture (strategic vision) of the organization with the day-to-day operations or projects.
• Leads process improvement by investigating, identifying, and implementing Oracle Fusion Cloud features not currently in use; identifying areas where business processes can be improved by features; configuring and delivering features to the end-users, and measuring effectiveness.
• Evaluates and documents the impact of cross-divisional projects on Finance division systems and processes.
• Interacts with business customers (internal and external) to understand and document their business processes and requirements.
• Performs all phases of ERP application development lifecycle, including requirements gathering and analysis, fit/gap, design, development, test, and deployment.
• Creates and maintains business requirements documents, system configuration documents, detailed functional specification documents, test plans and test cases, user training documents, and implementation documentation as necessary.
• Leads and performs all phases of application testing, including system, integration, and user acceptance; ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported on, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Works collaboratively with development teams to design, test, and implement system modifications, ensuring the successful delivery of work products.
• Maintains in-depth knowledge of business practices, regulations, workflows, and systems design in the assigned subject matter area; understands and maintains configurations and integration between functional areas.
• Provides ongoing analysis, maintenance, and functional support for Financial systems throughout the organization.
• Liaises with technical support and finance team end-users to resolve complex system errors/inquiries.
• Provides guidance and mentorship to other analysts on the team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• A minimum of 4 years of experience with functional analysis supporting Oracle Fusion Cloud.
• A Bachelor’s degree, with a focus in Finance, Accounting, or Information Technology, or an additional two years of relevant experience in lieu of this degree.
• Thorough understanding of the business processes such as Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Financial Reporting & Accounting.
• Ability to quickly learn processes and systems and recommend appropriate changes to gain stakeholder buy‑in.
• Proven conceptual, analytical, and problem‑solving abilities.
• Passionate about business being done right, with the ability to produce timely and accurate results.
• A self‑starter who takes ownership of their work and excels with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work well under pressure and effectively manage multiple, concurrent tasks.
• A strong disposition for customer service supported by excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to learn from and return value to Finance stakeholders by working collaboratively with others and as part of a team.
• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

• Oracle Fusion Cloud
• Financials
• Procurement
• Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Suite
• EPBCS
• FCCs
• ARCs
• Airline experience.
• CPA…