Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Company:
Alaska Airlines Introduction

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams define strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether through accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any operational division, our shared passion for travel and our guests motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share this passion, we want to hear from you.

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, the analyst reviews, analyzes, and evaluates 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 maintaining expertise in financial systems, data integration, and SaaS solutions.

• Serve as Oracle Fusion Cloud subject matter expert supporting Financials and/or Procurement.
• Understand the organization’s strategic direction and why projects are undertaken.
• Balance the big picture of the organization with day‑to‑day operations or projects.
• Lead process improvement by investigating, identifying, and implementing Oracle Fusion Cloud features not currently in use; identify areas where business processes can be improved by features; configure and deliver features to the end‑users, and measure effectiveness.
• Evaluate and document the impact of cross‑divisional projects on Finance division systems and processes.
• Interact with business customers (internal and external) to understand and document their business processes and requirements.
• Perform all phases of ERP application development lifecycle: requirements gathering and analysis, fit/gap, design, development, test, and deployment.
• Create and maintain business requirements documents, system configuration documents, detailed functional specification documents, test plans and test cases, user training documents, and implementation documentation as necessary.
• Lead and perform all phases of application testing, including system, integration, and user acceptance; ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported on, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Work collaboratively with development teams to design, test, and implement system modifications, ensuring the successful delivery of work products.
• Maintain in‑depth knowledge of business practices, regulations, workflows, and systems design in the assigned subject matter area; understand and maintain configurations and integration between functional areas.
• Provide ongoing analysis, maintenance, and functional support for financial systems throughout the organization.
• Liaise with technical support and finance team end‑users to resolve complex system errors/inquiries.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to other analysts on the team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required

• Minimum of 4 years of experience with functional analysis supporting Oracle Fusion Cloud.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or an additional two years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Thorough understanding of 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…