Finance & Accounting Business Systems Analyst Consultant

Finance & Accounting Business Systems Analyst Consultant

Our consultancy is looking for a highly motivated, business-facing Business Systems Analyst Consultant with a finance/accounting background. We're looking for peak performers who have a passion for business, a joy in solving problems, and a work ethic that doesn't rest until the job is done.

This is a business-facing analyst role, not a technical/IT support or systems administration role. The ideal candidate has personally owned business analysis work - leading requirements conversations, producing core BA deliverables, and representing the business perspective to vendors and technical teams - rather than supporting someone else's process from a technical coordination or reporting seat.

Ideal candidates would possess 5-10 years of business systems analysis experience in a finance/accounting environment, with insurance industry experience a plus. Candidates should have a strong familiarity with process flow diagramming and process standardization/improvement experience, as well as solid organizational and requirements elicitation skills.

We are looking for candidates with strong finance knowledge and a working knowledge of GAAP standards. Ideal candidates will have exceptional interpersonal, verbal communication, and presentation/storytelling skills to help facilitate elicitation and read-out sessions with the project leadership team. Candidates should have excellent relationship-building skills to build trust and facilitate shared understanding and buy-in with business process owners - including the ability to constructively push back on stakeholders or vendors when a proposed solution doesn't meet the business need.

A client service focus, as well as the ability to identify opportunities for improvement, develop recommendations, and implement complex solutions in a fast-paced environment, are key.

Some of the key systems this person may be working with include VRC's Velocity or Verity Systems, Kyriba, Blackline, and the Workday Financial Management platform.

• 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.

• Bachelor’s 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…