Analyst, Financial Systems

Job Summary:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide support for the City’s ERP system, including assisting with month end and year-end procedures, creating, modifying and testing reports, user support, and creation of ERP system documentation.
• Establish standards, procedures, and policies for ERP technology systems, their implementation, maintenance, monitoring, technology best practices and use.
• Perform assessments of financial systems and processes and develop improvement strategies for reporting, analysis and internal controls.
• Oversee the development, testing and maintenance of solutions to satisfy business, functional and reporting requirements and specifications of the City’s Management and users across various departments.
• Document processes, train and provide ongoing support to ERP systems users to ensure processes align to system use.
• Work closely with the IT department on performing system maintenance, installing upgrades and implementing system enhancements.
• Act as Supervisor, Financial Reporting as assigned.
• Follow, so far as is reasonably practicable, established safety procedures and standards.
• Other related duties.
• This description contains the elements necessary for the identification and evaluation of the job. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Working Conditions:

Knowledge and Skills:

• Degree in Management Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Four years’ experience as a financial systems analyst complimented by extensive knowledge of enterprise technologies and systems (ie. Microsoft Dynamics GP, SQL and relational database management systems).
• Proven project management skills including planning, developing, testing and implementing improved business processes.
• Excellent organizational skills, prioritizing and ability to multitask with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work and maintain accuracy under pressure and to meet critical deadlines.
• Strong research, client service orientation and good interpersonal skills.
• Proven written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to foster and maintain effective relationships among peers and/or stakeholders.
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.

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