Senior System Analyst
Location: Bydgoszcz
Job Summary:
Working as a member of a mid-sized, highly skilled IT department in a dynamic and innovative environment. This role is responsible for the maintenance, administration, and support of key financial systems, including GL accounting systems, consolidated reporting software and forecasting & budgeting application. Will analyze current processes, tools and systems and make recommendations to key stakeholders, with regards to development, improvement, efficiency and simplification. Will support day-to-day configuration, user maintenance, master data entry, month-end support and enforcement of IT security controls. Will be responsible for ongoing collaboration with various teams to explore, upgrade, improve and implement various technologies, to ensure best-in-class user experience, efficiency and high-quality process management. An ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success maintaining, supporting and improving financial systems, while understanding the core functions and processes of accounting and finance.
Responsibilities:
• Lead person responsible for maintenance, administration, and support of Sage500, Exact Globe, IBM Planning and Analytics and IBM Cognos Controller. Experience in one or more is preferred.
• Subject Matter Expert for each of the supported systems.
• Responsible for managing service requests according to SLA, security management, COA maintenance and configuration changes. Serve as escalation point for troubleshooting issues per SLA.
• Take an active lead in the continued evolution of Financial Systems landscape at Ivy.
• Provide timely, accurate, and complete responses to user inquiries.
• Maintain user procedures, process maps, training materials and documentation. Conduct user training.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing and quality assurance standards for all supported systems.
• Develop standard and custom reports to be used by Finance teams.
• Work with other IT members and third party vendors to design, develop and maintain system interfaces.
• Responsible for audit control reporting.
• Maintain discretion and confidentiality in all areas pertaining to data and proprietary info, both internal or customer specific.
Skills Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent years of Systems Administration and Systems Analyst experience.
• 5-7 years of experience supporting financial systems (SAGE, TM1, Controller are preferred)
• Experience working with Exact or SAP is a plus.
• Basic knowledge of accounting and financial processes is mandatory.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, with ability to analyze financial data.
• Good problem-solving skills to independently identify problems and determine possible solutions.
• Ability to work both independently and as a part of a team
• Experience with development (ideally, but not limited to VBA, M, etc) would be an advantage.
• Ability to communicate effectively in an international environment.
