Senior Analyst - Financial Systems (Remote - Greater Chicago Area)

As a Senior Analyst – Financial Systems, you will design, develop, implement, and maintain efficient accounting and finance solutions in support of business partners and in alignment with Financial Systems and stakeholder priorities. You will partner with stakeholders across finance and IT while gathering and analyzing data in support of finance initiatives, proposed projects, and business requirements. You will be responsible for the development and delivery of solutions across disciplines, partnering with IT and other stakeholders, when necessary. You will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help maximize the solution benefits to their business partners.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for end user support, issue resolution, along with reporting and control in support of day-to-day operations
• Leverage functional and technical expertise in facilitating impact assessments for approved maintenance/metadata changes and process scheduling in alignment with defined business processes
• Leads the direct support of the on-going daily, weekly, and monthly financials systems processes including end user support across multiple disciplines
• Effectively triages issues and questions across multiple systems and processes
• Partners with IT teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues identified in upstream systems
• Escalates issues and helps drive solutions across teams and third-party partners, as needed
• Supports and manages daily, weekly, and monthly processing schedule and ensures calendar is reviewed by stakeholders
• Support the development and maintenance of metadata and reports - impact assessment
• Owns monthly impact assessments for approved change requests to be implemented as part of monthly maintenance
• Responsible for maintaining hierarchies in alignment with finance governance council monthly process
• Implements approved user security requests, in conjunction with IT (where necessary)
• Assists in the definition of future state development of financial systems capabilities
• Conducts requirements gathering with Finance stakeholders for on-going enhancements and continuous improvement opportunities to support the financial processes
• Defines implementation plans for enhancements and issues resolution in alignment with financial systems and stakeholder priorities
• Responsible for maintaining controls and providing control documentation to both internal and external audit personnel, when necessary
• Primary owner of applicable training materials
• Responsible for system documentation including admin guides, architecture diagrams, security, scripts/logic, interfaces, end-user training materials, quick reference guides, etc

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree - Finance, Accounting, Business or MIS
• 5+ years of functional and technical experience in Finance and Accounting
• Extensive experience of Oracle Cloud ERP particularly with the General Ledger and Intercompany module.
• Knowledge of Reporting Tools BI Publisher and Smart View and Microsoft Suite, Familiarity with issue tracking systems such as Jira, ServiceNow
• Proven experience with the design and implementation of technology/tools as an enabler of financial processes in the assigned area e.g. RTR or EPM
• Practical knowledge of finance and accounting process mapping with application of these principles
• The position requires proven functional expertise and technical experience across financial systems and software
• A strong project management and governance skill along with understanding and experience with standard SDLC methodology is required
• Experience solving complex business issues
• Proven experience in the operation and analysis of finance data and metadata
• Excellent understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives
• Strong change management, analytical, and creative problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
• Strong customer service orientation
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Ability to collaborate, influence and drive decisions among business partners
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
• Ability to travel up to 25%

WESCO International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates ("WESCO"), is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of WESCO to not discriminate against any job applicant or employee based on age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status or any other protected status. This policy includes but is not limited to the following: recruitment and employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, selection for training including apprenticeship, layoff, or termination.