Salt Lake City Corporation
Financial Business Systems Analyst
Salt Lake City Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84193
Position Title
Financial Business Systems Analyst
Job Description Working under minimal supervision, the incumbent implements, analyzes, maintains, and assists with continuously improving features associated with the city’s financial business processes and day‑to‑day Workday system operations. Supports enterprise‑wide financial planning, budgeting, analysis, and/or reporting systems and functions. The incumbent at this level possesses comprehensive knowledge of subject matter and ability to handle complex issues and problems.
Assigned tasks and duties include identifying and implementing improvements to Finance Department business processes through analysis, assessment, coordination, partnering, configuration, testing, and documenting changes to related Workday business solutions and related systems. Ensures the proper function, operation and data integrity of Workday business processes and associated financial operations systems. Essential duties include identification of business needs; research and report writing; training and assisting users; troubleshooting and resolving system automations, custom validations, system restrictions, user access and permissions, and systems errors; coordination of system enhancements, system integrations, and security administration in addition to compiling reports and organizing data related to assigned functions.
Typical Duties
Assess functional requirements and initiate complex installations of ERP technologies that meet interdepartmental needs.
Ensure cross‑functional access to systems in accordance with established city policy and security requirements.
Meet with users to develop, maintain, produce, and distribute standard and custom reports and queries; write queries or reports to provide data for various analytical projects; perform business process and data analysis.
Utilize established integration methodologies to map business processes to modules and administer user acceptance testing.
Communicate, as needed, with programmers and other specialists on matters of file design, testing, debugging, security, storage, permissions and access, and related activities.
Meet with users and stakeholders to understand, analyze, map, design, develop, test, and implement business processes, workflows, projects, and programs to meet special and on‑going needs; bridge the gap between technology and business needs.
Coordinate with Finance department and internal/external development teams to identify systems requirements and needs of the organization.
Provide documentation and workflow analysis support for financial systems/process improvement recommendations.
Participate in the planning and implementation of proposed recommendations and system changes.
Develop, deliver, and administer training and related materials to end users; may provide system support following implementation.
Integrate data from multiple data sources or functional areas, ensure data accuracy and integrity, and update data as needed.
Ensure all business data and systems are secure and adhere to established security standards and policies.
Test and validate new releases or enhancements.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business (or Public) Administration, or a similar field plus three years directly related work experience. Education and related work experience may be substituted one for the other on a year‑for‑year basis.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
Intermediate to working‑level knowledge of enterprise systems, data management, and/or applicable technological applications and solutions; web‑based usage; and effective report writing methods and techniques.
Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to manage own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals.
Ability to build collaborative relationships, work as part of a team, and effectively across different levels of management and various functional areas.
Ability to comprehend and implement related business processes, methods, and techniques.
Ability to research and implement related best practices; identify opportunities for process and system improvements.
Ability to manage projects and multiple competing priorities simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
Ability to collaborate with and guide stakeholders using project management and change management methodologies to increase user adoption of ERP systems, especially of Workday.
Demonstrated analytical and problem‑solving skills.
Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
Ability to communicate highly technical ideas in clear, concise terminology understandable to department leaders and end users.
Ability to be a resource in solving technical problems and initiating changes to processes and procedures to meet ongoing user needs.
Proactive participation in continual learning, cross‑functional collaboration, and understanding how technical processes fit into the larger business purposes and strategies.
Ability to document and communicate technical processes for knowledge transfer and training.
Ability to use agile and sprint methodologies.
Desired Qualifications
Prior work experience using One Solution, Salesforce Service Cloud, ServiceNow, or Workday.
Possession of or ability to obtain Workday Financial Pro certification.
Working Conditions
Generally comfortable working conditions requiring light physical effort; intermittent sitting, standing, and walking.
May require frequent travel between office and department or meeting location.
Considerable exposure to stress as a result of human behavior and job requirements.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
Position type:
Full‑time Salary range:
$70,533 – $96,289 Department:
Finance Scheduled hours:
40 per week
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Job Description Working under minimal supervision, the incumbent implements, analyzes, maintains, and assists with continuously improving features associated with the city’s financial business processes and day‑to‑day Workday system operations. Supports enterprise‑wide financial planning, budgeting, analysis, and/or reporting systems and functions. The incumbent at this level possesses comprehensive knowledge of subject matter and ability to handle complex issues and problems.
Assigned tasks and duties include identifying and implementing improvements to Finance Department business processes through analysis, assessment, coordination, partnering, configuration, testing, and documenting changes to related Workday business solutions and related systems. Ensures the proper function, operation and data integrity of Workday business processes and associated financial operations systems. Essential duties include identification of business needs; research and report writing; training and assisting users; troubleshooting and resolving system automations, custom validations, system restrictions, user access and permissions, and systems errors; coordination of system enhancements, system integrations, and security administration in addition to compiling reports and organizing data related to assigned functions.
Typical Duties
Assess functional requirements and initiate complex installations of ERP technologies that meet interdepartmental needs.
Ensure cross‑functional access to systems in accordance with established city policy and security requirements.
Meet with users to develop, maintain, produce, and distribute standard and custom reports and queries; write queries or reports to provide data for various analytical projects; perform business process and data analysis.
Utilize established integration methodologies to map business processes to modules and administer user acceptance testing.
Communicate, as needed, with programmers and other specialists on matters of file design, testing, debugging, security, storage, permissions and access, and related activities.
Meet with users and stakeholders to understand, analyze, map, design, develop, test, and implement business processes, workflows, projects, and programs to meet special and on‑going needs; bridge the gap between technology and business needs.
Coordinate with Finance department and internal/external development teams to identify systems requirements and needs of the organization.
Provide documentation and workflow analysis support for financial systems/process improvement recommendations.
Participate in the planning and implementation of proposed recommendations and system changes.
Develop, deliver, and administer training and related materials to end users; may provide system support following implementation.
Integrate data from multiple data sources or functional areas, ensure data accuracy and integrity, and update data as needed.
Ensure all business data and systems are secure and adhere to established security standards and policies.
Test and validate new releases or enhancements.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business (or Public) Administration, or a similar field plus three years directly related work experience. Education and related work experience may be substituted one for the other on a year‑for‑year basis.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
Intermediate to working‑level knowledge of enterprise systems, data management, and/or applicable technological applications and solutions; web‑based usage; and effective report writing methods and techniques.
Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to manage own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals.
Ability to build collaborative relationships, work as part of a team, and effectively across different levels of management and various functional areas.
Ability to comprehend and implement related business processes, methods, and techniques.
Ability to research and implement related best practices; identify opportunities for process and system improvements.
Ability to manage projects and multiple competing priorities simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
Ability to collaborate with and guide stakeholders using project management and change management methodologies to increase user adoption of ERP systems, especially of Workday.
Demonstrated analytical and problem‑solving skills.
Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
Ability to communicate highly technical ideas in clear, concise terminology understandable to department leaders and end users.
Ability to be a resource in solving technical problems and initiating changes to processes and procedures to meet ongoing user needs.
Proactive participation in continual learning, cross‑functional collaboration, and understanding how technical processes fit into the larger business purposes and strategies.
Ability to document and communicate technical processes for knowledge transfer and training.
Ability to use agile and sprint methodologies.
Desired Qualifications
Prior work experience using One Solution, Salesforce Service Cloud, ServiceNow, or Workday.
Possession of or ability to obtain Workday Financial Pro certification.
Working Conditions
Generally comfortable working conditions requiring light physical effort; intermittent sitting, standing, and walking.
May require frequent travel between office and department or meeting location.
Considerable exposure to stress as a result of human behavior and job requirements.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
Position type:
Full‑time Salary range:
$70,533 – $96,289 Department:
Finance Scheduled hours:
40 per week
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