Functional Analyst (Financial Systems)

Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Financial Functional Analyst position! This is a 6 month contract-to-hire position and will be hybrid in Charlotte North Carolina (on-site 3 days per week). This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services during the contract period.

What Youll Be Doing:

• Provide system analysis configuration development QA and support for Enterprise level in-unit and reporting applications.
• Work directly with business team members developers and user community to identify business needs and interpret them as application requirements primarily related to financial budgeting & forecasting.
• Develop understanding of marketplace and product lines to effectively interpret financial analysis forecasting and budgeting.
• Assist the business with the creation testing and implementation of budget templates for integration within cloud-based solution (Anaplan no Anaplan experience required)
• Use analysis to influence and drive improvements within finance and our business partners by using fact-based holistic and forward-looking perspectives.
• Provide second level support for all in-unit and reporting applications.
• Manage versioning and controls to ensure business continuity via strong organizational skills.
• Draft requirements and specifications documentation complete to signoff and validate deliverables to specifications.
• Function as primary liaison between business and developers
• Write and execute functional test scripts and coordinate with other analysts for system integration testing.
• Learn a very complex business and facilitate projects and decisions across many disparate user groups.
• Other reporting/analysis and special projects as required

What Youll Need to Have:

• Bachelors degree required (Finance Accounting MIS)
• Anaplan experience is a preference.
• 2 years of experience in finance AND functional analysis.
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills including but not limited to: Pivot tables more advanced formulas (IF SUMIF VLOOKUP etc.)
• On time development of user stories application requirements and/or process flow diagrams
• UI design and/or mockups with detailed requirements
• Experience with financial systems forecasting and budgeting
• Experience with a formal software development life cycle
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Managing conflicting priorities and gaining consensus across multiple user groups
• Committed and enthusiastic approach to supporting business customers and end users.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Jira or a similar tool
• Experience with reporting tools (Power BI) and data analysis
• Experience with SAP and/or Hyperion
• Experience with Anaplan

Pay Range: $42-$47/hr

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