Financial Accounting Systems, Analyst

at  Seaspan ULC

The Financial Accounting Systems, Analyst works with business system related projects as a key resource supporting G/L, Project accounting and Billing, which will vary in size, duration and complexity. Using a variety of facilitation and interview techniques, the Financial Accounting Systems, Analyst will guide business stakeholders through the discovery, identification and documentation of business outcomes, process design, and business & functional requirements for new systems or functionality.

• Serves as Functional analyst for the financial systems team in the implementation of Oracle Fusion G/L and Project Accounting modules.
• Participates in business requirements workshops to understand business need to support gathering, review and validation of needs for the purpose of documenting and maintaining functional requirements.
• Analyzes gaps in functional requirements to system capabilities to propose / recommend solutions and appropriate workarounds.
• Develops artifacts such as Business Requirements Document, Functional Requirements, Technical Requirements, Process Flow Diagrams, Gap Analysis, and Use Cases to effectively convey requirements.
• Collaborates with the other financial team member to monitoring the accuracy of integrations and reporting related to project accounting, billing, budget and forecasting area impacting projects.
• Facilitates the chartering of new initiatives by working with business leaders to help them articulate their objectives and desired business outcomes, and to define scope.
• Works with the business team to review and update business processes and advise our finance team on system services available within the Oracle product offerings that can support business requirements.
• Identifies and communicate findings to our business teams on application testing and assist in identifying performance improvement opportunities.
• Coordinates and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems, and other post-implementation support.