Senior Technology Business Analyst

at  Morrison Morrison

DESCRIPTION

At EisnerAmper, we look for individuals who welcome new ideas, encourage innovation, and are eager to make an impact. Whether you’re starting out in your career or taking your next step as a seasoned professional, the EisnerAmper experience is one-of-a-kind. You can design a career you’ll love from top to bottom – we give you the tools you need to succeed and the autonomy to reach your goals.
EisnerAmper is seeking an analyst to augment the Assurance Technology function. This individual will collaborate with the assurance service line leaders and technology teams to deliver the Assurance technology portfolio and help introduce new ideas, technology solutions and strategic technology direction for the practice .This role can be based in NJ or NY with the expectation of collaborating with the team in the office as needed.

What it Means to Work for EisnerAmper:

• You will get to be part of one of the largest and fastest growing accounting and advisory firms in the industry.
• You will have the flexibility to manage your days in support of our commitment to work/life balance.
• You will join a culture that has received multiple top “Places to Work” awards.
• We believe that great work is accomplished when cultures, ideas and experiences come together to create new solutions.
• We understand that embracing our differences is what unites us as a team and strengthens our foundation.
• Showing up authentically is how we, both as professionals and a Firm, find inspiration to do our best work.
• Numerous Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DE&I) efforts.

What Work You Will be Responsible For:

• Work on Enterprise initiatives to help deliver detailed business requirements and be the SME working with the Technology teams to deliver the capability.
• Act as key contributor for the analysis, design, development, implementation, and support of business applications.
• Manage development and implementation efforts as primary liaison between business stakeholders/subject matter experts and technology development teams.
• Formulate, formalize and document business requirements for process improvement, technology implementation and/or automation initiatives.
• Work closely as a liaison with service line leaders, business subject matter experts and technology teams to:

o Drive Business Process re-architecture, implementing efficiencies and process optimization via technology solutions.
o Leverage Data Analytics and automation to enhance and add value to internal and external deliverables.

o Work with clients to identify opportunities to deploy technology enhancements and add to our service delivery capabilities.

• Support existing Service Line technology infrastructure and application portfolio as key point of contact for business stakeholders and end users to appropriately escalate issues, bugs and enhancements.
• Provide thought leadership to technology organization by researching, evaluating, and advising on new technologies, vendors and products and define their potential impact on existing business applications.
• Drive communication to keep stakeholders well-informed on tasks and on progress towards goals.
• Build expertise on all aspects of all products and processes in the technology space, via an in depth understanding of existing process and business needs.
• Support other service line technology functions as needed to support overall enterprise strategic priorities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or related discipline and strong understanding of process improvement and technology implementation.
• Experience working with assurance compliance standards and regulations to add or create process and workflow efficiencies.
• Must be able to understand and collect detailed business requirements and translate such into functional documentation and process/flow diagrams.
• Strong analytical skills and working knowledge of application analysis and design methods.
• Prior public accounting experience with a mid to large size firm(s) or other professional services experience required along with experience implementing technology solutions by collaborating with senior business leaders.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications:

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders concurrently.
• Proven leadership skills with experience working with a high degree of ambiguity.
• Demonstrated experience operating in an unstructured & collaborative environment.
• Strong understanding of internal tax department processes and software tools.
• Experience with the Agile development process preferred.

• Work on Enterprise initiatives to help deliver detailed business requirements and be the SME working with the Technology teams to deliver the capability.
• Act as key contributor for the analysis, design, development, implementation, and support of business applications.
• Manage development and implementation efforts as primary liaison between business stakeholders/subject matter experts and technology development teams.
• Formulate, formalize and document business requirements for process improvement, technology implementation and/or automation initiatives.
• Work closely as a liaison with service line leaders, business subject matter experts and technology teams to