Financial Systems Business Analyst

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for our growing Financial Systems area supporting Direct Tax Transformation.

Looking for Business Analytics professional with experience in the field of Management Info Systems, specifically with strong analytical and leadership skills working with Financial Systems in support of Finance, Accounting and Business Operations customers.

Responsibilities include analyzing business needs, working with IT professionals to translate business requirements into IT solutions and testing to validate the quality of these solutions. In addition you will be looked upon to lead other analysts, and assist in other areas such as coordination of dependencies and test schedules and management of standards/controls compliance.

Position Duties
·  Analyzing changes or new requests from customers or business process owners
·  Working with IT professionals to translate business requirements into IT solutions
·  Create and iterate test procedures to ensure proper function and data integrity
·  Executive level reporting of project status
·  Interact with team in solution design to ensure a quality product is delivered
·  Ensure solution is audit ready in support of both ASCA and PWC reviews
·  Perform root cause analysis of technical and process issues
·  Assist in coordination of code promotion and deployment

No remote opportunities exist

Must have the ability to work in the US without current/future need for IBM sponsorship

Locations: Southbury, CT

CIODEM19
Auto req ID

239407BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Business Analyst
State / Province

CONNECTICUT
Primary job category

Technical Specialist
Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
ERBP

Yes
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

No Travel
IBM Business Group

F&O
Preferred Education

Master's Degree
City / Township / Village

SOUTHBURY
Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Demonstrated communication and customer interfacing skills
·  Working knowledge of the business processes being supported
·  Ability to manage deliverables and data availability to meet business critical deadlines
·  Working knowledge of the following tools is important: Excel, SQL/QMF, Cognos Analytics
·  Deep involvement in developing test cases for the project, hands-on experience in application testing
·  Experience with Companies' tax processing
·  Ability to perform root cause analysis
·  Experience with Companies' tax processing
Country/Region

United States
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  Experience working with relational databases
·  Experience implementing technical solutions from new business requirements
·  Experience with ETL, automation and business information tools
·  Financial Planning and/or Accounting experience
·  Experience running automated test scripts
·  Familiar with Continuous Deployment tools such as GitHub, TravisCI
Secondary Job Category

Services Specialist
Eligibility Requirements

·  None
Position Type

Professional
Early Professional Track

Not Applicable - Professional Hire
New Collar Role

No
About Business Unit

The IBM Finance organization is responsible for driving enterprise performance and transformation. We are the financial stewards of IBM, delivering IBM's financial strategy, developing new business models, and mitigating enterprise risk. Do you have a passion for creating business value? Join our team in accounting, financial planning, pricing, business controls, tax, treasury, business development (acquisitions & divestitures), and global financing.