Financial Business Analyst
hace 6 días
Jersey City
Job DescriptionOne of CEI's largest Financial Services clients is seeking a Financial Business Analyst to join their growing organization!Client/Industry: Financial Services | Corporate & Institutional Banking Job Title: Financial Product Accounting Business Line Analyst Location: Hybrid - 3 Days On-Site / 2 Days Remote | Jersey City, NJ 07310 Work Schedule/Shift: Mon-Fri 8am – 5pm (EST) | Minimum 40 work hours per week. Duration/Length of Assignment: 12 Month Contract (potential for extension(s) / conversion to FTE) Pay Rate: $70.00 per hour Additional Information: Role supports a regulated financial environment with global stakeholders across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions • W2 Employment Only – No Corp to Corp / C2C arrangements., • Expected potential for contract extension(s) and/or conversion to Full-Time/Permanent Employment. Required Skills/Experience/Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field, or equivalent professional qualification (CFA or finance-focused university degree), • 7–10 years of experience in accounting and/or accounting systems within the financial services industry, • Experience supporting accounting processes from upstream source systems through general ledger and downstream reporting, • Strong background in technical accounting within corporate and investment banking, prime brokerage, hedge fund services, or investment management environments, • Experience performing business analysis, including requirements gathering, documentation, and functional design, • Experience with application testing, including user acceptance testing and migration testing, • Ability to understand complex financial products, system architectures, and accounting business processes, • Knowledge of financial and management reporting, month-end close processes, regulatory reporting, entity consolidations, and multi-currency accounting, • Experience supporting accounting and reporting for complex financial products such as derivatives, foreign exchange, equities, fixed income, treasury, loans, supply chain, or trade finance, • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex topics to varied audiences, • Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel and PowerPoint, • Business analysis and project coordination experience, with SQL knowledge preferred, • Ability to work independently, apply professional judgment, and manage priorities across multiple initiatives, • CFA designation or additional experience supporting financial products, • Knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP accounting standards, • Experience partnering with IT teams on financial system implementations, • Experience supporting accounting interpreters, sub-ledgers, general ledger systems, or reporting tools, • Fluency in French, Spanish, and/or Portuguese, • Exposure to emerging analytical or automation tools, including robotics, Alteryx, business intelligence platforms, or AI-enabled solutions, • Work as a core project team member supporting finance system and process change initiatives across legal entities and intermediate holding company structures, • Generate, analyze, and document detailed business requirements and process flows, producing and maintaining Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), • Perform data assessments and data gap analysis to identify discrepancies between source systems, accounting logic, and reporting outputs, • Coordinate with Finance, Tax, Business, and IT teams to review requirements and support functional design and development activities, • Plan, execute, and manage user acceptance testing and migration testing through successful delivery of solutions or remediation efforts, • Support implementation activities by coordinating testing cycles, validating results, and assisting with go-live readiness, • Provide post-implementation aftercare, including issue tracking, investigation, remediation coordination, and follow-up support, • Act as a functional and data point of contact for project teams, ensuring accounting schemas, reporting requirements, and downstream impacts are properly understood and documented, • Engage finance stakeholders to validate accounting treatments, product lifecycles, legal entity mappings, and source system integrations, • Ensure accounts, products, legal entities, and source systems are accurately reflected throughout implementation and reporting processes, • Track project timelines and budgets, preparing and delivering regular status updates and participating in governance forums such as operational and steering committee meetings, • Identify risks, dependencies, and blocking issues early, escalating appropriately to ensure timely resolution, • Facilitate working group meetings by preparing PowerPoint materials, agendas, and documentation, capturing decisions and communicating outcomes, • Support enhancements to the overall control environment, including upstream processes, governance, and operational controls, • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through process enhancements or automation and support reprioritization as new finance initiatives emerge, • Ensure adherence to change management controls, defined roles, and governance requirements throughout project execution, • Use Excel and PowerPoint to perform analysis, summarize findings, and present information clearly to stakeholders and management#INDGEN #ZR