Financial Applications Analyst

Description

The Financial Applications Analyst is responsible for the overall development, configuration, maintenance, administration and technical support of the financial related applications. This role requires exceptional customer service and the willingness to handle any assigned technology tasks, whether simple or complex. This position reports to the Director of Information and Technology. 

• Act as subject matter expert for the financial application portfolio. These applications include, but are not limited to; Quorum Accounting, Quorum Land, Open Invoice, Open Ticket, 1099 Pro, Assent 143, M-Files and Energy Link 
• Support applications through issue resolution and provide guidance to users using the helpdesk software to ensure issue cause and resolution are fully documented
• Provide testing and coordination of scheduled application maintenance, releases, and major version upgrades following the IT change management policy and process
• Collaborate with business users to propose and implement ideas to simplify daily activities by leveraging new or existing IT solutions
• Gather and document requirements from business users via interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis
• Conduct training and develop training content and job aids for employees and staff augmentation team members 
• Assist in providing reports as necessary to assist business users in answering specific questions
• Plan, organize and deliver special IT projects aimed at improving the company’s business activities as requested by IT management 
• Available 24/7 for critical application system related problems that may arise
• Perform other IT support functions as assigned

Requirements

•  Bachelor's degree in accounting, management information systems or computer science required
• A minimum of 5 years of oil & gas industry experience required
• Experience in using and managing financial focused applications
• Ability to manage work priorities and project deliverables for implementations, enhancements, problem resolution and upgrades working with many involved parties (business users, department members, software vendors, staff augmentation partners, etc.)
• In-depth understanding of the software development lifecycle and change management process
• A motivated self-starter who can work independently and in teams on tasks and projects with limited supervision
• Ability to communicate effectively across organizational lines addressing both technical and non-technical audiences at a variety of organizational levels
• Attention to detail and a rigorous focus on delivering quality output
• Ability to work in a fast-paced organization and multi-task
• Strong customer service attitude and focus