Senior Business Analyst, Finance Systems
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is building the next big thing in AI search, and the next big thing is answers.
With the explosion of information and data online, search has never been more important. However, while the world of consumer search has innovated over time, enterprise search has not. In fact, the majority of enterprise search is powered by outdated keyword technology that only scans for keywords and delivers a list of hyperlinks rather than actually answering questions. Yext, the AI Search Company, offers a modern, AI-powered Answers Platform that understands natural language so that when people ask questions about a business online they get direct answers – not links.
We have a big, audacious mission to transform the enterprise with AI search. To achieve that, we need bright minds and diverse perspectives to join our growing company and help us continue to disrupt an industry. Does this sound like you?
Yext is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst of Financial Systems to join our growing IT team, reporting into IT Director, Finance & HR Systems. The role will be responsible to manage, oversee, improve, transform, and support the ecosystem of Financial Applications at Yext. In addition to supporting the current Financial Systems in place, the role will lead and/or support our key strategic initiatives including the implementation of Workday Financials platform. The candidate should be hands-on and can run small or large strategic projects firsthand and meet internal/external audit requirements. We value individuals who are fast learners, drivers, team contributors, strong communicators, and problem solvers. Ideal candidates are experienced in technology, can build strong relationships, and quickly learn the parts of our business.
What You'll Do
- Work closely with Accounting and Finance teams to gather and document business requirements and apply technology to enable and enhance business processes and increase efficiency
- Streamline and standardize business processes to ensure cost effective use of resources and service reliability
- Plan, review, and support process and systems changes, configurations, and customization requests
- Partner with business stakeholders, Engineers, and other IT teams to implement and enable IT/Finance roadmap
- Facilitate the best use of applications through analysis of business process requirements, managed project implementations and end-user training
- Continuously improve the quality and delivery of new application services to increase the overall productivity and effectiveness of Finance Team
- Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to the existing financial systems in the ecosystem
- Develop and maintain proper system access for all roles across different systems
- Create, document, and manage customizations, workflows, custom objects, new functionality based on evolving business needs
- Develop, test and deploy custom application extensions using system API and 3rd party tools
- Partner with Internal Audit to complete SOX system reviews on a monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis, including access and segregation of duty
- Exercise project leadership skills combined with strong business acumen and in-depth analytical skills
What You Have
- BA/BS degree in any discipline or similar college level education
- 5-7 years of experience in supporting and managing Financial Systems.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting financial systems, such as NetSuite ERP, Workday Financials, Blackline, Coupa, Concur and Kyriba
- Strong knowledge of Order To Cash and Record to Report processes.
- Experience in Workday Financials and migration to Workday Financials (highly desired)
- Experience working with Internal and External Audit Teams
- Experience working with Finance and Development Teams to translate Business requirements to technical requirements and perform UAT
- Experience in putting together Business and Technical Requirement documents
- Experience in Project Life Cycle and Incident Management processes.
- Excellent customer relationship management skills
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Outstanding and effective interpersonal skills; along with strong ability to articulate complex problems
- Detail-oriented, organized, process-driven
- Strong work ethic with the ability to work well under pressure in a dynamic environment
- Determination and perseverance when faced with challenges
- Ability to thrive in a cross-functional team environment
- Takes pride in providing a high level of service and delivering consistent performance
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