*Hybrid Contract-to-Hire Opportunity*
Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Financial Functional Analyst position! This is a 6 month contract-to-hire position and will be hybrid in Charlotte, North Carolina (on-site 3 days per week). This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services during the contract period.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Provide system analysis, configuration, development, QA and support for Enterprise level in-unit and reporting applications.
- Work directly with business team members, developers, and user community to identify business needs and interpret them as application requirements primarily related to financial budgeting & forecasting.
- Develop understanding of marketplace and product lines to effectively interpret financial analysis, forecasting, and budgeting.
- Assist the business with the creation, testing and implementation of budget templates for integration within cloud-based solution (Anaplan – no Anaplan experience required)
- Use analysis to influence and drive improvements within finance and our business partners by using fact-based, holistic and forward-looking perspectives.
- Provide second level support for all in-unit and reporting applications.
- Manage versioning and controls to ensure business continuity via strong organizational skills.
- Draft requirements and specifications documentation, complete to signoff and validate deliverables to specifications.
- Function as primary liaison between business and developers
- Write and execute functional test scripts and coordinate with other analysts for system integration testing.
- Learn a very complex business and facilitate projects and decisions across many disparate user groups.
- Other reporting/analysis and special projects as required
What You'll Need to Have:
- Bachelor’s degree required (Finance, Accounting, MIS)
- Anaplan experience is a preference.
- 2 years of experience in finance AND functional analysis.
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills including, but not limited to: Pivot tables, more advanced formulas (IF, SUMIF, VLOOKUP, etc.)
- On time development of user stories, application requirements, and/or process flow diagrams
- UI design and/or mockups, with detailed requirements
- Experience with financial systems, forecasting, and budgeting
- Experience with a formal software development life cycle
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Managing conflicting priorities and gaining consensus across multiple user groups
- Committed and enthusiastic approach to supporting business customers and end users.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with Jira or a similar tool
- Experience with reporting tools (Power BI) and data analysis
- Experience with SAP and/or Hyperion
Pay Range: $40-$45/hr +
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