Analyst, Financial Systems

(Full Time, Temporary 12-18 month assignment)

Salary Range: $85,000 - $93,000

The Finance Systems Analyst will backfill significant portions of the work normally performed by the Finance Systems Manager while they spend ~75% of their time on the future ERP implementation. The Finance Systems Analyst is primarily responsible for administering the Company’s prepaid product launches and projects with the Merchandising, Treasury, and IT teams, including testing and ongoing maintenance within our financial systems.The analyst will also assist the Finance Systems Manager with overseeing the administration of key financial reporting-related systems (Lawson, Blackline, etc.) and acting as a first level help desk for users on issues with respect to those systems and interfaces.In addition, the analyst will assist in managing the company’s intercompany accounting processes/reconciliations within our systems and assist the Vice President – Corporate Accounting with other monthly accounting close related tasks as needed.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities - Primary responsibilities listed in order of importance

• Partner with the Merchandising, Treasury, and IT teams on prepaid product launches and projects, ensuring that the sku’s are properly set up, tested and accounted for within our systems.
• Assist in the systems administration for Lawson and other financial reporting-related systems (Blackline, etc.), setting up and maintaining user access and other key setups.
• Conduct research and analysis into the nature, effect, and results of system related issues, including interface issues between systems.
• Assist with the intercompany system transactions and reconciliations of intercompany receivable/payable accounts within the general ledger.
• Partner with the Finance and FP&A teams to ensure key account code combinations are setup correctly and activated upon request during the monthly close process.
• Assist with implementations/testing of financial reporting-related systems and document processes and procedures related to new or modified systems.
• Act as a liaison between the Finance and Information Systems departments as it relates to financial reporting-related systems.
• Support the Procurement team and other business teams by ensuring that supply inventory items are processing correctly through our financial systems and are appropriately reconciling.
• Trains users to maximize the efficient use of the financial systems and procurement systems.
• Train users to maximize the efficient use of Lawson, Showcase, Add-ins, Queries, etc.
• Provide accounting and financial reporting support as needed.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications - Summary of knowledge, experience and education required.

• Four-year college degree with Accounting concentration required
• Minimum of 5 years of accounting-related experience with a medium to large organization required
• Applied knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Outlook; Lawson or other ERP system experience preferred
• Experience with SQL, Alteryx or other data tools
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong organizational and analytical skills, with strong attention to detail
• Ability to work well with deadlines and reprioritize work assignments as needed
• Experience working in a high-volume, fast-paced environment

 

Full time

 

Chesapeake, Virginia

 

FP&A

  

Dollar Tree