Accounting & Technology Business Analyst
Compensation: $150,000 – $200,000 + bonus
Location: New York, NY
A global private equity firm is seeking an Accounting & Technology Business Analyst with 5-10 years of professional experience to join its high-visibility Accounting Technology team. The candidate should be nimble, execution-oriented, and have a background in accounting or an understanding of accounting principles.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the analysis, design, and delivery phases of future-state Accounting technology-related deliverables and implementations
- Support the Accounting Technology application suite by onboarding new funds, troubleshooting issues, enhancing existing features and processes, and providing ongoing user support and training
- Document business processes and data requirements
- Review design documentation to ensure it meets the needs of the business process
- Define, recommend, and implement business process improvements
- Develop detailed documentation around how IT systems facilitate business process
- Develop detailed training documentation
- Create user testing strategies, plans, scripts, etc., and participate in test execution
- Identify project issues/risks and recommend solutions
- Facilitate team and client meetings
- Consistently monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders
- Troubleshoot business issues as it relates to all supporting technology
Requirements:
- 5-10 years’ experience as a Business Analyst
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to structure and conduct interviews with Accounting users to gather requirements
- Analytical skills to analyze the requirements and define scope and deliverables
- Ability to drive multiple projects forward simultaneously and understand and manage priorities
- Knowledge of and experience in private equity fund accounting and/or alternative investments is recommended
- Proven success as a team member, ability to contribute to a positive working environment by building solid relationships with team members, proactively seeking guidance, clarification and feedback, and providing guidance, clarification, and feedback to less-experienced staff
- Prior experience with the Accounting Technology suite/experience with developing reports is a plus
Note: Qualified candidates will be contacted within 2 business days of application. If an applicant does not meet the above criteria, we will keep your resume on file for future opportunities and may contact you for further discussion.