Lead-Financial Systems Analyst

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Tennessee; Remote; USD 94,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead-Financial Systems Analyst to join their Financial Services Team. This role is pivotal in optimizing financial systems and processes while collaborating with finance and IT teams. You'll lead projects, troubleshoot issues, and implement upgrades, all within a supportive and collaborative work environment. With a focus on work-life balance and generous benefits, this position offers a unique opportunity to grow your career while making a meaningful impact in a world-class institution. If you have a passion for finance and technology, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Generous paid time-off

On-campus conveniences

Learning and growth opportunities

Collaborative work culture

Qualifications

• 5+ years of accounting experience with strong knowledge of accounting systems.
• Experience in Workday Payroll implementation and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial systems projects, ensuring timely completion and effective communication.
• Collaborate with finance and IT teams to enhance financial processes.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Accounting Systems

Project Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Workday

Enterprise Reporting Tools

Job description

Our Financial Services Team is hiring a Lead-Financial Systems Analyst!
If you have Workday payroll experience this may be the opportunity for you!

The Lead - Financial Systems Analyst plays a key role in supporting and enhancing St. Jude's financial systems and technologies. This role involves collaborating with finance and IT teams to optimize financial processes, troubleshoot system issues, and implement upgrades.

Better at Work. Better at Life.
When you work at St. Jude, you’ll join a highly-collaborative work culture that inspires you every day to be your best. With opportunities for learning and growth, you can shape a career path that is right for you while also enjoying all the benefits and stability of working for a world-class institution. This includes work-life balance with generous paid time-off and on-campus conveniences that make life a little easier. Join us and you’ll quickly see why St. Jude is consistently ranked by our employees on Glassdoor as a “Best Place to Work.”
This position is open to remote consideration.

Job Responsibilities:

• Independently lead financial systems projects, including selection, planning, organization, testing, training, customization, and communication of new systems and technology solutions.
• Contribute to the development and vision of departmental strategies in partnership with key stakeholders and Finance peers.
• Serve as an advocate and liaison between finance users/customers, IT support, vendors, and other technical support for financial systems.
• Identify and analyze problems/issues and assist in implementing solutions; Simplify and summarize complicated processes, procedures, and issues for a more lay audience.
• Update and maintain dashboards based on agreed-upon timelines; review trends, communicate concerns, and suggest improvements and metrics for dashboards.
• Ensure that documentation for assigned financial systems and projects, including minutes, contracts, and other documents outside standard procedures and training, is updated and maintained.
• Collaborate with all areas of Financial Services to facilitate timely project completion; continuously seek ways to improve existing processes to accommodate evolving business requests.
• Mentor team members to allow for skill/knowledge development through advice, coaching, and training opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• 5+ years of accounting-related experience required.
• Strong experience with accounting systems, processes, and terminology.
• Some experience planning and managing delivery in collaboration with cross-functional teams, including mid to senior-level business leaders.
• Experience with Workday Payroll (i.e., Workday conversion and implementation, and/or several years of designing, building, and testing Payroll configuration and in Workday).
• Experience with Workday reporting and other enterprise reporting tools for the development of reports as applicable.
• Proven performance in earlier role.

Compensation: In recognition of certain U.S. state and municipal pay transparency laws, St. Jude is including a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This is an estimate offered in good faith and a specific salary offer takes into account factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $94,640 - $169,520 per year for the role of Lead-Financial Systems Analyst.

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