Senior Analyst, Finance Technology - Finance Data and Operations

nrf; Houston (TX); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Norton Rose Fulbright in Houston seeks a Senior Analyst, Finance Technology to manage and enhance the Finance Data and operations platform. You will own Client and Matter Management, Accounts Receivable and collections enablement, finance master data, and data quality, ensuring reliable receivables processes across multiple systems.

You will partner with Finance, Billing, HR, Risk, IT, and vendors to optimize data flows, support testing and deployments, and translate business needs into

Responsabilités

• Serve as the primary IT functional analyst for Client and Matter Management, Accounts Receivable and collections enablement, finance master data and shared reference data.
• Support Accounts Receivable capabilities including client and matter account structures, receivable balances, cash-application dependencies, adjustments, collections data, statements, aging, and related operational reporting.
• Support client and matter structures, statuses, attributes, hierarchies, addresses, billing and collection contacts, organizational reference data, and other governed data used by Sierra and connected systems.
• Analyze how client setup, matter setup, billing arrangements, payer details, credit and collection attributes, and account changes affect Accounts Receivable and downstream reporting.
• Partner with Accounts Receivable, Collections, Billing, New Business Intake, and Finance stakeholders to resolve data and process issues affecting receivables, cash application, aging, statements, and collection activity.
• Coordinate functional administration and data-quality activities across Sierra, MDS, Workday interfaces, Intapp, Fabric, Entra ID, and other approved enterprise platforms.
• Investigate cross-system data discrepancies, failed synchronizations, duplicate or incomplete records, access dependencies, and reporting-data issues; coordinate correction and prevention with data owners and technical teams.
• Own assigned Client, Matter, Accounts Receivable, people, security, document, and reporting integrations from a functional perspective, including requirements, mapping validation, reconciliation, exception review, testing, and sign-off.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements, data rules, process designs, configuration specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead or support system integration testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, defect triage, production validation, release planning, cutover, deployment, and stabilization.
• Maintain functional specifications, configuration records, data definitions, mappings, support procedures, test evidence, release notes, and knowledge articles.
• Partner with Risk, HR, Security, Records, Finance, Data and Reporting, and Global IT to define ownership, controls, validation rules, and sustainable data‑maintenance processes.
• Monitor recurring defects, data-quality trends, platform issues, and manual workarounds; recommend improvements that strengthen receivables operations, data integrity, and platform reliability.
• Coordinate vendor and managed‑service‑provider escalations and validate vendor‑delivered fixes.
• Provide secondary support across the Finance technology portfolio as needed.

Description du poste

Job Description

At Norton Rose Fulbright, people thrive because of a shared commitment to quality, unity and integrity. The highly regarded law firm consistently receives recognition from Great Place to Work and Top Workplaces, two companies that specialize in assessing organizational culture. Teams collaborate across regions, value new ideas and deliver meaningful client solutions, supported by a culture that embraces ambition, development and shared success. With more than 3,000 lawyers and 3,000 business services professionals working together across 50 offices worldwide, this global law firm provides a full range of legal services to leading corporations and financial institutions operating in key markets and sectors.

The Senior Analyst, Finance Technology - Finance Data and operations is responsible for the functional operation, administration, and continuous improvement of shared Finance platform and data capabilities. The role owns Client and Matter Management, Accounts Receivable and collections enablement, finance master data, organizational and people-data dependencies, data quality, reporting enablement, and shared application administration. The analyst partners with Finance, Accounts Receivable, Billing, New Business Intake, Risk, HR, Information Security, Data and Reporting, IT, and vendors to maintain trusted client and matter data and reliable receivables processes.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serve as the primary IT functional analyst for Client and Matter Management, Accounts Receivable and collections enablement, finance master data and shared reference data.
• Support Accounts Receivable capabilities including client and matter account structures, receivable balances, cash-application dependencies, adjustments, collections data, statements, aging, and related operational reporting.
• Support client and matter structures, statuses, attributes, hierarchies, addresses, billing and collection contacts, organizational reference data, and other governed data used by Sierra and connected systems.
• Analyze how client setup, matter setup, billing arrangements, payer details, credit and collection attributes, and account changes affect Accounts Receivable and downstream reporting.
• Partner with Accounts Receivable, Collections, Billing, New Business Intake, and Finance stakeholders to resolve data and process issues affecting receivables, cash application, aging, statements, and collection activity.
• Coordinate functional administration and data-quality activities across Sierra, MDS, Workday interfaces, Intapp, Fabric, Entra ID, and other approved enterprise platforms.
• Investigate cross-system data discrepancies, failed synchronizations, duplicate or incomplete records, access dependencies, and reporting-data issues; coordinate correction and prevention with data owners and technical teams.
• Own assigned Client, Matter, Accounts Receivable, people, security, document, and reporting integrations from a functional perspective, including requirements, mapping validation, reconciliation, exception review, testing, and sign-off.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements, data rules, process designs, configuration specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead or support system integration testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, defect triage, production validation, release planning, cutover, deployment, and stabilization.
• Maintain functional specifications, configuration records, data definitions, mappings, support procedures, test evidence, release notes, and knowledge articles.
• Partner with Risk, HR, Security, Records, Finance, Data and Reporting, and Global IT to define ownership, controls, validation rules, and sustainable data‑maintenance processes.
• Monitor recurring defects, data-quality trends, platform issues, and manual workarounds; recommend improvements that strengthen receivables operations, data integrity, and platform reliability.
• Coordinate vendor and managed‑service‑provider escalations and validate vendor‑delivered fixes.
• Provide secondary support across the Finance technology portfolio as needed.

Capability Ownership

• Client and Matter Management
• Accounts Receivable and collections enablement
• Client and matter account structures
• Cash-application and receivables data dependencies
• Aging, statements, collections, and receivables reporting
• Finance master and reference data
• Organizational and people-data dependencies
• User access and security coordination
• Data quality, governance, and reconciliation
• Reporting-platform enablement and shared data services

Applications and Platforms

• Aderant Sierra Client, Matter, Accounts Receivable, and administration capabilities
• Master Data Services (MDS)
• Microsoft Fabric
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Workday interfaces
• Intapp Open
• Intapp Walls
• InterAction and related client/matter and reporting platforms

Functional Integration Ownership

• Intapp Open to Sierra
• Intapp Walls to Sierra
• Sierra to InterAction
• Sierra t