Senior Financial Systems Advisor — Cloud & Governance

01460 Continental Casualty Company; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

CNA is seeking a Financial Systems Advisory Senior Analyst to help govern and optimize cloud-based financial systems like Workday, Adaptive, and Cadency. You will translate business needs into system configurations, safeguard data integrity, and drive improvements through collaboration with finance and IT partners.

The role blends analysis, data governance, and problem solving in a hybrid environment, with opportunities to influence processes and reporting across finance functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Information Technology or equivalent work experience.
• Typically 3–5 years of accounting or financial systems experience; project management experience is a plus.
• Financial systems knowledge with certifications such as Workday financials, CPA, AIC, CPCU may be helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, document requirements for and deploy enhancements and configuration changes to financial systems.
• Collaborate with management and technical staff to troubleshoot issues and implement cost-effective resolutions.
• Ensure data integrity and test changes prior to deployment following SOX controls.
• Provide input to data architecture discussions and advise on data-related issues.
• Support data governance and drive process improvements within the team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/finance/IT

Tools

Workday

Adaptive

Cadency

Alteryx

Tableau Prep

SQL

Co-pilot

MS Office

Job description

CNA is seeking a Financial Systems Advisory Senior Analyst to help govern and optimize cloud-based financial systems like Workday, Adaptive, and Cadency. You will translate business needs into system configurations, safeguard data integrity, and drive improvements through collaboration with finance and IT partners.

The role blends analysis, data governance, and problem solving in a hybrid environment, with opportunities to influence processes and reporting across finance functions.