What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst position at Compunnel Inc.?
Scope of Work/Job Characteristics
- The Business Analyst will assist Planning, Accounting, and Ledger Planning (PALM) operations. The duties and responsibilities of this position are as follows:
- Generate and manage data analysis, data cleanup, data conversion, and another task as required for the position.
- Analyze extensive datasets and propose corrective actions; and
- Reconcile financial data, recording or adjusting accounting entries to verify accurate categorization of receivables, payables, revenue, assets, cash, grants, payroll, disbursements, contracts, and projects.
Required Qualifications
A bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, or other related field, with 10 years of accounting work experience is required. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis, when applicable.
The client requires the following experience, skills, and/or knowledge for this position:
- Extensive experience in the Accounting Information Resource (AIR) with usage and transactions, ledger management, and financial reporting.
- Proven knowledge of the government chart of accounts (i.e., usage, correlation).
- Advanced knowledge of financial accounting and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Proven ability analyzing and reconciling AIR accounting data, including but not limited to analyzing and reconciling data between different sources of information at any of the 29-digit account code stream levels and general ledger balances.
- Ability to quickly analyze large sets of complex accounting data using different technical skills and tools for identification of data inconsistencies.
- Extensive experience resolving data inconsistences, investigating the cause, and proposing corrective actions.
- Ability to create tools for effective and accurate correction of inconsistencies; and
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects and tight deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
The client prefers the Candidate to have the following experience, skills, and/or knowledge for this position:
- Experience in governmental accounting and financial reporting
- Experience with financial reporting reconciliations such as central and departmental records reconciliation.
- Advanced Excel knowledge, including creating macros and using advanced functions.
- Programming experience with the ability to create scripts to upload data easily.
- Experience preparing accounting entries using transaction TR10.
- Prior experience in data cleansing.
- Experience in requirements gathering, data analysis, design, development, testing, or implementation of financial management system(s).
- Experience working in team environments as a leader or as a member.
- Experience performing business analysis functions, collaborating independently within a diverse cross-functional team, and engaging with subject matter experts, business users, or stakeholders to collect information.
- Ability to provide effective communication and collaborative skills; and
Ability to manage multiple complex projects.
