Business Analyst Job in Buffalo 14221, New York Us

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We arecurrently working with our client to identify critical members of their Financeand Project Management team, specifically for a key business performance andanalysis role.  Our client is a growing Western New York division of anational publicly traded company – they have a stable business operation herewith a strong team and are looking to add to their business improvementcapabilities.  Their parent company operates the business in Western NewYork as a wholly owned subsidiary with the autonomy to improve processes,reporting functions, and customize systems to suit business needs on the groundhere.

 

TheBusiness Analyst will report to the Director of Finance, and will work hand inhand with management in the planning and execution of their strategic plans forsystems/IT and Finance .  Understanding the systems that impact financialreporting, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and financial analysiswill be critical to this role.   Additionally, having a strong technicalbackground to foster open communication with the client’s IT and developmentteams will be necessary to manage critical projects.  The successfulcandidate will work directly with management and executives to assist in theplanning and execution of systems implementations, upgrades, and modifications,ad hoc analysis/special projects as needed, and much more.  If you’re ananalytical systems professional that has a strong understanding of systems andfinance, but wants to take things a step further – truly impact theorganization by developing strategy and implementing changes that arequantifiable – then this is the role for you.  

 

Ourclient is looking for someone with a strong foundation in finance and analysis,including the following:

·        Strongsystems and applications skills, particularly with Excel, Access, and variousdatabases/sources.

·        Strongleadership skills

·        Strongorganizational skills and an ability to prioritize in a tight deadline, highimpact, high expectation environment

·        Flexibleand able to adapt and react to solve problems on the fly