IT Business Analyst, Finance

Churchill Downs Incorporated•Lyndon, KY

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The IT Business Analyst, Finance collaborates with business stakeholders, business leaders, IT teams, PMO, and end users to support enterprise finance applications and business processes. This role involves facilitating meetings to discuss end-user requirements, project status updates, communication, planning, training, and operational needs. This individual will be responsible for technical support of enterprise financial systems and configuration. The role will include writing functional specification documents, test plans, training plans, deployment plans, and policies and procedures to support enterprise applications, business processes, and projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field; equivalent work experience will be considered.
Firm understanding of finance and accounting practices and terminology, including Order to Cash, Inventory Management, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury and General Ledger functionality.
Ability to quickly learn and adopt finance software solutions, including emerging technology.
Experience with testing, deployment, and release management.
Excellent problem-solving, analytical & critical thinking skills.
Support a 24/7 365 information systems environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
Ability to obtain racing and/or gaming licenses as required in any jurisdiction where CDI operates. The Gaming industry is highly regulated and as such demands an extensive background check to obtain a license. Must be 21 years of age or older.

Nice To Haves

Experience with enterprise SAP systems preferred, including S4/HANA and Analytics Cloud.

Responsibilities

Partner with business stakeholders & leadership, IT teams and end users across the organization to implement innovative solutions to business-critical challenges.
Clarify and deepen the understanding of business processes, pain points, business needs, and desires of stakeholders.
Act as a liaison between business leaders and IT to communicate priorities, while managing functional and technical requirements for support and projects.
Collaborate with stakeholders to design, implement, document and support solutions in new and existing finance enterprise applications
Lead and continually identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency in business processes and systems.
Collect information on business needs and translate the data into technical requirements.
Support, manage, deploy, and communicate enterprise application upgrades, enhancements, and maintenance.
Provide end user support and training for enterprise financial applications.
Identify and resolve end user gaps in application use skills and business process understanding.
Create and maintain end-user training documentation, technical guides, user acceptance testing scripts and project status updates.
Perform unit, integration, and regression tests and document results.
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, policies, and corporate objectives.
Other duties as required.