Senior Business Analyst, Finance & Accounting Technologies - Remote

Senior Business Analyst, Finance & Accounting

Business Enterprise Solutions (BES) team is a part of the Corporate Technology & Innovation department focusing on key enterprise business solutions to support our company business objectives.

The Senior Business Analyst, Finance & Accounting serves as the primary liaison between Finance & Accounting, Operations, and Technology & Innovation department to support, optimize, and continuously improve the organization's Accounting, Job Costing, and Operational workflows. This role aligns closely with Southland's ongoing enterprise ERP innovation and automation initiatives. The position supports both day-to-day operational needs and strategic transformation initiatives while helping support and mature Southland's capabilities.

The ideal candidate combines strong business analysis skills with experience in procurement, sourcing, vendor management, inventory, accounts payable, job costing, ERP systems, and construction operations. This individual serves as a trusted business partner who can translate business challenges into practical technology solutions while driving process improvement, operational efficiency, reporting maturity, and data-driven decision-making.

This position reports to the Director of Finance & Accounting Technologies

What You Will Do:

Business Partnership & Relationship Management

Serve as the technology partner to Finance, Accounting, and Construction Operations stakeholders and users

Develop a deep understanding of business processes, operational challenges, and strategic objectives.

Build strong relationships with business leaders / users and serve as a trusted advisor on technology-related opportunities and solutions.

Facilitate requirements gathering workshops and business process discussions.

Translate business needs into functional and technical requirements.

Finance & Accounting Technology Support

Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Finance and Accounting technology solutions, including ERP platforms and other supporting applications.

Provide Tier 3 application support and resolve complex business and system issues

Investigate and troubleshoot application issues, working with business users, support teams, vendors, and technical resources to identify root causes and implement solutions.

Manage vendor escalations and coordinate testing and deployment of software updates, patches, and fixes.

Maintain application documentation, business processes, and support procedures.

Business Analysis & Process Improvement

Analyze current-state business processes and perform process mapping, value stream mapping, and gap analysis activities.

Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, financial controls, reporting, and user experience.

Develop business cases and solution recommendations that align technology investments with business objectives.

Support organizational readiness and change management activities associated with new solutions and enhancements.

Measure and track business outcomes resulting from implemented improvements.

Project Delivery & Solution Implementation

Lead small-to-medium technology initiatives from requirements gathering through deployment and stabilization.

Participate in larger enterprise projects as the Finance & Accounting technology representative.

Create functional requirements, process flows, test plans, user acceptance testing scenarios, and implementation documentation