Description
At Norton Rose Fulbright, people thrive because of a shared commitment to quality, unity, and integrity.
The Senior Analyst, Finance Technology – Finance Data and operations is responsible for the functional operation, administration, and continuous improvement of shared Finance platform and data capabilities.
Responsibilities include:
- Serving as the primary IT functional analyst for Client and Matter Management, Accounts Receivable and collections enablement, finance master data, and shared reference data.
- Supporting Accounts Receivable capabilities, including client and matter account structures, receivable balances, cash-application dependencies, adjustments, collections data, statements, aging, and related operational reporting.
- Analyzing how client setup, matter setup, billing arrangements, payer details, credit and collection attributes, and account changes affect Accounts Receivable and downstream reporting.
- Partnering with Accounts Receivable, Collections, Billing, New Business Intake, and Finance stakeholders to resolve data and process issues affecting receivables, cash application, aging, statements, and collection activity.
- Coordinating functional administration and data-quality activities across multiple enterprise platforms.
- Investigating cross-system data discrepancies, failed synchronizations, duplicate or incomplete records, access dependencies, and reporting-data issues.
- Translating business needs into functional requirements, data rules, process designs, configuration specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Leading or supporting system integration testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, defect triage, production validation, release planning, cutover, deployment, and stabilization.
- Maintaining functional specifications, configuration records, data definitions, mappings, support procedures, test evidence, release notes, and knowledge articles.
Capability Ownership:
- Client and Matter Management
- Accounts Receivable and collections enablement
- Client and matter account structures
- Cash-application and receivables data dependencies
- Aging, statements, collections, and receivables reporting
- Finance master and reference data
- Organizational and people-data dependencies
- User access and security coordination
- Data quality, governance, and reconciliation
- Reporting-platform enablement and shared data services
Applications and Platforms:
- Aderant Sierra Client, Matter, Accounts Receivable, and administration capabilities
- Master Data Services (MDS)
- Microsoft Fabric
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Workday interfaces
- Intapp Open
- Intapp Walls
- InterAction and related client/matter and reporting platforms
Functional Integration Ownership:
- Intapp Open to Sierra
- Intapp Walls to Sierra
- Sierra to InterAction
- Sierra to Intranet / Client & Matter
- Sierra to MDS and MDS to Sierra
- Workday to Sierra
- Sierra to Entra ID
- Sierra to iManage Cloud
- Sierra to Inprotech
- Sierra to Foundation
- Sierra to BigHand
- Sierra / iTimekeep to Paladin
- Accounts Receivable, collections, and client/matter feeds to approved reporting platforms
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Business, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Five or more years of functional analysis, business-systems analysis, product analysis, application support, master-data, or financial-platform experience.
- Experience supporting an ERP, financial management system, Client and Matter platform, or comparable enterprise application.
- Functional understanding of Accounts Receivable, collections, cash application, aging, statements, adjustments, client accounts, and matter-level financial data.
- Experience with Client and Matter Management, master data, data governance, reference data, or reporting enablement.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess cross-system and data impacts.
- Excellent stakeholder management, documentation, planning, and communication skills.
- Flexibility to support critical processing and deployments outside regular business hours when required.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package
- Access to three medical insurance plans, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance
- Pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts
- 401(k) savings plan and profit-sharing plans
- Fertility benefits
- Commuter benefits
- Student loan assistance refinancing options
- Paid time off plan
- Generous paid maternity leave and paid paternity leave
- Child care support through a back-up care program
- 11 Firm holidays