Thompson Hine LLP, an AmLaw 200 firm consistently recognized for our Innovation, Inclusion, and collaborative culture, is seeking an experienced Financial Systems Analyst to join our team in the following locations: Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Minneapolis. The primary purpose of the position will be the administration of the time and billing system and other financial systems.
The Financial Systems Analyst is responsible for the day-to-day administration and the support, analysis and continuous improvement efforts for the suite of financial systems used by the Finance Department. The Financial Systems Analyst ensures the administration of the system is handled efficiently and effectively by taking timely action to resolve service desk requests; manage routine systems configuration and maintenance; respond to business questions and perform root cause analysis of any issues.
This position is in IS and works closely with Finance, Accounting and Risk Teams.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for administration of financial systems including billing, expenses, user security, template design, report development, report books, screen design.
Lead system implementations, upgrades, integrations (e.g., with Intapp, NetDocuments), and process automation initiatives, table changes, changes to parameters and configuration settings.
Plan, design, manage, and implement projects relating to the budget system and other financial systems.
Build and maintain SQL queries, stored procedures, and database views to support reporting and automation needs.
Manage relationships with various software vendors.
Develop and design financial statements and reports.
Work on department or firm-level projects where necessary.
Experience
At least five years relative experience.
A background in law firms is required particularly with experience using the Aderant software suite.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Individuals must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities, or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations through some other combination of skills and abilities.
Proven expertise with Aderant (Expert or Sierra), BillBlast, Expert Image, and Intapp.
Experience with docketing applications such as CompuLaw, Milana, Pattsy or CPI helpful but not required.
Strong knowledge of the legal billing system including prebills, templates, workflows, and electronic billing
The individual will have an advanced understanding of a) data types and functions, specifically including text and lookup functions and b) data structures, including the concept of tables, queries, reports, views, etc.; knowledge of SQL required.
Experience with Expert Administration, Design Studio and Aderant database tools.
