Accounting Systems Analyst I

About the role

The Accounting Systems Analyst I position serves as a liaison between Finance, Accounting, and Information Technology to support, maintain, and enhance financial systems and reporting processes. This role ensures system integrity, supports month-end close activities, provides ERP support, strengthens internal controls (SOX), and drives process improvements across Order-to-Cash (O2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Record-to-Report cycles.

Responsibilities

• Act as a resource for system-related issue resolution and troubleshooting.
• Provide support for ERP systems (e.g., Oracle R12 Financials).
• Partner with Accounting, Finance, Operations, and Information Technology to align system capabilities with business needs.
• Provide training and support to end users on financial systems and reporting tools.
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of financial data across subledgers and the general ledger.
• Compile and process journal entries in the General Ledger and reconcile accounts.
• Analyze General Ledger account variances and provide write-ups as needed.
• Support and optimize close processes, including journal entry workflows, reconciliations, and consolidations.
• Develop reports and dashboards (e.g., Tableau) for financial analysis.
• Identify opportunities and gather business requirements to streamline financial processes and reduce manual effort.
• Partner with Information Technology, Finance, and Overall business to test and implement process changes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across the cooperative.
• Ensure financial systems and processes comply with internal control requirements.
• Maintain department system workflows, controls, and procedures for standardization across business units and audit readiness.
• Support internal and external audits by providing system documentation, data extracts, and control evidence.
• Monitor and remediate control deficiencies related to financial systems.
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of financial master data (vendors, customers, items, product costs, milk pricing, and General Ledger accounts).
• Perform data validation, reconciliations, and exception analysis within the General ledger.
• Investigate and resolve system or data discrepancies impacting financial statements.
• Support advanced data analysis and reporting using tools such as Excel, Financial reporting, and Tableau.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, or related field.
• 2-3+ years of experience in accounting, financial systems, or business analyst.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage complexity, ambiguity, and time-sensitive decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Process-oriented with a continuous improvement focus.
• Effective communication skills—ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical users.

Qualifications

• Experience in dairy, food manufacturing, or agricultural cooperatives preferred.
• Hands-on experience with ERP and EPM/Hyperion systems (Oracle R12 (GL, AP, AR, FA, Cost Management strongly preferred).
• Reporting Tools: Tableau, Power BI, or similar.
• Advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups, macros optional).
• Data analysis and reconciliation techniques.