Business Analyst, Finance

About the role

D'Addario is seeking an experienced Business Analyst, Finance to serve as a key business partner between Finance and Information Technology.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key IT point of contact and trusted advisor to the Finance organization.
• Build strong partnerships with Finance leadership and key stakeholders to understand priorities, pain points, and strategic needs.
• Gather and translate business requirements into practical system solutions and improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the finance systems roadmap and help align priorities with business strategy, operational needs, and IT standards.
• Support the intake, prioritization, and delivery of finance-related enhancements, projects, and support needs.
• Analyze and support continuous improvement of finance processes across order to cash, procure to pay, financial close, and FP&A.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, improve controls, and enhance the user experience.
• Support process standardization and documentation across finance-related functions.
• Partner with business teams to improve the effectiveness of month-end close, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting activities.
• Provide application support and assist with configuration, enhancement planning, testing, release coordination, and issue resolution for finance-related systems.
• Support and optimize ERP and planning platforms, including Infor XA and Limelight, or comparable systems.
• Career pathing and professional development via LinkedIn Learning.
• Help ensure finance applications are stable, secure, well-governed, and aligned with business requirements.
• Partner with Finance and operational teams to improve financial processes within a manufacturing environment.
• Support processes related to inventory accounting, cost accounting, product costing, purchasing, and margin reporting.
• Work across Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, and Customer Service to improve end-to-end process and data flow.
• Data, Reporting, Controls & Continuous Improvement
• Partner with stakeholders to improve reporting, analytics, and decision support for Finance and related business functions.
• Help improve master data quality, process discipline, and cross-functional data consistency across finance workflows.
• Support audit readiness, internal controls, and compliance requirements related to finance systems and processes.
• Identify root causes of recurring issues and support corrective actions to improve long-term performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in business analysis, enterprise applications, business systems, or IT business partnership roles.
• 5+ years of experience supporting Finance organizations and finance-related business processes.
• Strong understanding of order to cash, procure to pay, financial close, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.
• Experience supporting Finance in a manufacturing, distribution, or product-based business environment.
• Experience supporting system enhancements, process improvement efforts, or transformation initiatives.
• Strong business partnership and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear functional and technical requirements.
• Strong analytical, project management, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Effective communication skills with both business and technical audiences.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and help influence decisions across Finance, IT, and operational teams.
• Strong understanding of ERP-driven process dependencies, data flows, controls, and integration points.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Infor XA.
• Experience with Limelight or a similar FP&A / planning platform.
• Familiarity with inventory accounting, standard costing, cost accounting, and manufacturing-related financial reporting.
• Experience supporting cross-functional processes involving Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, and Customer Service.

Benefits

At D’Addario, we offer a competitive total compensation package. The base salary range for this role is $100,000-$125,000 and is commensurate with experience, skills, and qualifications. This position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, in accordance with company policy.