Risk Analytics & Financial Systems Analyst (contract)

Location: 550 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN
Duration: 6 months (W2 contract)
Schedule: 3 days in office, 2 days remote

About the role

This contractor will support internal business partners who rely on risk and investment reporting. The primary focus is assisting with report upgrades, validating system changes, and performing regression testing to ensure reports, calculations, and data feeds continue to function as expected. This is a finance-focused analytics role requiring an understanding of investment accounting, securities, and financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Support upgrades and enhancements to risk and investment reporting processes.
• Perform regression testing following report, system, or data source changes.
• Compare test and control files to validate outputs and investigate discrepancies.
• Work with internal stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and testing results.
• Analyze financial and investment data to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Document testing results, defects, and remediation activities.
• Validate data received from Bloomberg, SWIFT, and other financial data sources.
• Support business and systems analysis activities across risk analytics and reporting functions.

Requirements

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. (no visa sponsorship available).
• 2+ years of Risk Analytics or related financial analytics experience.
• 1+ year of experience executing regression testing, validating outputs, and documenting results.
• 2+ years of experience with securities or investment accounting, including bonds, fixed income products, and interest calculations.
• Strong understanding of financial transactions and accounting impacts.
• Advanced Excel: 2+ years of hands-on experience with data reconciliation, filters, sorting, Pivot Tables, data imports, Text-to-Columns, data parsing, and working with large datasets for testing and validation.
• Experience using SWIFT messaging within financial services environments.
• Experience using Bloomberg as a financial data source.
• Knowledge of Accounting Information Systems.
• Experience with Business Systems Analysis, requirements gathering, and testing support.
• 1+ year of regression testing experience within SimCorp Dimension (preferred).

Note: AP/AR, bookkeeping, and accounting data entry experience alone is not sufficient for this role.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401K
• Voluntary Benefits