Senior Business Analyst

About the role

Sterling Engineering is looking for a Financial Project Manager in Auburn Hills, MI. This opportunity is with a global automotive safety company focused on developing products that help save lives. This role combines project management, business analysis, application support, and technical expertise, with a strong focus on JD Edwards (JDE) Financial Systems. Location: Auburn Hills, MI | Hire Type: Direct Hire

Responsibilities

• Provide functional and technical support for Finance applications, including JDE Financial modules, ensuring system stability, issue resolution, user training, and documentation.
• Lead and support finance-related projects, including application enhancements, change management, QA testing, Jira coordination, and system updates.
• Partner with Finance and key business users to gather requirements and support application improvements.
• Manage Finance data initiatives by gathering requirements, overseeing data product development, validating data in Snowflake, and coordinating with Informatica teams.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities by investigating posting issues, analyzing variances and reconciliations, and resolving finance-related issues.
• Develop and maintain financial reports, dashboards, SQL queries, and data analytics solutions to support reporting, reconciliations, audits, and business decisions.
• Support compliance, controls, and audit-related activities as needed.
• Travel within the U.S., Canada, and Mexico as needed for onsite support, critical issue resolution, and business initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Business Systems, or a related field; equivalent experience will also be considered.
• Strong experience with JDE Financial modules and enterprise Finance applications.
• Experience with project management, business analysis, application support, and stakeholder engagement.
• Understanding of business application architecture and system integrations.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and drive them through resolution.
• Experience with data analysis, financial reporting, SQL, and data analytics solutions.
• Experience supporting or administering enterprise business applications, preferably within Finance, ERP, or corporate systems.
• Experience working with internal/external auditors and supporting compliance, controls, and audit activities is preferred.
• Willingness to travel within the U.S., Canada, and Mexico as needed.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Recognition awards
• Company events
• Family events
• University discount options
• Additional perks

Pay

Salary: $130k-$140k/yr.