Senior Business Analyst - IFS

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions with users across finance, operations, and shared services to understand business needs and translate them into functional requirements.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to design solutions that support enterprise processes while respecting operating company differences.
• Serve as a key liaison between business stakeholders, the BA team, IT, and external partners to ensure solutions are aligned, feasible, and scalable.
• Provide expert-level functional support for IFS finance modules (GL, Project Accounting, Costing, Billing, Revenue Recognition, etc.).
• Support Controllers and finance teams in optimizing their use of IFS for month-end close, WIP, revenue recognition, and financial reporting.
• Guide users in best practices, configuration impacts, and process consistency across operating companies.
• Partner with IT and integration teams to support and refine data flows between IFS and connected third-party applications (e.g., AP automation tools, payroll systems, job-costing tools, equipment or field management systems, reporting platforms).
• Avoid data integrity issues across systems, support troubleshooting of integration issues, and ensure workflows operate smoothly end-to-end.
• Help users understand how upstream/downstream systems impact financial processes and reporting within IFS.
• Lead efforts to document, refine, and improve enterprise finance and project accounting processes.
• Ensure IFS design aligns with accounting standards (GAAP), internal controls, and risk-mitigation practices.
• Identify root causes of system or process issues and drive sustainable, long-term solutions.
• Partner with finance and BI teams to enhance reporting, dashboards, and analytics using IFS and connected BI tools.
• Improve visibility into performance metrics such as project margins, backlog, and forecast accuracy.
• Support executive, enterprise, and operating company reporting needs with accurate, well-structured data.
• Lead and/or support enhancements, upgrades, and new feature deployments within IFS.
• Gather requirements, document processes, create functional specs, and coordinate testing and UAT.
• Work closely with internal and external technical teams to deliver solutions that support enterprise strategy.
• Provide training, documentation, and ongoing support to ensure user adoption and consistent usage of IFS.
• Act as a change leader, helping users understand system impacts and adopt new processes with minimal disruption.
• Promote standardized processes where possible while supporting necessary operational flexibility.

Qualifications And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field required.
• 5-8+ years of experience in business analysis, finance systems, ERP support, or equivalent enterprise roles.
• Hands-on experience with IFS ERP, especially finance/accounting functionality.
• Experience with ERP integrations or cross-system data flows (directly or in partnership with IT).
• Experience in multi-entity, decentralized, or project-based environments such as construction, engineering, or industrial services.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles (GAAP), financial controls, and project accounting practices.
• Skilled in cross-functional collaboration and influencing without authority.
• Excellent analytical, documentation, communication, and facilitation skills.

Key Competencies

• Positive safety attitude and personal integrity – both are non-negotiable
• Enterprise Thinker: Balances standardization with the diverse needs of operating companies.
• Cross-Functional Facilitator: Bridges finance, operations, technology teams, and integration partners.
• Finance-to-System Translator: Converts business needs into actionable system requirements.
• Problem Solver: Identifies root causes and designs scalable solutions.
• Change Leader: Supports user adoption and drives continuous improvement.

PPC Partners Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.