Business Systems Analyst

Woodward is committed to creating a great workplace for all team members. Our company and its members are committed to acting with integrity, being respectful and accountable to one another, and staying humble and driven, while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.

We are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.

Woodward supports our members’ wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Estimated annual base pay: $74,000(minimum) - $96,000(midpoint) - $118,000(maximum)

All Levels are eligible for the benefits below:

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity.
• 401(k) match (4.5%)
• Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
• 12 paid holidays
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits
• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
• Member referral bonus
• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
• Voluntary benefits, including:

o Home / Auto Insurance discounts

o Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Position Purpose:

The Finance Systems Analyst II partners with Finance, Accounting, and IT stakeholders to support, configure, integrate, and continuously improve enterprise finance systems. This role combines business finance knowledge with hands-on technical skills to translate business requirements into reliable system solutions, data processes, reports, integrations, and controls. The analyst will be a technical administrator for Concur. The analyst will need to independently resolves moderately complex issues, supports projects and system changes, and helps ensure financial systems and data are accurate, secure, controlled, and available for critical business processes.

Key Responsibilities:

Finance Systems Administration & Development:

• Administer and support assigned finance applications, including system configuration, master data, workflows, security roles, interfaces, scheduled jobs, and reporting components.

• Develop and maintain technical solutions using SQL and PostgreSQL, JavaScript or comparable scripting languages, application configuration tools, APIs, and data integration technologies.

• Analyze application and database behavior to identify root causes, correct data or configuration issues, and implement sustainable solutions.

• Support application upgrades, patches, enhancements, new modules, and releases through configuration, testing, deployment, validation, and post-production support.

• Maintain technical and functional documentation for system configurations, integrations, data flows, support procedures, and recurring operational processes.

Business Process & Requirements Analysis:

• Partner with Finance and Accounting stakeholders to understand processes, controls, reporting needs, and system pain points.

• Facilitate requirements gathering and translate business needs into functional requirements, technical specifications, process changes, and testable acceptance criteria.

• Apply knowledge of financial processes such as planning, forecasting, consolidation, close, reporting, allocations, master data, or transaction processing to design practical system solutions.

• Evaluate the impact of proposed changes across systems, integrations, data, controls, and downstream business processes.

• Recommend process and system improvements that improve accuracy, efficiency, scalability, auditability, and user experience.

Data, Integrations & Reporting:

• Design, build, support, and troubleshoot data loads, interfaces, integrations, and automated processes between finance systems and other enterprise applications.

• Write and maintain queries, views, stored procedures, scripts, or related technical components used for data validation, reconciliation, transformation, reporting, and issue resolution.

• Validate data completeness and accuracy across source and target systems and resolve discrepancies in partnership with business and technical teams.

• Support reporting and analytics requirements by translating financial data needs into reliable datasets, extracts, calculations, and system reports.

• Monitor scheduled processes and integration failures, coordinate recovery, and document recurring issues and preventative actions.

Operational Excellence & Support:

• Monitor system performance, interfaces, batch processes, and service health and take appropriate action to maintain reliable operations.

• Manage assigned incidents, service requests, access requests, and problem records in accordance with support priorities and service expectations.

• Provide advanced user support and explain technical issues in clear business terms to Finance, Accounting, audit, and leadership stakeholders.

• Coordinate with vendors, infrastructure teams, enterprise application teams, and other IT partners to resolve cross-system issues.

• Participate in on-call, month-end, quarter-end, year-end, planning-cycle, or other critical business support as required.

Risk, Security & Compliance:

• Support user access, role design, segregation of duties, and periodic access reviews in accordance with company policies and application controls.

• Maintain evidence and documentation for system changes, approvals, testing, access, interfaces, and other activities subject to internal controls or audit review.

• Follow change management, software development lifecycle, information security, and data governance requirements.

• Identify system, data, security, and control risks and escalate issues with clear impact analysis and recommended actions.

• Support internal and external audit requests and help demonstrate that system processes and controls are designed and operating as documented.

Program / Project / Change Management:

• Contribute to system implementations, upgrades, integrations, and process improvement projects as a functional and technical subject matter resource.

• Develop or maintain assigned project plans, requirements, design documentation, test scripts, issue logs, cutover tasks, and status updates.

• Coordinate user acceptance testing and technical validation, document results, and confirm that defects are resolved before deployment.

• Communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions to project leads and stakeholders in a timely and concise manner.

• Support change adoption through documentation, training, knowledge transfer, and responsive post-implementation support.

Vendor & Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work with software vendors and consultants on support cases, product defects, technical questions, enhancements, and implementation activities.

• Provide clear problem statements, logs, test results, data examples, and business impact information to accelerate issue resolution.

• Collaborate across Finance, Accounting, IT, Internal Audit, Sourcing, and other business functions to deliver integrated solutions.

• Contribute to vendor evaluations, solution assessments, licensing reviews, and technical discussions as requested.

Key Skills:

Finance & Business Process Knowledge:

• Working knowledge of Finance and Accounting processes and the ability to understand how system design, data, and controls affect business outcomes.

• Ability to translate business requirements into system configuration, data, integration, reporting, and support solutions.

• Ability to reconcile financial or operational data and explain variances, dependencies, and downstream impacts.

Technical Development & Data Skills:

• Intermediate proficiency with SQL and relational databases; PostgreSQL experience is preferred.

• Experience with JavaScript or another scripting or programming language used for application customization, automation, or integration.

• Understanding of APIs, file-based integrations, ETL processes, data mapping, scheduling, logging, and error handling.

• Ability to analyze application logs, database records, integration results, and configuration to troubleshoot moderately complex issues.

• Ability to create maintainable technical solutions with appropriate documentation, testing, peer review, and change control.

Systems Analysis & Problem-Solving:

• Strong analytical skills to identify root causes, evaluate alternatives, and implement practical solutions.

• Ability to assess how changes affect connected systems, data flows, business processes, users, and controls.

• Ability to manage multiple support and project priorities while completing commitments accurately and on time.

• Sound judgment to resolve issues independently within established practices and escalate higher-risk decisions appropriately.

Communication & Collaboration:

• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical Finance and Accounting stakeholders.

• Ability to document requirements, designs, procedures, test results, and support knowledge in a clear and usable format.

• Strong collaboration skills across business teams, IT teams, vendors, consultants, and audit partners.

• Ability to build trust by following through on commitments, providing transparent updates, and raising risks early.

Continuous Improvement & Learning:

• Ability to identify manual work, recurring incidents, process gaps, and control weaknesses that can be improved through automation or system changes.

• Willingness to build deeper knowledge of assigned finance applications, business processes, database technologies, and integration tools.

• Ability to share knowledge with peers and users through documentation, demonstrations, training, and support.

Successful Candidates Will Typically Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.

• Typically 3+ years of experience supporting, configuring, developing, or analyzing enterprise business systems, with exposure to Finance or Accounting processes.

• Hands-on experience with SQL and relational databases is required; PostgreSQL experience is preferred.

• Experience with Groovy or another scripting or programming language is preferred.

• Experience supporting ERP, EPM, financial reporting, planning, consolidation, procurement, expense, pricing, or other enterprise finance applications is preferred.

• Experience with system testing, change management, integrations, production support, and technical documentation is preferred.

• Experience operating in a controlled environment with audit, security, compliance, or SOX-related requirements is preferred.

Application window is anticipated to close 7 days from original posting date.

This information is provided in compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and is the company’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons.

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Woodward is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local laws.