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1872 Consulting

Financial Systems Manager – Legal Industry, Elite 3E Focus

1872 Consulting, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290


Financial Systems Manager – Legal Industry, Elite 3E FocusNYC, Chicago, or D.C. – 2 days onsite, 3 days work from home

SUMMARYThis position is focused on managing the Financial Systems, and a team of 5 direct reports. This position is with a large global law firm, who is in the process of upgrading Elite to Elite 3E – several of the modules have already been upgraded to 3E, so you'd be joining mid-migration.

The responsibilities are split approximately 50/50 between management and hands-on work. As such, we are looking for hands on managers, that have experience with Elite ideally, or Aderant would also work.

You'll have 1 supervisor, 2 senior analysts and 2 mid-level analysts that report to you. So you do need to also have experience managing direct reports.

You'll be joining at an exciting time when there is a firm-wide push to the cloud – there are a lot of exciting projects going on, and a lot of new hires to support this, which is all a function of the business having success that is enabling the growth.

What you'll be doing

Manage team of analysts who oversee financial system operational responsibilities such as data integrity checking, month-end processing, systems setups, and tier 1 and 2 financial system application support.Manage the troubleshooting and documentation of issues and their resolution; evaluating, designing, documenting, and prioritizing enhancement requests.Implement standards and best practices for supporting Financial Systems and related BI solutions.Support Finance staff in managing financial system data/report requests.Understand the relationship between existing financial system modules, integrations, and other related systems in order to maintain their integrity in a changing environment.Collaborate across Finance e areas to assess financial system application security, enhancement needs, and process transformation.Partner with Finance and IT on financial systems strategy and execution on a global basis.Vendor relationship management, including statements of work, consulting resource onboarding, invoice processing, etc.Prepare project budgets and provide reporting on budget vs. actual activity.Leverage project management experience to lead a variety of financial system initiatives, ensuring scope and budget are properly managed and that the business needs are met.Skills we're seeking

7+ years of experience with Financial Systems Management/Analysis2+ years of management experience, and must have experience managing direct reportsMust have at least 2 years of experience (more the better) managing financial systems in the legal industry, ideally with Elite or Elite 3E, but Aderant also worksMust be proficient with SQL

Nice to haves

Experience working in global environmentsExperience integrating other legal tools to the financial systems, such as InTapp

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