West Monroe Experienced Looking for IT Financial Analyst at Chicago, IL Full Time

West Monroe isn’t a start-up firm, but we act like one.
We pride ourselves on bringing a different mindset to consulting—and that takes a different approach: highly collaborative, flexible, and tenacious.

Our people-first, highly collaborative culture is core to our identity. It’s something we care about, and something we strive to enrich and preserve. No hierarchies. No siloes. No egos. Just smart ideas, unique perspectives, and the drive to make an impact for our clients.

We also know that the best outcomes for both our people and our clients result from including diverse perspectives at the table. That’s why inclusion and diversity is one of our core values.

Every day our clients rely on us to help them tackle their greatest challenges, by strategically deploying technology through a business-focused and industry-specific lens. We bring together both the right knowledge and the right approach, so that they can capitalize on opportunities and deliver real results. That takes the right team. And that’s where you come in.

Think you’re up to the challenge?
West Monroe is looking for a Specialist to join our Information & Collaboration Technology (ICT) Team as a financial analyst in the ICT Office of the CIO, you will wear many hats on financial invoice processing, administration, assist in projects, and be responsible for a variety of tasks including requirements gathering, automation, continuous improvement, and testing. You will collaborate across Finance and ICT. This is an exciting role that will present the challenge of helping us with financial processes and technologies that will deliver greatest value to ICT.

Responsibilities:

• Review and process ICT invoices for appropriate approvals and process with the AP team for payment.
• Invoice review and communication with ICT, Finance, and AP teams.
• Allocate invoices to the suitable cost centers.
• Communicate with vendors and follow-up on outstanding or priority items.
• Manage DocuSign workflows for approvals.
• Assist in requirements for ICT in the implementation of rules in Chrome River.
• Manage SaaS sales tax, in Chrome River.
• Manage JIRA issues and reports.
• Assist in gathering details for the annual budget for ICT and input in the financial software applications
• Assist with gathering data for the monthly ICT scorecard.
• Manage hardware asset management in ServiceNow.
• Assist in cost optimization initiatives.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of financial software capabilities and limitations – Kimble, SAP Concur, etc. – while clearly communicating those to internal partners

Qualifications:

• Educated to an Associate level or equivalent
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to deal with people at all levels
• Previous experience in a financial role
• Strong IT skills: proficient in the use of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Meticulous attention to detail, well organized and able to prioritize
• Proficiency in spoken/written English
• Appropriate use of initiative and proactive problem solving
• Comfortable working independently but able to collaborate in a team
• Understands the workflow and process requirements of complex application systems
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with Finance & Accounting, ICT, and other internal business units
• Strong written and oral communication – must be able to work well and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical resources
• Confident in multi-tasking – demonstrates a strong desire to take on new tasks and learn new processes

Think you have what it takes? Join our team and make us better!