Skechers
posted 4 months ago
As a techno-functional member of the SKECHERS USA, Inc. Information Technology team, the Finance Systems Integrations Analyst will contribute to the management and ongoing support and implementation of applications within the SKECHERS finance systems portfolio. This role primarily focuses on supporting integrations and automations within the finance systems ecosystem while being part of a team that serves as a project lead. The analyst will partner with the business and other areas within IT to be the go-to integration support for the Finance and Accounting global end-user community. The position involves working with stakeholders to analyze system problems, application data, and business processes, creating integration solutions, performing testing, and identifying ways to enhance process efficiency while offering continuous improvement recommendations that align with business objectives and user needs. The essential job results include acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for integrations used across all finance applications, planning, evaluating, and overseeing the integration of systems to ensure that legacy and future finance applications work together efficiently. The analyst will be responsible for creating and maintaining functional specifications, integration design documents, business process workflows, data flow diagrams, and related documentation for new development projects and enhancements to be utilized by IT. Participation in efforts to reengineer and optimize business processes using integration solutions to gain efficiencies and reduce manual effort of stakeholders is also a key responsibility. Cross-functional collaboration and communication are crucial for quickly understanding, troubleshooting, finding root causes, and resolving issues. The analyst will support the Software Engineering team during the development process through research, requirements gathering, managing tickets, and testing to ensure that code performs as designed and meets integration requirements. Additionally, the role involves executing functional, integration, and regression test plans for new application functionality, product releases, enhancements, and regulatory modifications using business scenarios. The analyst will also be responsible for mapping data from source systems to target systems and actively participating in data conversion and data cleansing efforts. Interacting directly with application teams, subject matter experts, and third-party application experts to determine business needs for interfaces/integration needs, input and output requirements, and evaluating processes and procedures is essential. The analyst will partner with key business stakeholders and multiple departments to build a continuous improvement environment to support an ongoing program of transformation, ensuring consistency and best practices in the integration approach, enabling successful integration of acquired targets, and capturing learnings to enhance the process. Support for internal teams with usage guides, training, troubleshooting, and other technical assistance will also be part of the role.