Financial Applications Engineer
Financial Applications Engineer
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$ 121000 - 160000
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Job Description
Overview
Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the worlds major corporations funds and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.
We are a collegial collaborative and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity support and development they need to grow thrive and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firms client service principles of excellence strategic partnership commercial instinct integrated strengths innovation and collaboration across our international firm.
If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service initiative professionalism responsiveness and adaptability you may be the person we are seeking to join our InformationTechnology department in our Chicago office as a Financial Applications Engineer.
The Financial Applications Engineer supports the Global Financial Applications Manager and is responsible and accountable for Financial and Accounting Applications maintenance and support activities enhancements to existing functionality and development and/or implementation of new modules or packages. This position is accountable for developing and managing a global portfolio of applications and works closely with various IT and Accounting/Finance areas to ensure alignment with firm and client business requirements.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Ensures financial applications meet the needs of the business
- Ensures the evolution of financial applications and needs of the business continue to be met in the future
- Prioritizes and successfully delivers assigned projects working with the Global Financial Applications Manager
- Supports software related to departments customized or packaged financial applications
- Performs relevant telephone and desk side support to all staff on all financial applications supported by the Firm
- Responsible for multiple concurrent large and complex projects
- Maintains a high level of responsiveness to customer calls and inquiries
- As required liaise between Firm management sponsors users and other IT personnel to communicate issues regarding overall operations status operations strategy and plans
- Where appropriate attends user groups independently or with senior managers
- Develops written and oral communications that clearly explain technical concepts using nontechnical language; effectively communicate to management and users technology and process pros/cons IT strategies and tradeoffs
- Evaluates new financial products/applications deemed to be appropriate for the Firms business
- Recommends improvement on the use of all Firm financial applications
- Complies with the IT Departments change request system
- Ensures preventative maintenance in your field of expertise is regularly planned and implemented
- Contributes to financial applications user and systems needs analysis and requirements definition projects
- Engages appropriate constituencies for input into initiatives with wideranging impact
- Develops and reviews data design interface user functional and technical design documentation
- Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations operating time and form of desired results
- Designs codes tests and debug programs
- Ensures that the software development goals support the organizational and business goals
- Participates in the development analysis and recommendation of vendors based on prioritized evaluation criteria
- Works with the IT management and staff to integrate and continually evolve operations program/project management methods and practices
- Ensures a good proactive working relationship is maintained with others within the IT Department as well as with the users
- Ensures all downtime regular preventative maintenance security patch updates and software upgrades are communicated to all teams
- Effectively communicates information to next supervisory level through appropriate reporting mechanisms
- Contributes to financial applications user and systems needs analysis and requirements definition projects
- Documents and distributes input back to user constituencies for qualityassurance and content
- Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives
Qualifications
Education/Training/Certifications:
- Bachelors degree in a related field. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of the degree when the experience has been directly related to the functions of the job
Professional Experience:
- Minimum 6 years experience working in a IT systems applications environment required
- Five years managing highperformance backoffice and administrative support systems including Aderant Expert and other Finance & Accounting custom and packaged applications
- 6 years of IT industry experience preferably in a professional partnership (e.g. law firm) environment
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Outlook Word PowerPoint Excel and Visio required
- Indepth knowledge of enterprise level Aderant Expert technology (front and back end) in order to understand and validate requests coming from both the Business and Technical staff
- 6 years working with relevant clientserver and webcompliant development tools and products
- Strong working knowledge of relational databases
- Ability to conduct and direct research into IT issues and products as required.
- Ability to perform general mathematical calculations for the purpose of creating business cases budgets etc.
- Strong understanding of technology architecture deployment and quality assurance practices
Performance Traits:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills able to communicate effectively and in a professional manner with all levels of the Firm and outside vendors
- Ability to work in a diverse team environment and effectively support the demanding needs of the Firm
- Ability to work under pressure meet deadlines with shifting priorities
- Must be a selfstarter with a high level of initiative and a keen level of attention to detail
- Strong customer service skills able to anticipate needs and exercise independent judgment
- Strong attention to detail organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects
- Exercises solid strategic thinking and problemsolving skills
- Strong planning priority setting and problem solving especially when responding to unanticipated business requirements
- Resilient and able to handle setbacks
- Willingness to challenge the status quo
The typical pay scale for this position is between $121000 and $160000 although the actual wage or salary could be lower or higher if the candidates education experience skills and internal pay alignment are different from those specified.
The above is a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.
The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the atwill nature of employment.
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance 401(k) savings plan backup childcare and eldercare generous paid time off (PTO) as well as opportunities for professional development and growth.
Thank you for your interest in Mayer Brown. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities and disabled veterans. To request a reasonable accommodation related to the application process and/or job interview please email. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
