Financial Systems Specialist

The Financial Systems Specialist is a key member of the Technology team responsible for the administration maintenance enhancement and support of the firms financial systems with a primary focus on Aderant Expert and related accounting applications. This role partners closely with Accounting Legal Operations and other business departments to ensure system reliability optimize financial workflows and deliver reporting and analytics solutions that support business objectives.

The Financial Systems Specialist serves as the primary technical resource for the firms financial systems providing day-to-day support troubleshooting system configuration customizations integrations and reporting solutions including dashboards tiles and business intelligence tools.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Administer maintain and support the firms Aderant financial management system and related financial applications.
• Provide technical support for Aderant Expert and integrated financial systems including Expert Billing & Collections iTimekeep Time Entry Paperless Pre-Bills and SSRS reporting solutions.
• Evaluate implement and optimize Aderant functionality and third-party software solutions to enhance operational efficiency and business processes.
• Support and troubleshoot applications and integrations connected to the Aderant environment.
• Design develop and maintain dashboards tiles reports and other analytical tools to improve system usability and business insights.
• Monitor and maintain financial system updates maintenance schedules backups and recovery processes to ensure system stability and data integrity.
• Coordinate with Aderant support and vendors by creating and managing support tickets including issue escalation and resolution tracking.
• Configure system enhancements customizations automations and new functionality while performing quality assurance user acceptance testing and regression testing in both test and production environments.
• Collaborate with Legal Operations Accounting and Data Analytics teams to develop and maintain integrations between financial systems databases and third-party applications.
• Analyze business requirements and recommend solutions that improve financial system performance efficiency and user adoption.
• Participate in strategic initiatives and system enhancement projects that support the firms growth and evolving business needs.
• Develop and maintain system documentation procedures and training materials to support end users and business processes.
• Assist with special projects and technology initiatives related to financial systems and operational improvement.
• Stay current with Aderant product enhancements industry best practices and emerging financial technology solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of experience supporting Aderant financial systems preferably within a law firm or professional services environment.
• Experience with Aderant Design Studio including system configuration automation customization and reporting.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles financial systems controls processes and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts business requirements and system issues effectively to end users management and key stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve system-related issues efficiently.
• Excellent customer service interpersonal verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build productive working relationships across departments and provide a high level of user support.
• Skilled at translating technical information into clear user-friendly language for non-technical audiences.
• Highly adaptable and able to manage changing priorities projects and business needs in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to remain composed and professional while troubleshooting issues and responding to time-sensitive requests.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Proficient in working independently as well as collaboratively within cross-functional teams.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties responsibilities or qualifications associated with the position. Management reserves the right to assign or modify responsibilities as business needs evolve.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Kahana Feld provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Job Type

Full-Time Exempt

Salary Range
$140000-$160000/year

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Work Location

Hybrid

Work Schedule

8:30am - 5:30pm Monday-Friday. Occasional weekends and holidays.

Physical Requirements

Primarily sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift carry push pull or otherwise move objects. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists hands and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Must have the ability to walk short distances and/or drive a vehicle to deliver and pick up materials. Work can be performed with or without accommodations.

Travel

10-30% domestic travel by car and by plane.