CohnReznick
is hiring
Senior Business Analyst, IT
About Our Company
With over a century’s worth of experience, nearly 4,300 global team members, and 30 locations including global subsidiaries, our firm serves clients in 30 different industries through an integrated team of advisory, assurance, and tax professionals. Our Nexia International affiliation expands our reach to more than 122 countries.
Certified as a Great Place to Work ® in 2023, and named to Newsweek's list of Most Loved Workplaces® for the third consecutive year, we are driven by a Sense of Purpose founded on creating opportunities for our people, making a difference for our clients, and strengthening our communities.
CohnReznick is committed to helping our clients understand and leverage the critical market forces that can ultimately become game-changers for their businesses. In serving our many stakeholders, we also acknowledge our role as a value creator and as a force for change in promoting sustainability and social and economic justice.
CohnReznick recently launched its Gamechangers in ESG Awards program to recognize U.S businesses “changing the game” through environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies and best practices.
CohnReznick’s sponsorship of Major League Baseball® (MLB) delivers content focused on key business issues both inside and outside of the game –strategy, performance optimization, analytics, and community investment. CohnReznick is the Presenting Sponsor of the Winter Meetings coverage, baseball’s most intensive week of business.
Job Description & Responsibilities
We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to join our team.
This is a virtual position. A virtual position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a CohnReznick office location. As a virtual employee, you may be required to be present at a CohnReznick office with scheduled notice for client working, team meetings or training.
YOUR TEAM.
The Senior Business Analyst will report to the Senior Manager – Assurance BA and Director of IT Business Solutions and work alongside a cross-functional project team in the delivery and support of Assurance solutions.
YOUR ROLE.
The Business Analyst will serve primarily as a technical analyst and business relationship management resource for the IT/Technology team, Practice Lead and all Business users for all applications in the Assurance portfolio. The Business Analyst will also be expected to elicit and document requirements for projects, product upgrades and impacts of other projects on the Assurance application portfolio.
Responsibilities Include But Not Limited To
- Provide operational support as IT liaison to the Assurance Department:
- Coordinate and set up (facilitate) Remote Reviews and work along with Support App Specialists group and the business requestor on the types of remote reviews needed.
- Work with vendors on licensing issues, updates, bug fixes, and improvements when needed.
- Develop communication to the business and IT support for any changes, updates, outages, etc.
- Work with Business and Desktop/Citrix teams on packaging/testing updates, changes, and deployments for all assurance applications.
- Draft and update Knowledge Base articles for staff, IT Support, and App Specialists for all applications.
- Train, guide, coordinate and mentor the App Specialists Support group.
- Determine requirements and testing procedures for projects that involve or impact Assurance applications.
- Support business combination integrations for all Assurance applications.
- Work with affected business groups on Assurance and Tax on changes to processes and provide assistance/guidance.
- Work on solutions for common issues either with the applications or processes that affect applications.
- Coordinate with Infrastructure teams to account for back-end changes that affect the Assurance application.
- Develop relationships with and meet with Assurance leaders where applicable.
- Prepare for and support of busy season, working with vendors where applicable and assisting the Support Desk with guidance.
- Support legacy products and processes during transition periods.
- Assist Lead Assurance BA with piloting of new products and deployments for upgrades to existing products.
- Solve technical/business issue by using the application or help files, vendor support, Wikis, blogs, and user forums.
- Perform testing to ensure development conforms to the functional design specifications and plan for code promotion to production.
- Work independently when needed, managed time based on workload and take initiative.
- Provide technical support and input // guidance to “Audit of the Future” innovation initiative when called to provide feedback.
- Build relationships with the business at all levels and with peers both inside and outside the Firm.
- Communicate with the business on a non-technical level, and with the IT department on a more technical level.
- Attendance at Vendor seminars and leadership meetings when needed.
- Participate in the creation of project plans and communicate status when needed.
- Interact with other IT Teams to ensure specifications are in line with the most efficient available technical solutions and offer suggestion to improve process among teams.
Requirements
The successful candidate will have:
- Minimum 3 years' experience in Business Analysis and/or Technical Analysis
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Proficient in Windows and Microsoft Office applications
- Proficient in understanding and documenting business process
- Familiar with Project Management methodology
- Excellent verbal and written skills, including ability to discuss technical topics with non-technical audiences
- Detail oriented; strong analytical, organizational, and time management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to work both autonomously and actively as part of a cross-functional team
- Strong time management skills
- Familiarity or experience with Assurance solutions a plus: CCH Engagement and Knowledge Coach; CaseWare (for example)
- Experience in the accounting industry a plus
- Experience or knowledge of VBA, SQL, C# a plus
- Familiarity with cloud environments (specifically Azure) a plus
After reviewing this job posting, are you hesitating to apply because you don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that we are less likely to apply to jobs unless we meet every single qualification. At CohnReznick, we are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.
What we offer
WHY COHNREZNICK?
- Work-Life Blend: Our team members accrue up to 30 days of PTO depending on their level & take advantage of 17 paid holidays including two weeks off a year when all CR Team members take time off together (July 4th week and Thanksgiving week).
- Parental Leave: Our expanded leave is up to 8 weeks following the birth or placement of a child.
- Flexibility: Our team members have options of being fully virtual, hybrid or in the office based on theirs and the business All full time or part time CR team members are offered a home office stipend upon onboarding to help them get setup at home.
- Diversity & Inclusion: Whether it’s through participation in our Employee Resource Groups such as CR BLAC, CR PRIDE, CR Women, VMA@CR, CR GREEN, RAZA@CR, AAPI@CR, CR CARES, our team members give back to the communities they live and work in.
- Total Rewards: We offer a competitive annual compensation, annual discretionary performance bonus, referral & client bonuses, spot bonus opportunities, 401k match with profit sharing contributions and incentive and support towards achieving the CPA licensure.
- Learning & Development: Our team members have access to learning opportunities focusing on technical, leadership, and success skills that support their growth and career advancement, not to mention the necessary resources to meet their compliance needs.
- Wellness resources: Our virtual care programs such as Headspace, Spring Health, Prevention Cloud, and Peerfit help support our team members’ mental and physical well-being.
- Performance Coach: Each CR Team member is aligned to a Performance Coach who will support them in establishing their goals and provide guidance and support along their career path of choice.
- The CR Friend: Your CR Friend will serve as a familiar face when you first join the firm and is someone you can always reach out to.
- CR Together with Purpose: Our workplace strategy aims to create an environment in which we have a regular cadence working at a client's location, our offices and remotely depending on what we need to accomplish, who we need to work with to be successful, and how we will be most productive on a schedule that works best for our clients, teams, and people.
In Colorado, the salary range for a Senior Business Analyst is $107,000 to $115,000. Salary is one component of the CohnReznick total rewards package, which includes a discretionary performance bonus, generous paid time off, expanded and inclusive parental benefits, and access to best-in-class learning and development platforms, to name a few.
