Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Dentons US LLP

Job Overview

Dentons US LLP is hiring a Senior Financial Systems Analyst to join its IT Financial Systems team and support Elite 3E and related enterprise financial applications.

This is a senior-level financial systems role combining finance, accounting, enterprise application support, SQL/data analysis and technology operations within a professional-services environment. The successful candidate will work closely with Finance and Accounting teams to resolve production issues, support financial workflows and integrations, manage system changes, validate data and improve the reliability of day-to-day financial systems.

The role is particularly suited to professionals who understand law-firm financial processes and have hands-on experience supporting enterprise financial management platforms such as Elite 3E, Aderant or comparable systems.

The position also involves SQL-based investigation, system configuration, integration support, application testing, reporting/data research and production support during critical financial periods such as month-end, year-end and billing cycles.

About Dentons

Dentons US LLP is the U.S. practice of Dentons, a major global law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers and professionals across its U.S. locations. Dentons serves a broad range of clients including Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, manufacturers, healthcare organisations, startups, energy companies and government agencies.

The firm’s U.S. practices cover areas including corporate, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate governance, employment and labor, healthcare, intellectual property and technology, litigation and other major legal and business disciplines.

That scale makes its financial systems environment important to the firm’s day-to-day operations, including timekeeping, billing, collections, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger and related reporting processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Systems & Elite 3E Support

• Administer and support Elite 3E and related financial applications.

• Troubleshoot complex application, workflow, integration, data and production-support issues.

• Support financial system users and business teams in resolving system-related problems.

• Support Elite 3E configuration, workflows, templates, notifications, security and scheduled processes.

• Research system and data issues and identify appropriate solutions.

• Manage vendor support cases and follow issues through to resolution.

• Document important system changes, procedures and support processes.

• Finance & Accounting Systems

Support core financial processes within the law-firm environment, including:

• Time entry

• Billing

• Billing rates

• Accounts receivable

• Cash receipts

• Collections

• Accounts payable

• General ledger

• Bank reconciliation

• The role requires a practical understanding of how these processes work within an integrated financial systems environment and how changes in one system can affect downstream operations and reporting.

• SQL, Data Research & Validation

• Use T-SQL and Microsoft SQL Server to investigate financial-system issues.

• Research source data and identify data inconsistencies.

• Validate system and financial data.

• Support approved data corrections and business requests.

• Assist with approved data extracts.

• Research downstream reporting impacts in coordination with the reporting team.

• Work with relational databases and data-validation processes.

• Systems Integration

• Monitor and support integrations between Elite 3E and related business applications.

• Troubleshoot interfaces and cross-system issues.

• Support integrations involving time entry, expenses, collections, banking, HR, reporting and matter-management applications.

• Partner with application, integration, technical and business teams to resolve issues spanning multiple systems.

• Testing, Implementation & Change Management

• Support testing and implementation of financial-system updates.

• Assist with deployment and post-production validation.

• Support patches, upgrades and system enhancements.

• Participate in Financial Systems projects.

• Assist with data conversions and integrations.

• Support formal change-control and IT service-management activities where applicable.

• Validate that system changes operate correctly before and after production deployment.

• Reporting & Critical Financial Periods

• Assist with source-data research and approved extracts.

• Support reporting teams in understanding downstream impacts of financial-system changes.

• Provide systems support during month-end and year-end close.

• Support billing and other critical financial-processing periods.

• Provide occasional after-hours support when necessary for critical production issues or financial processing.

• Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to simplify repetitive support activities.

• Help automate routine financial-systems processes where appropriate.

• Improve documentation and standard operating procedures.

• Contribute to more efficient and reliable financial systems support.

• Work with internal teams and vendors to improve issue resolution and operational effectiveness.

• Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, Finance or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• 5+ years of experience supporting financial systems in a law firm or professional-services environment.

• Hands-on experience with Elite 3E, Aderant or a comparable enterprise financial management system; Elite 3E experience is preferred.

• Strong T-SQL skills and practical experience with Microsoft SQL Server.

• Experience with relational databases, data validation and approved data corrections.

• Strong understanding of law-firm financial processes including billing, time entry, rates, accounts receivable, accounts payable, collections and general ledger.

• Experience troubleshooting applications, workflows, scheduled processes, integrations, interfaces and production-support issues.

• Experience testing, implementing and supporting patches, upgrades, enhancements, data conversions and integrations.

• Familiarity with Elite 3E configuration tools, Integration Builder, reporting/data platforms, automation tools, IT service management, incident management or formal change control is preferred.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, prioritisation, documentation and follow-through skills.

• Willingness to provide occasional after-hours support during critical financial-processing periods.

• Key Skills

• Elite 3E | Aderant | Financial Systems | Law Firm Technology | SQL | T-SQL | Microsoft SQL Server | Financial Applications | Accounting Systems | Billing Systems | Time Entry | Accounts Receivable | Accounts Payable | General Ledger | Collections | Bank Reconciliation | Systems Integration | Application Support | Production Support | Data Validation | Data Analysis | Financial Reporting | System Configuration | IT Service Management | Change Management | Incident Management | Data Conversion

• Ideal Candidate Profile

• The ideal candidate combines financial-process knowledge with strong technical systems expertise.

• This person should be comfortable discussing accounting and law-firm financial workflows with Finance and Accounting teams while also investigating technical issues through SQL, application configuration, database research and integration troubleshooting.

• A strong candidate will be able to move between business and technical discussions—for example, understanding how a billing issue affects accounting, determining where the underlying data problem originates, researching the issue through SQL and coordinating the technical change required to resolve it.

• Experience in a law firm or professional-services organisation is especially valuable because the role supports financial processes that are closely tied to billing, timekeeping, client/matter management and professional-services operations.

• Work Location

Across four U.S. locations:

• Chicago, Illinois

• Dentons US LLP

• 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 5900

• Chicago, IL 60606-6361

• United States

• Washington, DC

• Dentons US LLP

• 1900 K Street NW

• Washington, DC 20006

• United States

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Dentons US LLP

• 303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 5300

• Atlanta, GA 30308

• United States

• Phoenix, Arizona

• Dentons US LLP

• 2398 E. Camelback Road, Suite 850

• Phoenix, AZ 85016-9007

• United States

• The official job posting lists all four locations but does not specify the work-mode arra