Finance Business Analyst Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the finance business analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for to finance and non-finance players within the organization support and financial analysis during month end and period end.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• A variety of administrative tasks centred on the management of the billing system including ensuring data such as job details are correct, WIP balances are recoverable and potential issues identified
• Support and assist the business in relation to billing and reporting queries
• Working with the wider finance team to close month end accounts and achieve reporting deadlines
• Exposure to and skills to manage a high volume workload
• Familiarity with financial processes including AP,AR,GL,financial reporting and month-end close activities
• Knowledge of SAP – preferably with exposure to S/4 Hana and Simple Finance
• Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, research skills, and strong verbal and written communication skills
• Professionally interact with management and other departments globally, provide timely answers to inquiries from these parties

In response to your job posting for finance business analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for accounting support and ad hoc financial analysis to support the EMEA Finance team.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Travel is not routine during the performance of normal duties
• Understand Business flows very well and show clarity in thought when working with P2P and other financial data
• Coordinate projects that span multiple teamsKeep feature stakeholders updated throughout the development cycle
• Knowledge of ThermoFisher SAP Template
• Thorough software knowledge of MS Access, Excel, and enterprise system reporting
• Thorough knowledge of Oracle R12, Taleo, and Smartsheets
• Proven problem solving and GAPP Accounting
• Good Microsoft* skills and SAP* knowledge would be an added advantage

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the finance business analyst position.

Previously, I was responsible for support for Payroll accounting including month end close reporting, tax refund tracking, , and year end close audits.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Knowledge and experience of BPCS LX, SQL/RPG skills
• Knowledge and experience related to general Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
• Competent to work on fairly complex systems analysis with minimal supervision
• Hands-on experience related to implementation of computer systems
• Prior experience with a Finance ERP (Workday, PeopleSoft, Lawson, JD Edwards) helpful
• Comfortable working across international time zones to participate in meetings
• Business Analysis experience gained from working on a project would be preferable
• Knowledge and experience of financial products accounting

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the finance business analyst position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for month-end/year-end financial reporting and data analysis support to the Finance, Accounting and Treasury teams.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Performs various analysis of different fields, such as finance, performance
• Owns the monthly billing process
• Manages small to medium size projects and processes improvement
• Operational Excellence – Coordinates a variety of processes to ensure projects run smoothly
• Functional Excellence – Applies learnings from past projects to improve quality and efficiency
• Driven, self-motivated and passionate individual who takes initiative and communicates well
• Sets, delivers and executes his/her work to a very high standard and is able to motivate others positively
• Proficient in the use of financial and business planning tools (Oracle Hyperion or any financial tool) and processes and standards

I would like to submit my application for the finance business analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for off hour support during peak business activity period and during peak times for the Finance & Accounting Teams.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Be able to communicate effectively-have strong analytical skills
• Be able to deal with ambiguity-be able to work independently
• Have strong analytical skills-business partnering or stakeholder management skills
• Finance Industry experience preferred
• Gather and analyze requirements from external stakeholders using interviews, document analysis and workflow analysis
• Prepare accurate and detailed requirement specifications documents, user interface guides, and functional/ non-functional specification documents
• Enjoy working in an environment in meeting tight deadlines
• Solid written and oral communication skills listening and interpersonal skills