Financial Systems Analyst
Location: Seattle, WA, Full Time
Department: Software Engineering
Reports To: Software Team Manager
About the Role
INIT Innovations in Transportation is seeking a Financial Systems Analyst to co-own and support the accounting service used across our transit agency projects. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering/delivery and financial operations: the FSA maintains and deploys the accounting service, ensures data accuracy, configures the system for individual agencies, and serves as the primary point of contact translating accounting logic into terms both technical and financial stakeholders understand.
Key Responsibilities
Agency & Stakeholder Engagement
- Meet with project agencies online or in person to discuss their accounting needs
- Respond to agency questions quickly, in language accessible to non-technical and financial audiences
- Follow up on open tasks to ensure timely resolution
- Participate in sales demos, representing the accounting service's capabilities
Project & Requirements
- Review project requirements and determine whether the existing software meets the agency’s needs or whether additional development is required
- Configure the accounting service for multiple concurrent projects
· Work with project agencies to help set up General Ledger accounts within the fare system as well as the ERP system
Software & Data
- Deploy and monitor the accounting service and verify it runs without errors and produces correct accounting data
- Create software design documents for new features and enhancements
- Research and resolve errors in the accounting service
- Research accounting data questions raised by agencies or internal teams
- Upgrade and maintain basics of accounting service code
Required Qualifications
- Working knowledge of double entry accounting and General Ledger account structures
- Experience with software configuration and deployment (accounting or financial systems preferred)
- Experience writing and working with database queries, views and stored procedures
- Ability to understand application code to troubleshoot and document errors
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to explain technical or accounting concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable managing multiple concurrent projects and agency relationships
- Experience writing software design or functional specification documents
- Solid people skills and a willingness to engage with c-suite level accountants
- Willing to travel to Germany once per year along with agencies in the US as required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, related fields or equivalent practical experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in public transit, transportation, or government agency finance
- Familiarity with ERP or accounting system integrations
- Prior client-facing or professional services experience
- Experience in supporting sales cycles (demos, pre-sales technical support)
- Experience with Oracle, Visual Studio and ticketing systems such as JIRA
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance, including:
- Competitive paid time off, starting with 15 days of vacation, increasing with tenure, plus 11 paid holidays, a personal day, and a community service day
- 6 paid sick days annually
- Paid parental leave
- 100% employer-paid health and dental insurance for employees, with generous dependent coverage contributions
- 401(k) with company match (currently dollar-for-dollar up to 5% of salary)
- Company-paid life insurance, plus short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (medical, dependent care, and limited FSA options) with employer contributions for eligible medical plans
- Annual benefit allowance for optional employee benefits
- Continuing education assistance and support for professional development
- Optional benefits include accident insurance, legal services, identity theft protection, adoption assistance, education assistance, and student loan repayment assistance
Compensation
The annual salary range for this position is $100,000 -$140,000, depending on experience.
INIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Skills Required
- Working knowledge of double-entry accounting and General Ledger account structures
- Experience with software configuration and deployment, preferably for accounting or financial systems
- Experience writing and working with database queries, views, and stored procedures
- Ability to understand application code to troubleshoot and document errors
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to explain technical or accounting concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and agency relationships
- Experience writing software design or functional specification documents
- Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to engage with C-suite accountants
- Willingness to travel to Germany once per year and to U.S. agencies as required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience in public transit, transportation, or government agency finance
- Familiarity with ERP or accounting system integrations
- Prior client-facing or professional services experience
- Experience supporting sales cycles, including demos and pre-sales technical support
- Experience with Oracle, Visual Studio, and ticketing systems such as JIRA
What We Do
INIT is the worldwide leading supplier of integrated planning, dispatching, telematics and ticketing systems for buses and trains. For more than 40 years, INIT has been assisting transport companies in making public transport more attractive, faster and more efficient.
