The Financial Systems Analyst is responsible for the strategic and operational management of Financial Systems (Yardi, Nexus, Longview, etc.). The individual will work within a group environment to develop, maintain, monitor, and enhance the performance and functionality of Ventas financial systems to meet business objectives.
Responsibilities
Financial Systems Support
- Provide user service and support in assigned financial systems
- Assist users in troubleshooting issues with system integrations and accounting reconciliations
- Perform stabilization, break/fix, and other maintenance activities (including system upgrades)
- Work with the business to develop and capture requirements and design specifications for system enhancements
- Develop, test, and implement system enhancements
- Develop and document test plans, policies, standards, procedures, and checklists
- Assess, design, and provide application training
- Identify, recommend, and implement application solutions and improvements
Project Management
- Point of contact for Financial Systems
- Assist in creating and maintaining UAT (user acceptance testing) for Financial Systems projects
- Ability to manage all aspects of a mini project to small projects
IT Audit Documentation and Compliance Management
- Compile and keep all documentation related to the Financial Systems usage and functionality.
- Coordinate and respond to audit requests from both the internal and external audit teams.
General system administration and management activities
- Set up new users and modifying access rights
- Manage scheduled loads and mappings
- Troubleshoot data kickouts and errors
- Update input forms and business logic
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or equivalent degree with experience.
- 2-5 years Financial Systems management experience (maintenance and development) in a real estate environment preferred. The equivalent years of experience in an accounting role will also be considered.
- Basic working knowledge of accounting concepts. required. Intermediate to advanced knowledge of accounting concepts preferred
- REIT, other real estate or Investment/Asset Management experience preferred
- Familiarity with any of the following software applications is desirable: Yardi, Longview, Vena, Nexus, Passport, or Concur
- Familiarity with cloud computing fundamentals is desirable
- Experience writing and troubleshooting SQL queries and working with database scripts and stored procedures in an MS-SQL Server environment is a plus
- IT-related certifications such as ITIL, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM a plus. Finance-related certifications like CPA, CFA a plus.
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Ventas, Inc. offers a competitive compensation and benefits package to the successful candidate.
Ventas, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Ventas, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies, search firms or any third parties.
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For more than two decades, Ventas, Inc., an S&P 500 company and one of the world’s foremost Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), has operated as the premier capital provider to leading senior living, healthcare operators and research institutions. With more than $36 billion of investments under our belt, we own communities where patients and their families receive health and healing; where world class researchers discover treatments for disease; and where seniors live with dignity.
Thanks to our financial strength and liquidity, our stock and robust dividend provides secure retirement savings and income to pensioners, firefighters, teachers and individuals around the world.
We take our ESG (Environment, Social & Governance) commitments seriously. We’ve set meaningful ESG goals aligned to three pillars – People, Performance, Planet - emphasizing strong corporate governance; encouraging community engagement through social and financial support to communities where we live and work; and minimizing our environmental impact by protecting the planet while lowering operating costs and improving portfolio efficiency.
We're honored to receive many external recognitions for our efforts: Ventas was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the first time in 2019 and received Nareit’s 2019 Health Care Leader in the Light award for the fourth time. We were the first REIT to sign the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion and are a “Winning Company” on the 2020 Women on Boards Gender Diversity Index recognizing our 30% female Board. Our CEO, Debra A. Cafaro, is a leader widely-acclaimed for her strategic vision, and is ranked #29 in Harvard Business Review’s CEO 100, one of only 14 global CEOs named to HBR’s list consistently since 2014.
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