Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. We are currently seeking a Financial Systems Administrator in the Finance department, report to the Senior Financial Systems Manager.
The role can reside in the Dallas, New York or Washington, DC office with hybrid work capabilities and will be responsible for assisting with maintaining and supporting the financial systems. This role will develop subject matter expertise with the Aderant Expert suite and all integrated applications by learning the front-end tools and back-end database structure. This role will be setting up and maintaining financial records, providing end user support and test new functionality and customization while working as a liaison with the IT department and other internal business partners. The Financial Systems Administrator must have a computer systems, finance, accounting, or business administration background.
Key responsibilities of this position include:
- Assist in maintaining financial systems: Aderant Expert, iTimekeep, INTAPP Open, Chrome River and other
- Create and maintain security access for all financial systems
- Support end users with any systems’ related questions and issues
- Create and modify financial records on the front-end and back-end (database) as necessary
- Ensure data integrity within the financial systems
- Assist in process improvement projects and initiatives
- Assist with testing new customizations, software releases and upgrades
- Act as a liaison between Finance and IT, software vendors, and other 3rd party consulting service providers, with detailed specifications defining needed customizations or new initiatives
- Extract and provide data from the database to business partners
- Provide Help Desk support for financial systems and troubleshoot issues as necessary
- Create internal documentation as necessary on financial systems tasks and projects
- Other duties as assigned
