Finance Business Analyst

Overview

A senior-level IT Business Analyst role is available to support finance teams within the insurance sector, focusing on financial reporting, close processes, and control-driven initiatives. This position requires specialized experience in insurance finance and is not a general IT Business Analyst role.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, document, and validate requirements related to:
  • Financial close and reconciliation processes
  • Statutory and GAAP reporting
  • Intercompany, reinsurance, and allocation workflows
  • Finance controls, audit support, and data lineage
• Translate finance requirements into:
  • User stories with clear acceptance criteria
  • Functional specifications for data, reports, and interfaces
  • Test scenarios supporting user acceptance testing (UAT) and control validation
• Partner with finance stakeholders to:
  • Analyze impacts on upstream and downstream systems
  • Identify data gaps, logic issues, and control risks
  • Support production issues related to financial results
• Collaborate closely with developers, QA, and data teams to ensure solutions meet standards for financial accuracy, completeness, and auditability

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Direct experience supporting finance teams at an insurance carrier
• Strong knowledge of business analysis, finance, insurance, financial reporting, and accounting
• Proficiency in user story creation and requirement gathering
• Experience with SQL for validation, reconciliation, or analysis
• Familiarity with financial data warehouses and ERP systems
• Understanding of finance controls, audit processes, and data lineage
• Ability to operate in environments where financial accuracy and controls are prioritized over speed

Preferred Experience

• Supporting regulatory or audit-driven initiatives
• Involvement in finance transformation or reporting modernization projects
• Experience with finance-adjacent platforms such as ERP or general ledger feeds
• Working with custom financial reporting solutions

Experience Level

Expert level

Employment Details

• Job Type: Contract
• Location: Fully remote position based out of Omaha, NE
• Pay Range: $40.00 - $55.00 per hour

Benefits (If Eligible)

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions
• Voluntary life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) for employees and dependents
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee assistance program
• Paid time off including vacation and sick leave

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on July 10, 2026.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The employer is an equal opportunity organization and considers all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Additional Information

• For positions located in San Francisco, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
• In Massachusetts, lie detector tests are not required or administered as a condition of employment.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support parts of the hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. Final hiring decisions are made by the hiring team.