The Financial Application Analyst is responsible for the day-to-day administration, support, and optimization of the firm’s financial systems, with a strong emphasis on Aderant Expert.
Serve as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert (SME) for Aderant Expert, including configuration, administration, and ongoing operational support.
Support end users across billing, accounting, time entry, and matter maintenance functions, ensuring timely resolution of incidents and requests.
Administer Expert security and role-based access, including provisioning, modification, and deactivation of user accounts in alignment with firm policies.
Coordinate with Finance and IT to gather requirements, translate business needs into functional specifications, and manage configuration changes through development/test/production environments.

3+ years of experience supporting financial applications in a professional services environment; law firm experience strongly preferred.
Hands-on experience administering and supporting Aderant Expert, including ownership of configuration, support processes, and user access/security.
Working knowledge of billing and accounting workflows and how application configuration supports them.
Proven ability to troubleshoot complex applications and data issues, identify root cause, and drive resolutions.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to data integrity.
Experience supporting application interfaces and data flows between finance systems and other platforms (including file-based and API-based integrations).
Intermediate SQL skills for validation and troubleshooting (queries, joins, filtering) and comfort working with reports/data extracts.
Prior involvement in upgrades, patching, testing, or release management for enterprise applications.

Application Analyst – Financial Systems

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