IT Business Partner — Finance & accounting (SOX)

Miracle Software Systems, Inc is seeking a Finance IT Business Partner to serve as the dedicated liaison between Finance, Accounting, and IT. The role will gather and manage requirements, map processes, support testing and business readiness, and ensure finance systems are designed to close the books, pass audits, and meet SOX controls. The position will also support finance platform consolidation, retail accounting integrations, and Power BI reporting requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the single point of contact between Finance and IT — the front door for demand from the area into IT delivery, and the standing voice of the area inside IT
• Bring the art of the possible to requirements conversations — working knowledge of the area’s core systems, so the business sees what existing platforms can already do before new build is assumed
• Elicit business requirements through workshops, interviews, and direct process observation, and capture them in the requirements toolset (Azure DevOps) with traceability from need to build to test
• Map current-state business processes and define future-state processes with the business ahead of any build, so programs start from agreed scope rather than assumptions
• Manage requirements through their life cycle — prioritization, change control, and formal business sign-off before build begins
• Write requirements and acceptance criteria that are clear, testable, and buildable, and plan and support user acceptance testing with named business testers and recorded sign-off
• Own business readiness for what ships — training coordination, adoption support, and post-go-live evaluation of whether the solution delivers the value intended
• Help the area’s leadership shape and prioritize demand — keep a rolling view of what IT has in flight for the area, what comes next, and what it will take
• Own requirements for finance processes across the footprint — general ledger, close, payables, receivables, and financial reporting — as finance systems consolidate onto the strategic platform
• Document requirements and processes to a controls standard, in partnership with Security & Controls and the internal controls team, so what gets built is auditable from day one
• Carry retail accounting requirements through the retail platform’s finance integration work, alongside the Retail IT Business Partner
• Support financial reporting requirements as reporting consolidates into Power BI

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field
• Minimum 5 years of business analysis experience on enterprise system implementations or major process-change programs
• Demonstrated elicitation and documentation skill — requirements workshops, interviews, and process observation with business users at every level
• Experience with process mapping and current-state to future-state definition
• Experience managing requirements in a tracked toolset (Azure DevOps, Jira, or equivalent) with traceability and sign-off
• Experience planning and supporting user acceptance testing with business testers
• Working knowledge, at a super-user level or better, of at least one core system in this area (or a direct equivalent) — enough to speak to what the system can do when shaping requirements with the business
• Experience supporting finance and accounting processes — general ledger, close, or financial reporting — ideally in a SOX-relevant environment
• IIBA certification — CCBA or CBAP — or PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
• BRM Institute training or certification (BRMP) for the business-partner dimension of the role
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion financials, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, or an equivalent ERP finance suite; Power BI exposure
• Experience in a multi-site manufacturing, distribution, or retail company