Senior Analyst, Finance Technology - Procurement and Financial Operations
Norton Rose FulbrightJob Description At Norton Rose Fulbright, people thrive because of a shared commitment to quality, unity and integrity. The highly regarded law firm consistently receives recognition from Great Place to Work and Top Workplaces, two companies that specialize in assessing organizational culture. Teams collaborate across regions, value new ideas and deliver meaningful client solutions, supported by a culture that embraces ambition, development and shared success. With more than 3,000 lawyers and 3,000 business services professionals working together across 50 offices worldwide, this global law firm provides a full range of legal services to leading corporations and financial institutions operating in key markets and sectors. The Senior Analyst, Finance Technology - Procurement & Financial Operations serves as the IT functional lead for Coupa procurement operations and Aderant Sierra financial operations. The role has significant responsibility for procure-to-pay, supplier onboarding and maintenance, requisitions, purchase orders, receipts, invoices, approvals, accounting validation, accounts payable, general ledger, trust accounting, tax, expenses, treasury, banking, payments, and related financial integrations. This position partners with Finance, Procurement, Accounts Payable, technical teams, application owners, and vendors to translate business requirements into reliable system configuration, integrations, controls, testing, and support processes. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Serve as the primary IT functional analyst for Coupa procurement operations and Aderant Sierra financial operations, supporting configuration, production operations, enhancements, upgrades, and issue resolution. Support Coupa capabilities and integrations across requisitions, purchase orders, receipts, invoices, suppliers, approval workflows, accounting validation, and payment-related data flows. Partner closely with Procurement and Accounts Payable to improve procure-to-pay processes, supplier onboarding, supplier data quality, invoice processing, exception handling, and operational controls. Support Coupa Supplier Information Management, supplier compliance workflows, vendor master synchronization, and related integration processes where implemented. Support Aderant Sierra capabilities spanning Accounts Payable, General Ledger, trust accounting, tax, expenses, treasury, banking, payments, and financial close activities. Analyze business needs and translate them into functional requirements, process designs, configuration specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Evaluate the impact of changes to the chart of accounts, accounting strings, vendor identifiers, tax rules, approval hierarchies, and related financial master data across Sierra, Coupa, and downstream applications. Own assigned procurement, expense, payment, banking, and financial-reporting integrations from a functional perspective, including requirements, business rules, mapping validation, reconciliation, exception review, testing, and sign-off. Partner with integration and development teams to define, test, monitor, and troubleshoot interfaces, APIs, middleware processes, scheduled jobs, file transfers, and data mappings. Lead or support system integration testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, defect triage, production validation, release planning, cutover, deployment, and stabilization. Investigate incidents, interface failures, and data discrepancies; coordinate sustainable remediation and maintain functional documentation, support procedures, test evidence, release notes, and knowledge articles. Collaborate with Security, Compliance, Audit, and Information Governance teams on access, segregation of duties, retention, financial controls, and data security. Monitor application health, recurring support trends, control gaps, and manual workarounds; recommend improvements that strengthen reliability and operational efficiency. Coordinate vendo…