Lead Financial Systems Analyst

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Alliant Energy is looking for a Lead Financial Systems Analyst who can bridge the gap between Finance and IT—a strategic thinker who can transform raw financial data into high‑impact digital tools, automated models, and dynamic visual insights. In this role, you’ll lead the design and optimization of complex models while partnering with IT to enhance system performance, streamline data flows, and modernize how we visualize and understand financial outcomes.

If you’re passionate about building smarter financial systems, elevating data accuracy, and creating visuals that empower decision‑makers, this is your opportunity to shape the future of how our organization sees and manages its financial landscape.

Lead Financial Systems Analyst implements and maintains financial models – financial, expenditure, regulatory and other UI Solutions models – across multiple business units to support finance strategies. This position serves as subject matter expert for the maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance of UI Solutions models and other financial systems. This role identifies efficiencies in processes to help drive more timely and accurate financial reporting.

• Leads the design, implementation and maintenance of highly complex financial models (financial, expenditure and any other UI Solutions models) and scenarios for use by multiple business units using Java-based logic.
• Aligns models with finance strategies and ensures models operate as designed by evaluating requests for changes to the models, performing routine maintenance and troubleshooting, reviewing processes for accuracy, conducting testing, documenting processes and procedures, and developing and communicating solutions.
• Establishes standard procedures in line with financial processes (such as impact of regulatory jurisdictional differences and tax methodologies) to ensure models are executed at an acceptable level of quality and accuracy.
• Leads project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting activities for complex projects including working with IT to develop and maintain the financial model upgrade schedule and the review of release notes.
• Provides end‑user support by troubleshooting, responding to user inquiries, and serving as a technical knowledge resource for users.
• Drives the advancement of financial technologies and modeling capabilities, ensuring that the finance team is proficient in the tools, systems, and best practices necessary to support business objectives.
• Ensures adherence to data governance and security protocols, particularly in the handling and sharing of sensitive financial information between systems.
• Leads change management efforts associated with financial system updates or changes, including communication and documentation for end‑users.
• Reviews work of junior staff for quality and completeness, and assists with various other responsibilities as needed.
• Engages in other duties as needed that support our Values and help deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

• Bachelor's Degree Accounting, Finance or Financial Systems Preferred

• 8 years of related experience.

• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of the financial dynamics within the energy industry
• Demonstrated experience in developing solutions from general concepts that integrate business processes with information technologies

• Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e‑mail, word processing, spreadsheet, financial…