Financial Systems Analyst

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NRDC is a non‑profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet’s wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water and healthy communities. Founded in 1970, NRDC helped write some of America’s bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of its implementing regulations.

Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts and others works across the United States and globally from offices in Beijing, Chicago, New Delhi, New York, San Francisco, Santa Monica and Washington, D.C.

NRDC is seeking a Financial Systems Analyst to work with the Finance team in any of our U.S. based offices.

The Financial Systems Analyst will support the co‑implementation and optimisation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as our finance and accounting system and Coupa as our business spend management system over the next 12 months. The analyst will support leadership in making key decisions on system design, features and segmentation with respect to the financial accounting systems and will serve as a critical liaison between key project stakeholders and the external implementation partner, ensuring that business needs are met and systems are delivered to spec, on time and within scope.

The role will also document business processes, create functional/technical design documentation, develop user guides and conduct training sessions to aid adoption.

Beyond the system implementation, the analyst will continue to support the organisation’s long‑term digital transformation strategy by maintaining integrations, supporting system governance, managing financial configuration updates, assisting with system administration, providing systems support to end‑users and supporting ongoing enhancements across NRDC’s financial systems ecosystem.

The position is part of the bargaining unit represented by The Washington Baltimore News Guild (WBNG / The Newsguild‑CWA Local 32035).

• Serve as a system administrator for financial systems and procurement modules, ensuring efficient operation, alignment with business needs, and adherence to internal controls and security protocols.
• Provide ongoing user support, troubleshooting, issue resolution and system maintenance.
• Work closely with Finance, IT and key stakeholders to gather and document business requirements, translating them into technical specifications for system enhancements, configurations and integrations.
• Design, configure and maintain finance workflows, automation rules and approval processes to streamline operations, reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency across finance and procurement functions.
• Continuously assess and refine financial system processes, identifying opportunities for automation, simplification and integration. Conduct routine systems maintenance to support organisational growth and change.
• Perform system testing, including unit and user acceptance testing (UAT), to validate system upgrades, new features and process changes, ensuring workflow integrity and functionality.
• Work with Finance teams to develop reports, dashboards (Tableau, Excel) KPIs and analytics to support decision‑making, monitor system performance and enhance financial insights.
• Develop and maintain user guides, training materials and process documentation. Conduct training sessions for key stakeholders to ensure effective system usage across departments.
• Partner with internal teams, software vendors, external consultants and the IT team to implement robust, integrated cloud‑based solutions.
• Serve as a point of escalation between the Accounting & Finance department and other teams.

The above list of duties is not comprehensive but generally demonstrates the types of matters under this position’s responsibility. Other duties may be assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in a…