Risk Analytics & Financial Systems Analyst

Title: Risk Analytics & Financial Systems Analyst

Location: 550 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN

Duration: 6 months

Work Engagement: W2

Work Schedule: 3 days in office/2 days remote

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits

Summary:

This contractor will support internal business partners who rely on risk and investment reporting. The primary focus of the role is assisting with report upgrades, validating system changes, and performing regression testing to ensure reports, calculations, and data feeds continue to function as expected.

This is a finance-focused analytics role requiring an understanding of investment accounting, securities, and financial systems.

Responsibilities:

• Support upgrades and enhancements to risk and investment reporting processes.

• Perform regression testing following report, system, or data source changes.

• Compare test and control files to validate outputs and investigate discrepancies.

• Work with internal stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and testing results.

• Analyze financial and investment data to ensure accuracy and consistency.

• Document testing results, defects, and remediation activities.

• Validate data received from Bloomberg, SWIFT, and other financial data sources.

• Support business and systems analysis activities across risk analytics and reporting functions.

Qualifications:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

• Risk Analytics: 2+ years of Risk Analytics or related financial analytics experience.

• Regression Testing: 1+ year of experience executing regression testing, validating outputs, and documenting results.

• Accounting & Finance: 2+ years of experience with securities or investment accounting, including bonds, fixed income products, and interest calculations.

• Strong understanding of financial transactions and accounting impacts.

• Note: AP/AR, bookkeeping, and accounting data entry experience alone is not sufficient for this role.

• Advanced Excel: 2+ years of hands-on experience with:

• Data reconciliation and comparison

• Filters and sorting

• Pivot Tables

• Data imports

• Text-to-Columns and data parsing

• Working with large datasets for testing and validation

• SWIFT: Experience using SWIFT messaging within financial services environments.

• Bloomberg: Experience using Bloomberg as a financial data source.

• Knowledge of Accounting Information Systems.

• Experience with Business Systems Analysis, requirements gathering, and testing support.

• SimCorp Dimension: 1+ year of regression testing experience within SimCorp Dimension. (preferred)