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Covista (NYSE: CVSA) is America"s largest healthcare educator, serving 100,000 students and supported by a community of 400,000 alumni across five accredited institutions. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, Covista expands access to healthcare careers and addresses the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage at scale. Covista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.
Our colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, business, academia, healthcare, government and nonprofits, and are part of a culture where doing exceptional work and making a meaningful difference for students and society aren"t separate goals-they"re one and the same. This means creating an environment where colleagues can develop new skills, build careers that match their ambitions and see the tangible impact of their work on healthcare education and workforce development. Colleagues who deliver results and embrace new tools to work smarter are valued for their contributions. But what makes working at Covista distinctive is our impact. Our faculty and colleagues don"t just support healthcare education-they shape it. This isn"t abstract purpose work. It"s solving real problems for real people in real communities while advancing careers.
We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday-Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.
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Job Description
Opportunity at a Glance
The Senior Financial Systems Analyst is a highly skilled individual contributor who leads technical process improvement across the Finance systems landscape supporting Accounting and FP&A. This role serves as the primary owner of automation, data transformation, and solution design initiatives, with a strong focus on improving efficiency, reliability, and scalability across financial processes and reporting. The analyst partners closely with Accounting, FP&A, IT, and other stakeholders to identify opportunities to simplify work, reduce manual effort, and strengthen controls through better system and process design. A core philosophy for this role is Eliminate Automate Optimize: challenge existing processes, remove non-value-added work, automate recurring and manual activities, and continuously improve performance and user experience. This role is expected to operate with a high degree of independence, resolve ambiguity, and apply strong technical judgment to deliver practical, scalable solutions.
Responsibilities
Process Improvement and Automation
Identify opportunities to eliminate, simplify, automate, and optimize Finance and Accounting processes across the financial systems ecosystem.
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of automated workflows to support journal entries, reporting, reconciliations, and data transformation activities.
Apply structured problem-solving and technical analysis to improve process efficiency, reduce manual effort, and increase solution reliability.
Establish and promote development standards, documentation practices, and sustainable automation approaches that support long-term maintainability.
Data Engineering and Technical Development
Write, troubleshoot, and optimize SQL queries across financial systems and data sources, including Lawson SQL Server and Google BigQuery.
Analyze, reverse engineer, document, and validate data structures, business logic, and reporting outputs where source processes or models are not well defined.
Support report rebuilds, data validation, and analytical reporting needs across Power BI and other reporting tools.
Maintain and enhance existing VBA-based solutions where appropriate, while introducing more scalable tools such as Python for data extraction, transformation, file handling, automation, API integration, and controls-related processes.
Evaluate and apply emerging AI-enabled development tools and coding assistants, where appropriate, to accelerate development, improve documentation, and enhance solution delivery.
Solution Design and Governance
Translate business requests into well-defined technical solutions that balance user needs, control requirements, and long-term supportability.
Assess request complexity, dependencies, and technical feasibility to help prioritize automation and process improvement efforts.
Maintain technical documentation, solution designs, runbooks, dependencies, and change logs to support knowledge transfer and operational continuity.
Partner with IT, external vendors, and business stakeholders to troubleshoot system and data issues, support implementation efforts, and resolve technical challenges.
Operational Support and Backup Coverage
Provide backup support for critical financial systems administration and operational activities as needed, including user access changes, month-end journal processing, key master data updates, and actuals refresh support.
Help strengthen operational resilience by ensuring recurring processes are documented, scalable, and not dependent on a single resource.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
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Additional Information
In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $81721.00 and $105584.75. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.
Covista offers a robust suite of benefits including:
For more information related to our benefits please visit:
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You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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