Senior Analyst, Finance Technology – Procurement and Financial Operations

Norton Rose Fulbright

. Serve as the primary IT functional analyst for Coupa procurement operations and Aderant Sierra financial operations .

Posted 10/16/2026full-timeHouston • Texas • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Coupa procurement operations and Aderant Sierra financial systems, with a strong focus on functional analysis, process improvement, and integration support. Capable of translating business needs into functional requirements while ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.

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Coupa Procurement ExperienceAderant Sierra SupportFinancial Systems AnalysisAPI and Middleware KnowledgeStakeholder Management

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Hard Skills

Functional AnalysisBusiness Systems AnalysisProcess DocumentationTest Scenario WritingData MappingException HandlingFinancial ReconciliationProcure-to-Pay ProcessesSupplier Data ManagementIntegration Testing

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsCommunication SkillsPlanning SkillsStakeholder ManagementFlexibility

Tools & Technologies

CoupaAderant SierraAPIsSFTPMiddleware

Industry Keywords

Accounts PayableGeneral LedgerFinancial ControlsData SecurityCompliance Workflows

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the primary IT functional analyst for Coupa procurement operations and Aderant Sierra financial operations
Support 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 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
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 impacts of changes to chart of accounts, accounting strings, vendor identifiers, tax rules, approval hierarchies, and financial master data
Own assigned procurement, expense, payment, banking, and financial-reporting integrations from a functional perspective
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 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, support trends, control gaps, and manual workarounds; recommend improvements
Coordinate vendor and managed-service-provider escalations and validate vendor-delivered fixes
Provide secondary support across the Finance technology portfolio as needed
Maintain stable operation of Coupa, Aderant Sierra, and related procurement and financial integrations
Support timely resolution of incidents, interface failures, data discrepancies, and procurement-processing exceptions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
Five or more years of financial-systems functional analysis, business-systems analysis, product analysis, or application-support experience
Demonstrated Coupa procurement experience covering procure-to-pay, supplier data, purchase orders, invoicing, approvals, and financial integrations
Experience supporting Aderant Sierra or a comparable financial management system
Strong understanding of procurement operations, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, accounting validation, payments, and reconciliation
Experience gathering requirements, documenting processes, writing test scenarios, managing defects, and supporting production releases
Ability to analyze cross-system issues using logs, interface files, reports, and data extracts
Working knowledge of APIs, SFTP or file-based interfaces, middleware, scheduled jobs, data mappings, reconciliations, and exception handling; hands-on development is not required
Strong analytical, stakeholder-management, documentation, planning, and communication skills
Flexibility to support critical processing and deployments outside regular business hours when required
Preferred: Experience supporting Aderant Sierra in a professional-services or legal-services environment
Preferred: Knowledge of Coupa Supplier Information Management, supplier onboarding, compliance workflows, invoice integrations, and vendor synchronization
Preferred: Experience with FMS transformation, data conversion, chart-of-accounts redesign, vendor-ID changes, or financial-system migrations
Preferred: Experience configuring Coupa workflows, approval chains, accounting structures, and production support processes
Preferred: Familiarity with service management, change management, access governance, segregation of duties, and financial-data security

Benefits

Comp & perks

Three medical insurance plans
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Health savings accounts
Flexible spending accounts
401(k) savings plan, if eligible
Profit-sharing plans, if eligible
Fertility benefits for full-time employees
Commuter benefits where applicable
Student loan assistance refinancing options
Paid time off plan with a minimum of 20 days off based on role and tenure
Minimum of 14 weeks of paid maternity and paternity leave
Back-up child care program
11 Firm holidays