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6 results for Business Applications Specialist in Joliet, IL

Business Analyst

Chicago, IL
onsite
Temporary
60 - 65 USD / Hourly
We are looking for a skilled Business Analyst to join our team on a long-term contract basis in Chicago, Illinois. In this role, you will act as a key partner to Finance, Accounting, and IT teams, leveraging your expertise to manage and enhance financial systems, particularly SAP S/4HANA. You will play a central role in improving processes, resolving system issues, and translating business needs into effective technology solutions. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is detail oriented, thrives on collaboration, problem-solving, and driving efficiency. Responsibilities: • Serve as the subject matter expert for SAP S/4HANA Finance systems, including core accounting modules and related integrations. • Manage system configurations, data flows, and controls to ensure smooth operations and scalability. • Lead efforts in testing system upgrades, enhancements, and patches, including designing and executing test plans. • Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and validate results to ensure successful implementation of system changes. • Troubleshoot finance system issues, identify root causes, and collaborate with IT to implement effective solutions. • Identify and recommend opportunities to streamline and automate finance and accounting processes. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align system capabilities with business objectives. • Develop and maintain documentation, training materials, and knowledge-sharing resources for users. • Support compliance, audit, and internal control requirements related to financial systems.
2026-04-17T00:00:00Z

Accounts Payable Specialist

Elk Grove Village, IL
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Contract / Temporary to Hire
22 - 25 USD / Hourly
We are looking for a detail-oriented Accounts Payable Specialist to join our team in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. This Contract to permanent opportunity offers an excellent chance to bring your expertise in managing high-volume invoicing and supporting accounting functions to a manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate will play a key role in ensuring accurate and timely processing of accounts payable operations. Responsibilities: • Process and code invoices accurately to ensure correct account allocation. • Reconcile monthly accounts payable reports in collaboration with the Staff Accountant. • Manage high-volume invoicing with precision and efficiency. • Handle Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments and other payment methods. • Utilize JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and other accounting software systems to maintain records and perform transactions. • Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures during accounts payable processes. • Provide support for month-end closing activities related to accounts payable. • Identify and resolve discrepancies in invoices or payment records. • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to address payment inquiries.
2026-03-30T00:00:00Z

Accounts Payable Specialist

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
70000 - 72000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $70,000 to $72,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected]. Responsibilities<ul><li>Process accounts payable invoices (PO & NON-PO) in accordance with policies, procedures, and SOX compliance. Investigate and resolve problems associated with the processing of invoices. Identify and prioritize processing of invoices earning vendor discounts.</li><li>Perform daily reconciliation of freight and contract shop invoices imported into AP’s system from different ERP systems. Process invoices from the error log created by AP’s scanning software. Perform vendor statement reconciliations. Perform periodic analysis of duplicate, open, and unpaid invoices.</li><li>Process and complete all scheduled payment runs. Coordinate payment activities with Treasury, according to the prescribed process, including resolving payment issues. Analyze the payment proposal to ensure electronic methods are maximized. Ensure remittance information is accurate, including routing and account information for electronic payments.</li><li>Special projects</li><li>Maintain all aspects of the vendor master files. This includes set-up, changes, and deactivations of vendors. Assist with monthly reporting and audits. Perform monthly vendor master change review. Lead efforts in resolving IRS B-notices and perform backup withholding where applicable.</li></ul>Typical Decisions<ul><li>Determine which inquiries are beyond the scope of the Accounts Payable position and direct them to the appropriate department.</li><li>Ensure invoices have the appropriate approvals and documentation.</li><li>Coordinate invoice resolution of PO invoices with the appropriate individual to correct any quantity, pricing, or goods receipt issues.</li><li>Verify all payments are complete and accurate.</li><li>Determine which vendors are more suitable for the virtual credit card program versus ACH/EFT.</li><li>Identifying & prioritizing invoice processing for earning maximum discounts.</li></ul>
2026-04-02T00:00:00Z

Accounts Payable Specialist

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
70000 - 75000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $70,000-$75,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] NOTE: This position is a career-fast-track opportunity. Whoever fills this role is expected to be promoted quickly. Job DescriptionThe desired candidate possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills, is detail-oriented, well organized, and can manage competing priorities while meeting constant deadlines.Specific job responsibilities<ul><li>Perform the accounts payable cycle to ensure timely payments of invoices to vendors, from receipt of invoices to finalizing payments, including:</li><li>Enter invoices into the accounts payable system (SAP Concur).</li><li>Gain the proper business and financial statement knowledge to administer accurate coding of each invoice, including expense categorization, approval workflow, and other applicable fields necessary for business reporting.</li><li>Assist with monitoring the accounts payable email inbox.</li><li>Prepare batch ACH and check runs, as well as wire transfers.</li><li>Ensure payment success and that all invoices are accounted for in the general ledger and the accounts payable system.</li><li>Investigate and resolve issues associated with invoice processing internally with business owners and externally with vendors.</li><li>Provide support during mergers and acquisitions, including assistance with integration of merger firm accounts payable processes and new vendor onboarding.</li><li>Communicate with vendors regarding payment status of invoices and other ad-hoc requests.</li><li>Review and approve employee expense reimbursement reports, including verification of mandatory documentation and expensing coding accuracy.</li><li>Review, code, and reconcile monthly corporate credit card transactions.</li><li>Assist with IRS 1099 compliance and reporting.</li><li>Assist with monthly tasks, including balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and determining appropriate accruals.</li><li>Assist with accounts receivable tasks, including depositing checks, posting receipts, and researching discrepancies.</li><li>General accounting assistance: scanning, organizing, and filing accounting documentation, opening and sorting mail for the accounting team.</li><li>Special projects or ad-hoc requests, as required. </li></ul>
2026-03-25T00:00:00Z

Business Analyst - Non-IT 4 (8-10 years)

Chicago, IL
onsite
Temporary
50 - 56 USD / Hourly
We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join our team on a contract basis in Chicago, Illinois. In this role, you will focus on creating impactful data visualizations and delivering strategic insights that support business decision-making. This position combines technical expertise, creative problem-solving, and collaboration to develop innovative solutions that enhance data-driven processes. Responsibilities: • Design and implement data visualization and business intelligence tools to facilitate informed decision-making. • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and create wireframes, prototypes, and mock-ups that align with business objectives. • Develop innovative solutions to transform complex datasets into clear and actionable insights. • Identify and resolve challenges related to data quality, infrastructure, and visualization tools. • Stay updated on emerging technologies and incorporate them into business intelligence processes to maintain a competitive edge. • Establish and contribute to best practices, standards, and strategies for data analysis and visualization. • Partner with cross-functional teams, including marketing, operations, and technology, to transition prototypes into fully functional solutions. • Monitor and evaluate the impact of visualizations and tools by gathering stakeholder feedback and refining outputs as needed. • Ensure the accuracy and reliability of data used in all visualizations and analyses. • Manage multiple projects simultaneously, maintaining efficiency and meeting deadlines.
2026-04-16T00:00:00Z

Process & Systems Analyst

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
90000 - 120000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $120,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected]. Job Description:<ul><li>Lead structured Kaizen cycles focused on throughput, quality and risk reduction.</li><li>Apply relevant Process Management tools (e.g. Lean/Six Sigma tools such as VSM (Value Stream Mapping), SIPOC (Supplier, Input, Process, Output, Customer), 5 Whys, Ishikawa).</li><li>Perform process mining and time‑and‑motion analysis.</li><li>Identify root causes of rework, delays, documentation errors and funding bottlenecks.</li><li>Design and develop To‑Be processes including clear role definitions, handoffs, and service-level expectations. As minimum expected is inclusion of RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed), SLAs and control points.</li><li>Analyze and document current (“as-is”) processes across all functions – e.g. origination, credit, operations, funding/treasury, and portfolio management.</li><li>Identify inefficiencies (benchmarking against other countries in the network, against the market), bottlenecks, error drivers, and compliance-related risks.</li><li>Support the creation and maintenance of standard operating procedures (SOPs), process maps, and work instructions.</li><li>Serve as the primary process interface between functions (e.g., IT, Risk, Operations, Finance).</li><li>Align process and system requirements with Group standards while ensuring local regulatory and operational needs are met.</li><li>Facilitate cross-functional workshops to align stakeholders on process changes, implementation steps, and responsibilities.</li><li>Translate business requirements into structured change requests for HQ IT teams, or external local providers.</li><li>Define functional requirements, expected outcomes, dependencies, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios.</li><li>Support prioritization of change requests and maintain transparency on timelines and delivery status.</li><li>Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) with local teams and document test results.</li><li>Ensure system enhancements support process design, reporting, compliance, and operational efficiency.</li><li>Monitor performance of external systems and service quality, maintaining communication and coordination with external providers (if such).</li><li>Translate gaps into OCR (Optical Character Recognition)/RPA (Robotic Process Automation) and workflow opportunities.</li><li>Build business cases with ROI and risk impact.</li><li>Define data quality rules and reporting requirements</li><li>Monitor and supervise process implementation across teams, ensuring adoption and operational consistency.</li><li>Track and manage implementation progress, risks, open issues, and mitigation actions.</li></ul>
2026-04-15T00:00:00Z