What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Applications Specialist position at CBIZ?
Job Description
The Business Applications Specialist will be responsible for supporting, enhancing, and optimizing applications with an emphasis on SQL-based data analysis, system integrations, and vendor-managed platforms. This role works closely with business stakeholder teams and vendors to troubleshoot issues, implement enhancements, and ensure data accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Essential Functions And Primary Duties
Minimum Qualifications
CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ) is a leading professional services advisor to middle-market businesses nationwide. With industry knowledge and expertise in accounting, tax, advisory, benefits, insurance, and technology, CBIZ delivers actionable insights to help clients anticipate what is next and discover new ways to accelerate growth. CBIZ has more than 9,500 team members across 23 major markets coast to coast.
CBIZ strives to be our team members' employer of choice by creating an environment where team members are appreciated, recognized for their contributions, and provided with opportunities to grow, both personally and professionally, throughout their careers.
Together, CBIZ and CBIZ CPAs are ranked as one of the top providers of accounting services in the United States. CBIZ CPAs is an independent CPA firm that provides audit, review and attest services, while CBIZ provides business consulting, tax and financial services. In certain jurisdictions, CBIZ CPAs operates under its previous name, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
The Business Applications Specialist will be responsible for supporting, enhancing, and optimizing applications with an emphasis on SQL-based data analysis, system integrations, and vendor-managed platforms. This role works closely with business stakeholder teams and vendors to troubleshoot issues, implement enhancements, and ensure data accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Essential Functions And Primary Duties
- Serve as the primary technical resource for business applications, including SQL-based applications, data integrations and data centric troubleshooting.
- Perform ad-hoc data analysis and complex SQL queries to support business needs.
- Debug, enhance, and optimize existing SQL code written by internal teams or vendors.
- Partner directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements, analyze issues, and deliver enhancements.
- Perform maintenance, identify root causes of data and application issues, and coordinate fixes with the business and vendors.
- Coordinate with vendors on application upgrades and patches, scheduling and execution, user acceptance testing (UAT), communication and release planning.
- Execute change management activities using ITSM methodologies.
- Manage user access and security for vendor systems.
- Respond to SOX audit requests and support quarterly/monthly audit submissions.
- Provide ongoing production support for ConnectWise, Acumatica and other business applications
- Provide support for application integrations
- Strong expertise in SQL, including stored procedures, performance tuning and complex query development/ debugging.
- Proven ability to analyze and debug complex SQL code written by others.
- Experience supporting application integrations and data flows.
- Experience supporting business applications including ConnectWise
- Ability to work independently on issue resolution while collaborating cross-functionally.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and requirements-gathering skills.
- Experience working directly with business users and technical teams.
- Experience working with external vendors.
- Experience with Acumatica and IT security systems.
Minimum Qualifications
- College Degree or equivalent
- 6 years related experience
- Expert technical knowledge
- Knowledge of industry regulations
- Ability to lead and coordinate the team activities of others
- Ability to formulate, document and recommend new policies and procedures
- Able to work in and lead a team
- Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing throughout all levels of an organization, both internally and externally
- Ability to travel as required by business and on-call availability
CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ) is a leading professional services advisor to middle-market businesses nationwide. With industry knowledge and expertise in accounting, tax, advisory, benefits, insurance, and technology, CBIZ delivers actionable insights to help clients anticipate what is next and discover new ways to accelerate growth. CBIZ has more than 9,500 team members across 23 major markets coast to coast.
CBIZ strives to be our team members' employer of choice by creating an environment where team members are appreciated, recognized for their contributions, and provided with opportunities to grow, both personally and professionally, throughout their careers.
Together, CBIZ and CBIZ CPAs are ranked as one of the top providers of accounting services in the United States. CBIZ CPAs is an independent CPA firm that provides audit, review and attest services, while CBIZ provides business consulting, tax and financial services. In certain jurisdictions, CBIZ CPAs operates under its previous name, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.