Senior Financial Systems Analyst

This role contributes to the design, modification, and maintenance of the Company’s financial reporting and consolidation system to ensure accurate financial reporting and efficient business processes.  The Financial Systems and Consolidations Analyst will provide finance system users with responsive and accurate business functional production support related to the Company’s Consolidation and Performance Management (CPM) software.  Working as a key business partner, this position serves as a subject matter expert and liaison between the Company’s finance organization and IT department on matters related to the Company’s CPM software application and functionality.  This position will also translate business requirements into functional specifications and recommended solutions. 

In addition to responsibilities over financial systems, this role will help oversee and be accountable for the Company’s month end and quarterly financial statement consolidation process. 

Key Position Results: 

• Responsive and accurate business functional production support
• Accurate and timely financial reporting
• Optimization of technology investments
• Strong collaboration between Finance system users and the Company’s IT Department
• Finance systems projects delivered on-time and on-budget while delivering planned functionality
• Efficient completion of monthly and quarterly consolidations

Key Duties & Responsibilites:

• Leads various aspects of financial systems projects including the design, build, testing, and training phases
• Responsible for monthly system maintenance and updates including metadata and system calculations
• Partners with business unit finance to build and/or updates system reports based on system changes and/or end user needs
• Works closely with the Financial Reporting team, as well as the Tax Department, by supporting monthly and quarterly financial close processes from both a financial and systems perspective
• Continuously looks for ways to improve processes through the use of system functionality and provide end user support
• Creates and maintains system and process documentation and troubleshoots and resolves system issues
• Acts as a liaison between Corporate Finance and Corporate Information Technology when implementing and maintaining financial systems
• Partners with functional and business unit leads to design and implement best practices for consolidating plant locations (including automation of manual consolidation processes)
• Partners with internal and external audit to maintain a strong control environment related to both change management as well as the overall consolidation process. Regularly monitors and assesses risks in these areas
• Collaborates with corporate accounting team to optimize processes around the intercompany elimination process
• Maintains the master chart of accounts, including statistical data, for financial reporting, and works collaboratively with FP&A for alignment with both management and external reporting
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities: 

• Active listening and effective verbal and written communication skills
• Effective critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Ability to persevere through challenges and ambiguity
• Strong accounting and analytical skills, including understanding of account structures, reconciliations, financial close processes, and related reporting requirements
• Understanding of accounting and consolidations software, Oracle Enterprise Business Suite and Corporate Performance Management software preferred
• Ability to interpret / understand business requirements and translate them into a technical system solution / design
• Ability to prioritize value (effectively choosing where to spend time / efforts for largest impact / return)
• Self-motivator that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to new knowledge and changing priorities
• Adept at building trusting relationships while motivating / influencing others to adopt new best practices
• Self-confidence to provide ideas and opinions that challenge the status quo
• Strong customer service focus
• Project management skills

Education/Training:

• Minimum of 5 years of related business experience
• Bachelor degree in accounting, finance, or other related field preferred
• CMA or CPA designation a plus