Are you ready to lead the charge in optimizing financial systems to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency?
About the Role
This role serves as the technical and functional expert for finance systems, providing strategic leadership in the development and implementation of solutions that support the organization's planning, reporting, and decision-making capabilities. The position focuses on enhancing finance processes, strengthening organizational capabilities, and driving operational effectiveness through scalable and sustainable solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from problem definition through solution design, development, implementation, change management, and adoption.
- Navigate ambiguity to clarify business needs, establish priorities, set milestones, evaluate alternatives, and recommend scalable solutions.
- Build stakeholder alignment and influence decisions across organizational boundaries.
- Serve as the primary technical and functional subject matter expert for assigned financial systems.
- Design, develop, implement, and support analytical tools, reports, dashboards, integrations, and planning solutions.
- Model, extract, and analyze data while applying knowledge of data structures and data movement within and between financial systems.
- Champion process improvement opportunities by evaluating business needs and delivering scalable solutions.
- Communicate project status, risks, recommendations, and key decision points to leadership.
- Serve as the system administrator, owning security administration, production support, issue resolution, testing, and release management.
- Provide technical guidance to internal and external resources and maintain expertise in relevant technologies and industry trends.
- Perform financial analysis and support finance with special projects, budgeting, forecasting, and planning.
- Provide direction, guidance, and support to lower-level professionals and support employees.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Business, or a related field; a Master's degree is preferred.
- Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible work experience in leading cross-functional projects and system initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, evaluate alternatives, exercise sound judgment, and drive work to completion.
- Experience leading system enhancements, upgrades, user test script development, user acceptance testing, and ongoing production support.
- Hands-on experience with financial planning, reporting, and business intelligence platforms such as Oracle PBCS, Hyperion, Power BI, or comparable applications.
- Experience working with multidimensional and relational data structures, including metadata management and ETL development.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with and influence stakeholders.
- Advanced problem-solving ability and strong technical aptitude.
- Highly organized and self-directed, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial processes, and workflows.
- Experience with financial modeling and analysis related to business planning and performance reporting.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
At Talent Wave Associates, we connect outstanding talent with exceptional opportunities. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to fostering an inclusive, people-first recruiting experience. Ready to ride the wave of opportunity? Apply today!
As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our applicant tracking system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.
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