Financial Systems Manager

Full job description

This Financial Systems Manager will lead the development, implementation, and administration of the organization’s FP&A applications for the entire enterprise. This role will be responsible for financial systems projects, including managing contract staff and may train and/or mentor staff. This position will be challenged as an application administrator and will involve a high level of independent judgment, accuracy, initiative, responsibility, and leadership.

• Manage the monthly closing and calculation processes from a systems perspective, including Hyperion Planning and Hyperion Profitability.
• Manage and oversee the administration of Hyperion Financial Planning, both on premise and in the cloud.
• Maintain controlled processes for loading and validating data.
• Oversee metadata changes in Planning and Profitability, including mapping and support system security.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of Hyperion Financial Reporting reports, Smart View reports, and ad-hoc reports, as requested.
• Ensure proper change management, problem management, and security management activities in support of the Hyperion environment.
• Establish, manage and/or execute monthly, quarterly, and annual maintenance processes for profitability, plan, and forecast in Hyperion.
• Lead system configuration / modification to support acquisitions, divestitures, retrospective application of new planning approaches, and execute plans, e.g., develop reports to meet local reporting requirements.
• Lead and oversee Planning and other finance systems projects. Responsible for managing contract and consulting staff and ensure project remains focused on scope, on budget and on time.
• Develop and maintain an understanding of data sources and data outputs.
• Create and implement process improvements, which includes testing, validating, and documenting change process.
• Responsible for training new users and assisting current users.
• Partner with and provide support for the internal and external reporting teams.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Education and Experience:
  
  Bachelor’s degree required; degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration degree preferred.
• 6-8 years of finance, accounting and systems related experience required.
• 5+ years Hyperion administration, consulting, or support experience.
• Experience as a project lead responsible for managing consulting staff.
• Experience with Hyperion Financial Management, Hyperion Planning, and/or FDMEE.

• Practical knowledge of a business-oriented programming language preferably VB, Groovy or Python.
• Expert in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint skillsets (VBA, etc.).
• Strong analytical thinking skills.
• Ability to use a customer service first approach.
• Proven proactive problem solving and process improvement skills, with an orientation toward positive change and ability to support 4-5 applications simultaneously.
• Detail oriented and organized with the ability to multitask and be a collaborative team player in a fast-paced environment.
• Financial acumen to support profitability reporting, forecast / budget reporting, and M&A activities.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, SOX & FX.
• Ability to speak, write, and comprehend English.

Occasional travel may be required.

This position is an individual contributor; a working team member with no oversight of others and no management responsibilities.

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