Senior Manager, IT Applications – Financial Planning Systems

Senior Manager, It Applications – Financial Planning Systems

The Senior Manager, IT Applications – Financial Planning Systems, serves as the primary IT leader for Centric Brands' Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) technology ecosystem. This individual partners closely with Finance, FP&A, Accounting, and Executive leadership to own the strategy, implementation, and continuous improvement of planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial consolidation platforms.

The ideal candidate brings a rare combination of deep technical platform expertise in modern EPM/FP&A solutions (e.g., Oracle EPM Cloud, Anaplan, or One Stream) and a strong understanding of finance processes including planning cycles, financial consolidation, driver-based modeling, and management reporting. This role will be critical in driving the modernization of Centric Brands' financial planning capabilities and will report to the Sr.

Director, Business Applications.

This role will follow a hybrid work schedule which requires on-site presence Monday-Thursday with Friday being a remote/work from home day. This schedule is subject to change based on business needs.

Platform Strategy & Leadership
• Serve as the IT application owner for all EPM/FP&A planning systems, owning the platform roadmap, governance model, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment.
• Lead end-to-end implementation and configuration of modern EPM/FP&A solutions (Oracle EPM Cloud, Anaplan, One Stream, or equivalent), from requirements gathering through go-live and hypercare.
• Partner with Finance and FP&A leadership to translate business planning requirements into scalable, well-architected technical solutions.
• Manage vendor relationships with EPM platform providers, system integrators, and implementation partners.
• Drive platform consolidation, rationalization, and migration strategies where applicable, including transitions from legacy tools such as SAP BPC.

Implementation & Delivery
• Own full project lifecycle delivery for EPM system implementations and enhancements — scope, budget, timeline, risk management, and quality.
• Lead technical design sessions and solution architecture reviews, ensuring alignment with enterprise data standards and integration requirements.
• Drive integrations between EPM/FP&A platforms and upstream/downstream systems including SAP ERP/S4

HANA, data warehouses, and reporting tools.
• Establish and enforce testing protocols (UAT, regression, performance) and change management processes for all platform releases.
• Remove obstacles and proactively manage risks to ensure delivery on time, on budget, and with high quality.

Business Partnership & Stakeholder Management
• Act as a trusted advisor to Finance and FP&A teams, bridging the gap between business process requirements and technology capabilities.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, process mapping sessions, and design reviews with business stakeholders at all levels, including CFO and VP-level Finance leaders.
• Set clear delivery expectations with business partners, proactively communicate status, and escalate issues with recommended solutions.
• Champion finance process best practices and continuous improvement across budgeting, forecasting, financial close, and management reporting workflows.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with IT peers across enterprise architecture, data, and infrastructure teams.

Team & Operations
• Build, lead, and mentor a team of application analysts and developers supporting EPM/FP&A platforms.
• Serve as escalation point for production support issues, ensuring SLAs and business continuity for critical financial planning systems.
• Develop and maintain application documentation, operational runbooks, and training materials.
• Drive continuous improvement, automation, and efficiency across supported platforms and processes.

Our Best Fit Candidate Would Have

Qualifications
• 10+ years of progressive IT experience, with at least 5 years focused on EPM/FP&A application leadership for mid-to-large enterprise organizations.
• Proven, hands-on implementation experience with at least one modern EPM/FP&A…