Assoc. Manager, Application Management, Global EPM Cloud Systems COE

Henry Schein

21h•$100,678 - $157,310

About The Position

The Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System Administrator plays a pivotal role in managing administration activities for Henry Schein's EPM Enterprise Cloud system. The system aggregates global financial results from multiple locations into a centralized chart of accounts and data repository used for reporting, decision-making, and public filings. The role oversees the Financial Close and Consolidation (FCC) application and Internal Management Reporting (Planning) application, working with business teams to gather requirements, optimize reporting processes, and maintain reporting standards. The position manages application changes and enhancements, coordinates delivery and testing across development, quality assurance, and production environments, and supports financial close consolidation and data integrity. It guides the business requirements process, manages relationships with vendors and stakeholders, supports SOX compliance and audit requests, and provides technical and operational guidance to the team and user community. The role also contributes to near- and long-term system strategy, optimization, upgrades, and future development of the EPM application suite.

Requirements

Typically 7 or more years of increasingly responsible and complex applicable professional experience; identified as a first-level manager.
Thorough experience with financial close reporting processes and transactions, including internal management reports, metrics, restated financial presentations, intercompany reporting, and changes to legal entity reporting.
Ability to assess system impact, availability, and risks related to the financial close process.
Strong finance and accounting background to support acquisition system onboarding and Trial Balance G/L mapping to FCCS or Planning.
Ability to evaluate system output and recommend changes.
Leadership skills to guide day-to-day team activities, address obstacles, achieve department objectives, and support staff career and skill development.
Excellent communication skills, including explaining technical topics to non-technical audiences and translating business needs into Oracle technical terminology and system functionality.
Ability to understand business needs and propose system architecture designs through BRD, integration, and optimization processes.
Proficiency in restatement and reclassification, and understanding of the relationship between actuals, budget, and forecasting.
Comprehensive understanding of system data output across platforms, including data integrity checks, reconciliation troubleshooting, and responding to results.
Sophisticated understanding of Oracle EPM functionality in an administrator-like capacity, including technical data flows and integrations through Oracle Data Exchange, FCCS, and Planning.
Ability to lead troubleshooting for unexpected data results or system performance issues.
Strong decision-making, troubleshooting, problem-solving, project management, risk management, planning, organization, negotiation, communication, presentation, and conflict management skills.
Ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, costs, risks, and project teams; understand financial information affecting profitability; and lead teams toward company goals.
Broad professional and managerial skills, with an understanding of industry practices and company policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

Typically a bachelor's degree or global equivalent in a related discipline.
A master's degree or global equivalent is a plus.

Responsibilities

Manage administration activities, including implementation of monthly change management requests in target applications.
Lead Business Requirements Documentation (BRD) from requirements gathering and documentation through testing strategy and rollout timing, while managing end-user expectations.
Maintain the development reporting pipeline, prioritize workload, and manage dependencies across EPM and extended dependency teams.
Lead development, testing, and implementation of application enhancements, including scripting changes and participation in new EPM application launches.
Guide team members and users on operational processes, data workflows, and system-related matters concerning changes.
Manage third-party vendor interactions regarding BRD workload and inquiries.
Manage internal and external audit information requests related to application deployments or changes, including SOX documentation collection.
Participate in meetings and recommend designs and capabilities to support cash flow changes and other external requirements.
Coordinate planning and delivery of multiple deliverables across DEV, QA, and PROD environments.
Review testing evidence and peer activities for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Perform routine system data integrity checks and facilitate the global financial close consolidation process.
Develop short- and long-term system enhancement and upgrade strategies, and lead optimization analysis.
Participate in special projects and perform other duties as needed.
Contribute to future development of the EPM application suite in collaboration with third-party vendors.