FINANCE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST

NEXCOM•Virginia Beach, VA

About The Position

Serves as a Finance Process Improvement Specialist responsible for analyzing, designing, and improving financial operations to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness. Leads and supports process improvement initiatives through analysis, automation, and standardization efforts, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to identify process gaps, implement solutions, and promote continuous improvement across financial operations, while ensuring compliance with regulatory policy and procedural requirements.

Requirements

Qualified candidates must be U.S. Citizens.
Three (3) years of general experience with administrative, analytical, technical, financial, operational, or investigative experience demonstrating the ability to evaluate business processes, analyze operational issues, identify improvement opportunities, and support organizational objectives through process optimization and problem-solving.
One year of related academic study above the high school level may be substituted for nine (9) months of experience, up to a maximum of a four-year bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, Public Administration, Management, or a related field for three (3) years of general experience.
Three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in the following:
Analyze, document, evaluate, and improve business processes, workflows, and operational procedures.
Identify process inefficiencies, control weaknesses, risks, and opportunities for standardization, automation, and operational improvement.
Gather and document business requirements and develop process improvement recommendations and implementation plans.
Lead or support process improvement, business transformation, Lean, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, and organizational change initiatives.
Develop process documentation, SOPs, workflow diagrams, training materials, and facilitate stakeholder collaboration sessions.
Manage implementation activities, testing, validation, project deliverables, and communicate progress, risks, and outcomes to leadership and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Coordinates and manages finance-related resources and activities to support operational objectives and process improvement initiatives.
Partners with cross-functional teams, business partners, and vendors to identify, address, and resolve process-related issues, risks, and decision points, escalating to leadership as appropriate.
Collaborates with stakeholders to analyze, review, and reconcile issues associated with financial processes, systems, and operational workflows.
Leads efforts to define business requirements, document current and future state processes, and support enterprise financial process improvement initiatives.
Gathers and analyzes business requirements from end users to support system enhancements, testing, communication, and process documentation.
Participates in financial systems product backlog reviews to align process improvement initiatives with system capabilities and enhancements.
Creates, documents, and manages process improvement-related backlog items, test scripts, and user acceptance testing activities.
Maps workflows and analyzes business processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, redundancies, and errors.
Recommends and implements process improvements to standardize, streamline, and integrate financial operations, including opportunities for automation and optimization of resources.
Develops and maintains standardized business process documentation to ensure consistency and support regulatory policy and procedural compliance.
Develops and communicates planning objectives, strategies, and timelines related to process improvement initiatives and provides support to end users.
Utilizes project management principles and exercises judgment to balance priorities, meet deadlines, and ensure successful execution of initiatives.
Keeps stakeholders informed of progress, risks, and outcomes related to assigned initiatives and process improvements.
Acts as a liaison between stakeholders, partners, and end users to ensure clear communication related to process improvements and continuous improvement initiatives.
Serves as a change advocate by promoting continuous improvement and supporting adoption of new or enhanced processes.
Collaborates with training resources to develop training materials, process maps, and documentation supporting new or revised processes.
Provides training and guidance to end users on updated processes, procedures, and system functionality.
Advises leadership on process improvement best practices and supports implementation of efficient and effective operational solutions.
Performs other duties as assigned.