IT FINANCIAL SPECIALIST

Dollar General • Goodlettsville, TN

118d

About The Position

The IT Financial Specialist position is responsible for the processing, payment, tracking, analyzing and reporting of IT department invoicing and assists with forecasting and budgeting of IT Department spend. This position also assists with large scale process improvement initiatives and spearheads smaller scale process improvement projects with a small team or independently.

Requirements

• Two years experience in financial or a similar position that utilizes the core competencies with an Associate’s degree.
• Four years experience in financial or a similar position that utilizes the core competencies without a degree.
• Four year degree with a financial focus.
• Proficiency in organization and time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with people at all levels up to executives.
• Must function well in a fast-paced environment with high sense of urgency.
• Versatile, capable of working proactively, collaboratively and independently while assuming responsibility for multiple simultaneous activities.
• Highly motivated and requires minimal supervision.
• Strong critical thinking skills.
• Conflict resolution and customer service skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook is required.
• Intermediate skills using Microsoft Excel and Access.
• Knowledge of Accounting terminology, best practices, and internal controls.

Nice To Haves

• Retail experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Primary contact for IT Activity Managers and accountable for assisting with the deliverables related to the processing and payment of IT related invoices, including but not limited to PO creation, invoice auditing, change order and invoicing approvals per the approval matrix, and invoice processing.
• Serves as IT liaison to Finance, AP, Internal Audit and Tax on invoice and budget related requests, payment issues, process changes and other ad hoc reporting.
• Partners with all vendors on training and process refinements or changes, invoicing errors, payment disputes, and other invoicing issues.
• Assist Activity Managers with managing budgets including but not limited to yearly submissions and monthly reforecast reviews, revisions, and system updates.
• Acts as key contact for exception reporting as it relates to cost management.
• Responsible for tracking and processing of invoices paid, accruals, reimbursements, real-time and forecasted committed spend.
• Analyses, prepares, and distributes reports on departmental spend, committed costs, and average project costs.

What This Job Offers

• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees