Lead Analyst, Financial Systems

GXO Logistics•Fort Lauderdale, FL

About The Position

The Lead Analyst, Financial Systems - Oracle EPBCS owns the day-to-day administration of GXO’s Oracle EPM Cloud planning tool. The role manages metadata and production support, provides end-user training, understands business processes, gathers requirements, and assists implementation teams in delivering solutions. The position oversees planning, forecasting, and close activities from a system perspective. It designs and maintains system enhancements and application artifacts, supports business users, manages data loads and migrations across development, test, and production environments, and maintains system documentation. It also oversees security and audits, tests Oracle software updates, and serves as a liaison between software vendors and end users. GXO describes itself as a provider of supply chain solutions and an Equal Opportunity employer, including Disabled/Veterans. Employees and visitors are expected to comply with GXO’s COVID safety policies. Applicants receiving a conditional offer may be required to pass a pre-employment drug test.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or equivalent related work or military experience.
6 years of experience administering Oracle Planning solutions.
Experience as an Oracle EPBCS and Essbase techno-functional expert.
High proficiency in Smart View and the Planning Reports module.
Understanding of EPM Automate, business rules, and Groovy scripting.
Knowledge of financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows.
Understanding of currency translation.
Experience with Microsoft Office and advanced Excel skills.
Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex concepts to business partners.
Drive to pursue continuous improvement in technology and processes.
Ability to think critically and leverage available resources.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.
Successful full life-cycle development of Hyperion Planning or EPBCS solutions, including system requirements, design, build, implementation, and documentation.
Experience with other Oracle cloud EPM solutions, including Profitability and Cost Management, Narrative Reporting, Financial Consolidation and Close, Account Reconciliation, and Enterprise Data Management.
Knowledge of information technology functional areas, including operations, pricing, project management, human resources, and information systems operations.

Responsibilities

Oversee annual planning, monthly forecasting, and close process activities from a system perspective using Oracle PBCS.
Own EPBCS metadata configuration and maintenance.
Design, develop, execute, and monitor system enhancements, including custom forms, templates, reports, dashboards, calculations, and business rules.
Manage batch data load processes.
Provide application support by troubleshooting and resolving end-user challenges and conducting root-cause analysis.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and end users to gather functional business requirements.
Build application artifacts such as forms, rules, and reports.
Manage code and object migrations across development, test, and production environments.
Develop enhancement testing and maintain comprehensive system documentation.
Oversee security maintenance and audits to ensure regulatory compliance.
Manage testing of monthly Oracle software updates and communicate changes.
Provide end-user training and support to promote system adoption and proficiency.
Liaise between the software vendor and end users to troubleshoot system issues.