Manager, Financial Systems

UniFirst•Wilmington, MA

8d•$121,899 - $150,000

About The Position

This is a key role within the Financial Systems team, serving as a functional leader for UniFirst’s multi-year Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementation, which is approaching its first major release. The individual in this role will collaborate closely with Finance leadership, functional leads, internal IT partners, cross-functional business teams, and external systems integration partners. Leveraging extensive ERP expertise, this team member will provide strong application stewardship for our stakeholders. A primary responsibility will be to help drive efforts to optimize the fit and performance of systems supporting our financial functions. Acting as a vital liaison with IT counterparts, this leader will ensure seamless integration between ERP modules and enterprise boundary systems within end-to-end business processes. This leader will play an essential role in supporting UniFirst’s daily operations. Additionally, the individual in this role will cultivate an ongoing partnership with UniFirst’s business controls and internal audit teams to drive continuous improvement in control performance and risk mitigation.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance or Information Systems, with complimentary credentials preferred.
Extensive experience with Oracle Cloud ERP or other large market equivalent across multiple application tracks, including very large system implementations.
Minimum of five (5) years of Business Analysis experience as well as Program Management (PMO) experience.
Proven ability to drive the development of dashboard reporting, including KPI/Metrics and project statuses.
Excellent Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills, high level of system literacy (position has heavy level of interaction with IT organization).
Experience with SOX activities and controls, interfacing with Internal Audit and resolving process and control issues.
Outstanding communication (verbal & written) skills, leadership capabilities, and organization skills.
Knowledge and experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and PeopleSoft Financials, working knowledge of Order to Cash concepts.

Responsibilities

Serve as Finance Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP subject matter expert for functionality and capabilities in support of UniFirst Finance’s continuous process transformation and overall business needs.
Work with counterparts to ensure Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP functional adoption and forward roadmap stays in tight alignment with current and future business requirements.
Help build and grow Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP functional support team within Financial Systems including financial modules and connected areas in overall Support Services.
Partner with IT-centered testing center to mobilize the most efficient and repeatable regression process possible, considering Oracle Fusion Cloud and integrated enterprise applications, to keep current on quarterly cloud release cycle.
Create process and structured approach to assist the organization in strategic evaluation, socialization and adoption of beneficial Oracle-delivered enhancements from Oracle’s quarterly release stream.
Support financial integration of present and future acquisitions, including phased approaches with GL consolidation followed by full operational integration
Support the completion of financial close, guide and support efforts to optimize close duration without undermining system controls, SOX requirements or company policy.
Support continuous advancement of financial process documentation and flows to support financial processes, projects, and investment requests.
Gather, document, and analyze Finance requirements. Support adjacent tracks efforts to do the same in HR, Procurement and Supply Chain.
Work closely with Enterprise PMO and IT PMO teams to inform work planning and prioritization.
Operate as Finance leader with emerging internal resource capacity and utilization planning process and tools – support resource demand detailing and resource pool planning to realize roadmap execution.