Principal Analyst, Finance Transformation

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

Primary Function of Position The role is a part of the Finance Transformation team within the accounting department. The Finance Transformation team is responsible for global business processes, strategic projects and process improvement initiatives. The role requires working closely with functional leaders, identify and address process gaps, implement best practices, implement and manage SOX controls, lead finance workstreams on large projects working closely with IT, and overall help improve efficiency, quality, and timeliness of our financial transaction processing and reporting.

Requirements

Minimum of 7 years of management consulting, professional services and/ or comparable industry experience, working in the finance function / finance projects.
Experience across end-to-end business processes or operational experience in a finance role.
Working knowledge of Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Inventory transactions essential.
Excellent planning, organizing and communication skills.
Self-driven, willingness to learn new areas and work collaboratively.
Experience with enterprise systems such as SAP ERP, accounting systems, reporting systems.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience working on at least one large, life cycle project in a finance role.
Advanced Excel skills are essential, working knowledge of Visio/Lucid chart, PowerPoint required.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

MBA/CPA is a plus.
In depth experience working with any large ERP system.
2+ years of SAP experience preferred.
Experience working with Finance business processes (Procure to Pay, Product costing, Inventory management, Record to report, Order to cash).
2+ years in a manufacturing/engineering/medical devices company preferred.
Experience with reporting tools such as Tableau, SQL queries, Power BI or any reporting platform.
Exposure to automation tools - RPA, Win Shuttle, Gen AI is a plus.

Responsibilities

Develop functional roadmap collaborating with key stakeholders, conduct periodic review and publish updated roadmaps.
Develop deep process expertise in assigned areas.
Collaborate with functional teams to understand process gaps, identify opportunities for process improvement, leverage best practices and deliver process improvement initiatives.
Develop metrics to measure process effectiveness, enable ongoing metrics measurement and reporting, conduct periodic reviews with stakeholders and use metrics to drive operational efficiencies.
Represent the finance function on cross functional IT projects – Lead finance work stream, develop user requirements collaborating with stakeholders, perform business testing, develop operating procedures, manage deployment, and ensure realization of business value.
Create project plans, detailed workplans, test scoping and definition, identify functional interdependencies, training, and communication plans.
Prioritize and manage systems issues working with IT and provide updates to stakeholders.
Review system changes for impact to finance business processes/finance impact analysis.
Evaluate projects/system changes for SOX impact and scope out necessary SOX testing/ controls updates working with compliance teams.
Perform data analysis, reporting needed to enable process improvement.
Work collaboratively across functions (various business functions, IT, Enterprise Analytics)