Senior Finance Analyst, Continuous Improvement

Columbia Sportswear Company • Portland, OR

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About The Position

The Columbia Sportswear Finance Enablement team enables the organization to create capacity, efficiency, and scalability by optimizing the ways we drive value creation. The organization is also driving exciting innovation in the application of advanced analytics and automated intelligence. You’ll play a key role in driving the strategic priority of transforming global Finance capabilities, with the Enterprise goal of driving relentless improvement. You’ll partner with the Continuous Improvement Program Manager to build the capability and culture of Continuous Improvement within Finance, globally. You’ll also partner with business process owners to drive measurable benefits through process optimization efforts.

Requirements

• 4+ years of Finance or process related professional experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Lean/Six Sigma belt certification/experience is a plus
• Prosci or similar change management certification/experience is a plus
• A self-starter who is passionate about process improvement
• A highly collaborative communicator and meeting facilitator
• Accustomed to tight deadlines within a growing business

Responsibilities

• Support and facilitate various process improvement efforts within Finance, or cross-functionally, utilizing established methodology and tools based in Lean principles (current state analysis, goal and problem statement, future state vision, voice of the customer, SIPOC, root cause analysis, etc.)
• Collate and report on measurement of Continuous Improvement benefits
• Serve as an evangelist and change agent for Continuous Improvement within Finance to drive ongoing momentum and engagement within Finance
• Create and deliver Continuous Improvement training and coaching
• Assist in maintaining and updating Continuous Improvement resources such as the SharePoint site and monthly newsletter
• Ability to work and communicate comfortably with business process owners, stakeholders, and cross-functional partners to create efficient and effective processes
• Effectively summarize and communicate options and improvement recommendations to sponsors so they can make well-informed decisions

Benefits

• 401k plan plus a generous company match
• medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account
• assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services)
• EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services
• extensive wellness benefits
• employee discounts
• generous time off program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree