SFA, EPM Analyst Pool, Finance Tech
About The Position
The Senior Finance Analyst will partner with end users and be responsible for the simplification and standardization of Commercial/IBP, Supply Chain, or Enterprise planning processes, via enabling technology enhancements, that will drive efficiencies across planning cycles. This individual will also collaborate with extended core team of cross functional experts who will be accountable for driving the design, build, testing, and deployment of standardized Planning & Forecasting capabilities across DPS rate. Extensive knowledge of financial forecasting processes is required as the proposed SigniFi process will impact all finance employees globally who are engaged in financial planning and analysis. The individual must be able to work cross-functionally with various levels of the organization (e.g. Directors, Managers, Analysts) across all regions to develop the global standard requirements for integrating respective planning models within EP&A.
Requirements
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree is required, preferably in Finance or Accounting.
- A minimum of 3 years of finance, accounting or related business experience is required.
- Excellent oral and written communication, analytical, influencing skills and ability to develop strong relationships with executive leadership team members is required.
- The ability to partner with, influence and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, including senior management is required.
- Foundational project management skills are required.
- Ability to work in ambiguous situations, proactively identifying and mitigating process risks within a cross-functional, global organization and effectively lead and govern decision-making bodies is required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience designing, developing, implementing, and managing FP&A technology solutions is preferred.
- Innovative and continuous improvement mindset with the ability to translate a complex business operations landscape into a streamlined process design is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Active participation on a Squad, comprised of a global team of cross functional experts, in the end-to-end design, build, testing, and deployment of standardized Planning & Forecasting capabilities.
- Partner closely with end users and key project team members to understand and document integrated business requirements and ensure technical builds meet specifications for respective planning models.
- Ensure cross-program interdependencies, conflicts, and challenges are transparently communicated to SigniFi program leadership & proactively work with respective stakeholders to implement controls & risk mitigations to resolve issues and keep project on track.
- Partner across the organization to drive global core business capability standardization, alignment, and adoption for the finance function. Ensure successful deployment through flawless project execution, including post go-live hypercare support.
- Responsible for executing testing strategy, inclusive of developing test use cases, writing test scripts, and partnering with SMEs to execute tests and document/remediate any issues.
- Support and Lead Ad Hoc projects and analytics.
- Develop and track metrics for the SigniFi Program.
- Understand system calculations and dataflows so that key points can be summarized to end-users.
- Develop, maintain, and deploy FP&A process documentation (examples include integrated business requirements, desktop procedures, etc.).
- Partner with change management, comms and training to ensure global process changes are adhered to and adopted by the broader organization.
- Support the crafting of executive messages to Senior Finance Leaders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
