Senior Financial Systems Lead

Land O'Lakes•Arden Hills, MN

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Financial Systems Lead serves as the senior functional and technical lead for the organization's Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platforms, currently Hyperion and transitioning to OneStream. The role supports platform governance, administration, and continuous improvement; helps execute the Finance Systems operating model for EPM standards and priorities; and provides technical guidance and mentorship to Finance Systems team members. It partners across Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Internal Controls, IT, and implementation partners to support reliable close, consolidation, reporting, planning, and forecasting processes. The position is based at the Arden Hills Corporate Headquarters, with in-office work on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week. The role leads business administration and support for the OneStream rollout and legacy Hyperion applications, including HFM, FDMEE, Essbase, and Planning. It establishes platform standards and governance covering security administration, metadata management, integration oversight, monitoring, issue management, release coordination, upgrades, and audit-ready controls. It also provides technical direction, coaching, and mentorship to Finance Systems resources. As the Finance Systems lead for future-state OneStream capabilities, the role partners with the Business Lead on requirements, solution design, testing strategy, deployment readiness, change management, knowledge transfer, and post-go-live stabilization. It helps translate Finance priorities into a sequenced enhancement roadmap and leads continuous improvements across the financial systems team. The Senior Financial Systems Lead supports governance, optimization, and delivery of enterprise financial systems through standards, procedures, and best practices aligned with business and technology priorities. The role drives automation, reporting modernization, data governance, and process improvement using OneStream, Hyperion, and Snowflake. It also leads administration and advancement of budgeting, forecasting, planning, and management reporting capabilities in partnership with FP&A. The position defines administration procedures, controls documentation, and support models; leads end-user training and administrator knowledge transfer; develops support materials; and mentors team members to build technical skills, knowledge sharing, long-term organizational capability, and succession planning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field.
Minimum 6 years of progressive experience in Finance Systems, EPM administration, financial technology support, or related Finance roles.
Demonstrated experience leading administration, governance, or business ownership of Hyperion, OneStream, or a comparable EPM platform.
Strong knowledge of financial close, consolidation, reporting, planning, forecasting, general ledger concepts, SOX controls, and Finance transformation.
Proven ability to lead complex system enhancements, cross-functional projects, solution decisions, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Lead business administration and support for the OneStream rollout and legacy Hyperion applications, including HFM, FDMEE, Essbase, and Planning.
Establish EPM platform standards and governance, including security administration, metadata management, integration oversight, monitoring, issue management, release coordination, upgrades, and audit-ready controls.
Provide technical direction, coaching, and mentorship to Finance Systems resources supporting EPM administration and project activities.
Lead Finance Systems work for future-state OneStream capabilities, partnering on requirements, solution design, testing strategy, deployment readiness, change management, knowledge transfer, and post-go-live stabilization.
Translate Finance priorities into a sequenced enhancement roadmap and lead continuous improvement across the financial systems team.
Support governance, optimization, and delivery of enterprise financial systems through standards, procedures, and best practices aligned with business and technology priorities.
Drive automation, reporting modernization, data governance, and process improvement initiatives using OneStream, Hyperion, and Snowflake.
Lead administration and advancement of budgeting, forecasting, planning, and management reporting capabilities.
Partner with FP&A to prioritize enhancements, maintain scalable models and business rules, and align future OneStream capabilities.
Define administration procedures, controls documentation, and support models.
Lead end-user training, administrator knowledge transfer, and development of support materials.
Mentor Finance Systems team members, promote technical skill development, and foster knowledge sharing, organizational capability, and succession planning.