Sr Analyst Finance System Governance

Philip Morris•Tampa, FL

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

Support the head of System Governance in the day-to-day activities of the U.S. Systems Governance function. The role helps ensure U.S. finance systems remain aligned with PMI standard processes, governance expectations, and business priorities. It maintains system periods and mapping tables, executes system controls, monitors data transfers and replication, reviews access models and role provisioning, communicates system outages, responds to Internal Controls queries, reconciles Master Data date-of-maintenance tables, and strengthens data validation rules. The position supports disciplined change management by ensuring application changes are formally approved and accompanied by required user acceptance testing (UAT) evidence before implementation. It distributes system governance communications on time, keeps system access up to date, coordinates with service providers to ensure UAT follows defined processes and timelines, and updates mapping tables based on valid business requests. The analyst works closely with the Systems Governance Senior Analyst, learning and supporting business processes as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Information Management, Business Analytics, Statistics and Econometrics, Finance, Data Science, or Computer Science.
At least 3 years of experience in financial systems governance and functional projects or initiatives involving system templates and setup.
Solid knowledge of one or more financial systems and tools, acting as a subject matter expert.
Understanding of financial processes in a corporate environment.
Advanced written and verbal communication skills to engage effectively with global and local stakeholders.
Strong analytical and conceptual thinking.
Proactive and curious attitude.
Attention to detail.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to articulate technical and operational subjects and translate them into action.

Nice To Haves

Experience preferably within multinational corporations in the FMCG industry.
Experience with SAP and/or Dynamics projects and solutions.

Responsibilities

Maintain system periods opening and closing.
Maintain mapping tables and update them based on valid business requests.
Run and execute necessary system controls.
Monitor data transfer and replication.
Review access models and role provisioning, and ensure system-related access is up to date.
Communicate system outages and distribute system governance communications on time.
Answer Internal Controls queries.
Reconcile Master Data date-of-maintenance tables.
Strengthen data validation rules.
Ensure U.S. finance systems align with PMI standard processes, governance expectations, and business priorities.
Ensure application changes are formally approved and supported by required UAT evidence before implementation.
Work with service providers to ensure UAT is completed according to defined processes and timelines.
Collaborate with the Systems Governance Senior Analyst and support business processes as needed.