job description :
You are responsible for supporting programs focusing on critical initiatives for the Finance organization. You will need to be very detail oriented and passionate about going deep, as well as going wide. You must have the ability to connect the dots to ensure conflicting interests are addressed while complimentary opportunities are enhanced. Your solution must be comprehensive, scalable, and agile. You will be required to demonstrate the ability to perform data analysis in assigned projects while keeping in sight the overarching, larger business capability.
You will be expected to support complex, cross functional programs aligning people, processes, and systems to achieve a successful outcome. You should be a creative, smart problem solver scaling steep learning curves quickly. Working on highly complex problems, you are asked to gain insight into the strategic issues which are forefront in the minds of the executive leadership team.
You will need to demonstrate the ability to be successful in an unstructured, team-focused environment.
You are required to possess finance, system implementation, process mapping, project management and communications skills, demonstrate the ability to influence and effectively manage key relationships and challenging situations in a fast-paced business organization.
You will drive and support programs with cross functional partners in the organization to gather requirements, provide advice of inter dependencies and impacts, facilitate process design and re-design, develop solutions, execute approved plans, and promote capability adoption.
Other expectation includes:
Analyze data from various sources to compile a comprehensive picture of the overall business requirement documents, process mapping including flow charts, and process narratives.
Design and conduct moderately complex analysis to identify and remediate data quality or integrity issues and to identify and remediate process or control gaps
Support communications with basic documentation related to requirements, design decisions, issue closure, or remediation updates
Work with business and technology partners or subject matter professionals to document or maintain business or technical metadata about systems, business or data elements, or data-related controls and data lineage.
Maintains necessary processes, controls, and procedures to ensure data accuracy and integrity
Performs complex analysis of master and reference datasets and conduct data validation.
Develop and implement best practices across finance functions
Support day to day operations and deliver on strategy and operational plans against the strategic vision for the company
What you bring to the role:
3+ years of experience in accounting, finance, project management, business analysis, and business operations support.
B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration, Finance or Information Technology with a focus on Business applications
Prior experience with SQL queries and data transformation/analysis tools
Prior experience with data mapping, process mapping, system flows, process narrative, business case documentation, and data integration is highly desirable
Strong interpersonal and team building skills; ability to work with a diverse team and influence/inspire change across functional and business boundaries
Continuous improvement mentality and ability to suggest and implement new and better ways to work
Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills
Self-starter with unquestionable integrity.
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