BDO USA · 7 hours ago
Financial Systems Senior Manager (Oracle Cloud ERP)
Cincinnati, OH
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$135K/yr - $148K/yr
10+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Participates in the evaluation of software and hardware products for potential purchase and implementation based on analyzing business problems and assessing how technology can be used to solve the business problems
Determines the resources needed to plan and implement financial system solutions, collaborates with end users and provides software suggestions and recommendations to business owners and management to assist in their understanding of potential limitations and challenges
Manages projects effectively, including directing the day-to-day tasks and activities of cross functional teams, tracking and reporting project tasks, project scope, priorities and deadlines and deliverables schedules
Ensures documentation is developed to meet project deliverables and schedules
Manages, monitors and effectively communicates project budgets, including tracking of internal costs as well as third party vendor costs
Supervises, coaches and mentors Financial Systems Manager (FS Manager) or Analyst (FS Analyst), and patriciates in the resolution of third-party support issues, including but not limited to budgets and updates to ensure the Firm's business processes are represented and will not be broken
Leads the gathering of functional requirements for approved projects, collaborates with business owners to define business requirements in business acumen and translates requirements into functional technical specifications
Accurately formulates and defines the objectives and scope of business systems, and assesses the risks of the development of financial system solutions
Makes recommendations and presentations to senior management in order to gain support of new projects and applications, prepares for and participates in presentations to business owners seeking new technology within financial system solutions
Provides leadership and project management for the functional set up of business applications, including system updates, upgrades and the implementation of new applications
Ensures there is effective communication from business acumen translation to technical/functional acumen to meet business requirements
Leads FS Manager or FS Analyst in the successful resolution of complex transactional issues, including performing research, identifying root cause and using data integrity reports and other information provided by business owners
Leads and manages the deployment of existing finance systems to other firms, promoting one unified system
Actively coordinates, participates and manages problem resolution related to disaster recovery, reporting and dashboards
Communicates financial system vernacular into meaningful business acumen with business owners, management and executives
Collaborates with management across the organization to understand business owner’s workstream system gaps, as well as identify and prioritize system gaps between the firm’s current state and industry best practices
Documents and shares financial system insights with cross functional financial system teams and management for building system related skills and knowledge, along with growing the knowledge and expertise of system business owners in the business field
Manages, delivers and participates in implementing new finance systems, functionality or data analytics mechanisms into existing systems, integrating them with legacy systems where it drives end user efficiency along with maintaining a cost competitive footprint into the future
Coordinates, assembles and trains team members on process to conform to general audit controls on system projects, system operations, documentation, process improvements, new implementations, fixes and updates
Proactively pursues visons, and proposes strategies for growing the utilization of financial systems and mobility by new and existing locations
Manages configuration, enhancements, security, reporting, training, documentation, testing and user support of all financial systems
Provides cross functional system leadership, management and coordination of all activities pertaining to project direction, goal setting, planning, estimating, resource allocation and assignments for non-Project Management Office (PMO) projects
Investigates and determines cause of irregularities and errors, develops necessary resolution and communicates corrective action to appropriate individuals
Evaluates and implements new features and functionality as they become available from software vendors
Participates in the annual/quarterly Financial Systems Planning and Prioritization process
Participates in Service Level Agreement (SLA) management of software licenses, maintenance and service by vendors
Works with financial system vendors to manage contract renewals, creation of statement of works and timelines
Researches and mentors the team on data integrity and confidentiality of sensitive data when creating new security access
Promptly engages with senior management or Internal Audit to clarify security requests
Actively participants on Vendor/Customer Advisory Boards, as needed
Assists with the creation and preparation of the annual financial system budget
Participates in preparing project budgets, project staffing plan and recommendations
Other duties as required
Monitors and provides performance feedback of FS Analyst professionals throughout the performance year
Ensures FS Analyst professionals are effectively trained on systems and processes related to the Finance Department
Prepares and conducts annual performance reviews for FS Analyst professionals
Assists FS Manager and/or FS Analyst professionals with prioritization of workload, communications, etc., and delegates work assignments to FS Analyst professionals, as appropriate
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology or related field OR equivalent work experience, required
Ten (10) or more years of experience working with financial systems, required with a degree
Fifteen (15) or more years of experience working with financial systems, required without a degree
Five (5) or more years of supervisory experience, required
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, required
Strong technical and data analysis skills
Capable of working and communicating effectively with professionals at all levels
Able to work in a deadline-driven environment, and handle multiple projects/tasks with an attention to detail
Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
Superior customer service skills
Strong collaborative and communication skills (verbal and written), with the ability to communicate technical material in a non-technical manner to be understood by the business community
Ability to identify opportunities for efficiency where technology can assist users in being more productive in their work
Preferred
Master’s degree, preferred
Experience working within a professional services firm, such as accounting, financial services, business advisory and/or banking industries, preferred
Proficient in the use of PeopleSoft Financials, specifically query and reporting functions, preferred
Proficient in the use of Business Intelligence Reporting Tools (Hyperion, COGNOS, Business Objects), preferred
Benefits
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Flexibility and opportunities for advancement
Comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits
Company
BDO USA
BDO USA renders taxation, audit, assurance, advisory, and business outsourcing services to companies across all sectors of the economy.
10,001+ employees
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Chief People Officer - USA
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