Senior Analyst - System Controls And Oversight

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for establishing, maintaining and oversight over an effective data governance framework for core finance systems
• Drive development, adoption and optimization to improve overall data governance policy, processes and standards
• Provide subject matter expert consultation and solutioning to business owners
• Oversight over IT deliverables in supporting core finance systems
• Ensure operability of core financial systems to support critical financial closing activities
• Core systems - Single POC with IT on critical issues. E.g. system failures, breach of critical SLAs, system issues during financial close
• Non-Core systems – work closely with Transformation Team to 1) ensure proper integration of financial into core systems and 2) establish accountability for product owners including maintenance, user education and enhancements.
• Continuous improvement, business process re-engineering and project delivery
• Provide technical expertise on audit issues resolution/preventive measures, establishing effective IT compliance protocols
• Closely partnering and solutioning with management reporting team to drive consistent data framework for reporting purposes
• Challenge status quo and bring new methods and techniques to the work force
• Provide recommendations on business processes enhancements from efficiency, automation and controls perspectives.
• Champion for digitalization of BAU activities to enhance finance way of working
• Use BI tools to facilitate management reporting, create and maintain KPI dashboard for stakeholder

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• 2 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree with a combination of systems/ Accounting/ Finance concentration
• 5 or more years of progressive system implementations, business requirements analysis and solution building and internal controls implementation and assessment experience preferably with large, multi-national, publicly-traded companies
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and achieve in-depth understanding of complex processes and systems
• Good interpersonal and articulation skills to bridge between Finance and IT
• Experience in designing and driving governance across finance ERPs and financial data
• Understanding and maintenance of management reporting hierarchies
• Drive digitalization initiatives to improve efficiency
• Experience with SAP FICO, SAP BPC, Analytical and BI tools
• Working knowledge of accounting treatments and statistical reporting