Finance Process Owner

About the Role

Experienced finance/accounting professional to ensure that global finance and business applications are continuously optimized and aligned with the overall Finance objectives.

This position is an important link between the finance, product, and IT world, which needs good analytical & process understanding skills as well as strong communication and diplomacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering and documentation of business requirements/specifications, and gain consensus on priorities for process improvements and resulting technology needs.

• Lead and represent finance through projects from analysis, design, testing, training and implementation

• Drive continuous process improvement and development of tools and systems enabling enhanced process automation

• Build and nurture collaborative business relationships throughout the finance, product & IT organization

• Responsible for documentation of business requirements, test use cases, testing, training materials, and update/creation of application documentation for changes.

• Responsible for training business users on standard processes and technologies used to execute those processes.

• Be an agent for change

• Involvement in further enhancements of system landscape, or other projects

Core Skills

• Consistent attention to detail and overall thoroughness in managing all levels of information

• Knowledge of, and experience with change management and project management

• Advanced understanding of financial and business processes and the risks surrounding those processes

• Working well in a fast-paced environment with tight timelines for deliverables

• Strong analytical skills

• Strategically agile; ahead thinking, curious and eager to act in a highly demanding environment

• Accurate working style, willingness to continuous improvement

• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.

Education & Experience

• Degree in Accounting/Finance, or equivalent professional experience

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience working with finance and accounting processes and enhancements

• Demonstrated skillset of process improvement

• Experience in the Financial Services or Technology industry, helpful, but not required