Manager, Financial Planning Systems (EMEA/APAC)

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Your New Role...

As the PSG Manager of Financial Planning Systems for the EMEA/APAC regions, you will be a valued facilitator of the company’s global EPM strategy and roadmap, manage related projects, support system implementation activities, and provide functional end-user support.

Your Role Accountabilities… 

• System Support:  Provide comprehensive power user support for Oracle EPM (PlanONE), including end-user training, documentation, QA, and power user testing.  Develop system and business process flows and help to drive process improvements.

• Problem Solving:  Act as the primary functional contact for issue escalations, liaising between Finance and Enterprise Tech to manage business process context, resolution expectations, and cross-functional communication.  Assist in closing user-generated service tickets for supported applications.  Address system and process issues, collaborating with stakeholders to provide timely solutions.

• Technical Expertise:  Design and develop system configurations, hierarchies, allocations, calculations, input forms, queries, and financial reporting.  Offer deep technical and functional understanding of system structures.

• Project Leadership:  Define and document business scope, functional and system requirements, and process changes for system enhancements and financial system-related projects.  Lead PSG workstreams on projects and initiatives, ensuring that project objectives are met.

• User Acceptance Activities:  Coordinate user acceptance testing, develop test scripts, assist with defect resolution management, and oversee new process training and documentation.  Validate production migrations and communicate with users regarding system enhancements.

• Change Management:  Lead change management efforts to ensure the successful implementation of financial systems projects and transformations of business processes.

• Compliance:  Maintain financial system-defined controls documentation and assist with related audit and SOX compliance requests.

Qualifications & Experience… 

• Education:  BA/BS degree in MIS, Finance, or Accounting.

• Experience:  5+ years of financial systems support experience, preferably with Oracle EPM or similar financial planning systems.

• Knowledge:  Strong understanding of accounting and forecasting principles, financial analysis and reporting, and financial/application controls.

• Skills:  Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills.  Effective communicator with the ability to influence and persuade across organizational levels.  Fluent in English.  Proficient in Excel and other Office applications.  

• Abilities:  Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.  Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing tasks and deadlines.  Familiarity in working with global/remote teams is a plus.

• Business Analysis:  Experience translating business requirements into system solutions.

• Leadership:  Ability to develop strategic plans, set clear goals, and deliver high-quality services. Strong problem resolution skills, integrity, tact, and diplomacy.

• Collaboration:  Proven change agent with strong collaboration and organizational skills.

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Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

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