DigiClave - Financial Reporting Systems Manager

Essential Responsibilities:

- Leads the management of Hyperion Planning, HFM and KPMG Leasing Tool (KLT) lease accounting applications and a supporting suite of reporting and analysis tools

- Provides system-level support of reporting applications, including installation, configuration, monitoring and maintenance

- Creates and/or maintains detailed standard work and systems documentation.

- Coordinates change control activities as required (e.g., new releases, software updates and configuration changes)

- Responsible for testing and coordination of O/S and security patches

- Manages the Reporting Helpdesk, ensuring timely resolution of issues for more than 150 users

- Supports monthly and quarterly close processes as they relate to reporting systems.

- Leads efforts to optimize customer experiences through improved training programs, communication of software updates, and software functionality improvements

- Drives collaboration with functional teams and customers

- Develops relationships with key internal and external process experts

- Identifies and leads process improvement opportunities

- Supports business initiatives (such as entity reorganizations), as necessary.

- Interacts with business partners and subject-matter experts in the various digital teams and core functions to deliver high-quality digital solutions

- Supports separation efforts (e.g., TSA exit objectives, clone and cleanse environments and building integrations with existing systems) by partnering with Functional and Digital teams to ensure efficient transition and steady-state operations

- Conducts hands-on pilots, presentations and training to communicate and explain concepts to colleagues, the business as a whole and external development teams

- Gathers business, process, system and user requirements to design digital solutions and ensure business success, all while meeting stakeholder expectations

- Acts as a bridge between business ideas and business capabilities by defining, analyzing and documenting business processes and solutions based on customer needs, data analysis, user stories and stakeholder feedback.

- Delivers high-quality solutions to clients by adhering to software design, development and testing best practices

- Provides application integration and solution support, working collaboratively with business partners to achieve their strategic goals

- Tracks progress, resolves dependencies and issue, evaluates risks and communicates status to management and business stakeholders

- Education/Certifications

- A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, computer science, engineering or a directly related field, and/or equivalent work experience is required

- MBA and/or CPA preferred

Basic Qualifications:

- 10 plus years of experience working directly with business customers

- 3 plus years of relevant business process and infrastructure experience with Hyperion HFM, Planning and Essbase, including experience using tools such as Hyperion Reports and FDM, as an administrator or developer

- Experience supporting SAAS applications, with an emphasis on external authentication tools

- Strong project management, analytical and organizational skills

- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Ability to share knowledge of planning, reporting and analysis best practices

- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with multiple groups and negotiate competing priorities

- Strong management skills, including the ability to recruit, motivate, evaluate and retain top talent

- Self-motivated and able to work effectively and efficiently under pressure

- Ability to lead teams and manage complex processes and issues

Preferred Qualifications:

- Knowledge of cloud services (e.g., Azure) and database administration and development are a plus

- Knowledge and experience in several of the following technologies: Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, IIS, PowerShell, desktop installs and web development via Java and/or .Net.