Financials Systems Support Manager

Description

Manager – Financials Systems Support

Work location: Hybrid – Currently 1 x per week, but it will go up in the near future. Newark, NJ 07102.

Manager – Financial Systems Support

• Primary responsibility of the position is to manage the financial systems support group comprising of super-users.
• Provide direction and leadership for accounting and financial information system policies, procedures, strategies, and project management for the implementation of new or major revisions to financial systems.
• Oversee and direct the SAP (ECC 6.0) and Power Plant monthly system close and various other system processes including the administration of Hyperion, GRC-RAR, Blackline and SAP FERC module, maintain a clean audit trail and minimize cycle time.
• Accountable for financial master data integrity including ad hoc reports and feeds for regulatory reporting and other areas.
• Provide technical, analytical and business process engineering expertise to develop and implement strategies to support the goals and objectives of the accounting department and other users of the financial systems.
• Manage a team of SAP module experts who are responsible for the month-end system financial close which includes but is not limited to SAP (ECC 6.0), Power Plan, Hyperion, and Blackline; SAP Master Data changes which affect data capture and reporting; administration of the GRC-RAR System for SAP segregation of duties; the integrity of financial statements; consolidation of SAP financial data in Hyperion; enhancement requests and troubleshooting/issue resolution.
• Monitor quality of group and establish performance standards.
• Maintain and apply working knowledge of internal controls including support of Sarbanes-Oxley processes for master data and entitlement for client and its subsidiaries as they relate to the financial systems.
• Key interface with IT for upgrades, enhancements, user acceptance testing, etc.

Primary Duties and Accountabilities:

• Oversee the SAP (ECC 6.0), Power Plant, Hyperion, and Blackline monthly close processes including timely completion of closing cycles and maintaining appropriate internal controls over system processes and procedures.
• Support planning and budgeting process
• Maintain and apply working knowledge of internal controls, including responsibility for Sarbanes-Oxley processes for master data, entitlement, and SAP/Hyperion/Power Plant/Blackline related controls.
• Work with clients and external contacts to identify functional enhancements to improve processes.
• Work with IT to design, review, manage, test and implement functional upgrades.
• Coordinate overall process for the financial modules of SAP (ECC 6.0). Coordinate ASD’s involvement with major system overhauls or changes (i.e. SAP/GRC-RAR/Hyperion/Power Plant/Blackline technical upgrades, separate instances, acquisitions).
• Develop team’s abilities to assist clients in the functional upgrade process and other value-added areas.
• Manage team that is responsible for data audits, data security and integrity, enhancement requests, troubleshooting and issue resolution.
• Manage team of SAP module experts

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Systems or a related field
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Functional knowledge in Financial and Controlling modules of SAP ECC6.0 as well as Hyperion is a must.
• Knowledge of Power Plant, Blackline and GRC-RAR will be a plus.

Required Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in accounting process system design.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with all management levels.
• Knowledge of business unit/functional area processes, process dependencies and links across the Company.
• Strong internal control, business and financial background.

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• GLSU
• MS Excel
• Robotic Process Automation tools