Senior Manager, Global Operations, Finance Planning Systems

Role Summary

Senior Manager, Global Operations, Finance Planning Systems responsible for leading enterprise planning solution design, integration, and continuous improvement across Global Operations finance planning, forecasting, and long-range planning initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Global operations finance planning teams to facilitate continuous improvement efforts towards the planning, forecasting and long-range plan.
• Partner with project team and supervise consultants with Global Operations requirements gathering, technical design, development, User acceptance testing, and cutover of an enterprise planning solution.
• Take responsibility of root cause analysis and process improvement. Requires strong understanding of the Global Operations planning and consolidation process as well as requirements for management reporting.
• Design, develop and troubleshoot load rules, Business Rules, and Calculation Scripts.
• Continuously and proactively improve the environment to enrich experience by contributing to training documentation and support for end users.
• Develop, maintain, and improve documentation on key business processes and procedures in compliance with Internal control policies
• Promote and develop automation of processes with current and future application flows. Send downstream system monthly corporate adjustment files for tie to final monthly, quarterly consolidation.
• Facilitate integration of SAP BPC planning, including sourcing actuals, reconciling and data analytics with visualization tool.
• Partner with BTS to install technical patches, upgrades, and system/application migrations.
• Responsible for Leadership communication and update to Steering committee on monthly basis.
• Act as BPC subject matter expert for the entire organization

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Finance, or Accounting preferred.
• Minimum 7 + years of progressive and/or related experience
• Strong expertise in operations finance for a large pharmaceutical company is required.
• Located in Lake County, Illinois area with ability to work in office 3-5 days a week depending on deadlines.
• Experience in architecting, building and supporting financial planning applications.
• Experience with administration and/or implementation of SAP BPC required.
• Strong Analytical and technical skills to continuously improve processes.
• Understanding /Acumen of Finance with strong knowledge in planning, forecasting, accounting close process.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with all levels
• Ability to understand the needs of the various business teams to appropriately plan for growth and change
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including innovative and creative solutions
• Ability to work independently and be goal oriented, as well as work as part of a team
• Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines
• Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Skills

• Analytical and technical proficiency for process improvement
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Project leadership and stakeholder management

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Finance, or Accounting (preferred)

Additional Requirements

• Travel and on-site presence as required by deadlines and project needs