Financial Systems and Reporting Solutions

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Description

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Acting as a key interface between DFAM, ICT, and external providers, the Chief, Financial Systems and Reporting Solutions Unit provides strategic leadership and oversees cross-functional teams, while managing change processes that support a shift from transactional workflows to value-added financial services.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction for the business-side ownership of financial systems, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) modules (Oracle Fusion), enterprise reporting, and financial planning tools.
• Manage and lead the Financial Systems and Reporting Solutions Unit, including mentoring, supervising, and supporting a team of business analysts, planning and reporting specialists.
• Lead the development of business requirements and functional specifications for financial and administrative tools, ensuring they support efficient, compliant, and scalable financial processes.
• Serve as DFAM’s primary liaison with ICT and system integrators, ensuring technical implementations reflect business priorities and are appropriately governed.
• Oversee the review and validation of functional design documents, system change requests, and testing strategies prepared by ICT and vendors.
• Establish and manage financial and planning systems governance models from a business perspective, including change control, configuration management, and user role definitions.
• Oversee the maintenance and business-side validation of key financial master data and control elements—such as Cross Validation Rules values, reporting hierarchies, and segment mappings, digital workflow governance
• Oversee and coordinate the end-to-end integration, functional testing, and rollout readiness of financial modules, ensuring solutions support compliant, efficient, and scalable processes.
• Champion the continuous redesign and simplification of financial business processes to enhance efficiency, automation, and auditability.
• Promote the adoption of advanced technologies (e.g., Robotic Process Automation (RPA), AI, predictive analytics) that support strategic decision-making and internal controls.
• Lead the development of financial master data structures and ensure data governance across all relevant modules.
• Oversee the design and rollout of business-side reporting strategies, dashboards, and performance monitoring tools tailored to DFAM and operational needs.
• Coordinate with DFAM divisions, regional and country offices, and senior management to gather evolving business needs and provide guidance on technological capabilities that can support efficient and successful adoption of new financial policies and processes.
• Contribute to global training and knowledge-sharing efforts related to financial systems, tools, and best practices.
• Track system usage, performance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and feedback from global users, identifying areas for business-side enhancement.
• Monitor and reinforce internal control requirements embedded in financial systems (e.g., role segregation, automated validations, workflow restrictions).
• Support audits and oversight exercises by providing functional insights into system design, access controls, and data traceability.
• Coordinate timely follow-up on audit recommendations and business-side risk mitigations related to financial systems.
• Approve or endorse business requirements and system enhancements within delegated authority.
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Education:

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with ten years of relevant professional experience.
• University degree in the above fields with twelve years of relevant professional experience.
• Project management certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2) is desired.
• ERP certification, particularly Oracle Cloud Financials is desired. 

Work Experience:

• At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in managing or contributing to the management of financial systems from the business side in a complex, international, and decentralized environment.
• Progressively evolving leadership experience in financial management with responsibilities for accounting, financial reporting and financial analysis within an international, decentralized, and/or multinational environment is an asset.
• Proven experience translating business requirements into functional specifications for ERP systems, preferably Oracle Cloud.
• Experience overseeing testing and implementation from the business perspective, in partnership with technical teams.
• Strong background in process improvement, financial data governance, and automation initiatives (e.g., AI, RPA).
• Experience supporting internal and external audits through system-based financial controls.

Source: https://fa-evlj-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/14745

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