What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Systems Specialist Lead position at ITC Holdings Careers?
JOB SUMMARY
The Financial Systems Lead supports the Finance organization leveraging financial systems/applications to meet the planning/reporting needs of the business. Will design, develop, and implement system solutions and interface frequently with management and other team members to gather requirements and develop system/reporting solutions for internal and external stakeholders. Serves as a technical expert and recommends new functionality that drives innovation for existing financial systems, databases and/or new applications. Additionally, supports business objectives and management decision making by preparing and maintaining routine financial analyses and spreadsheets for any of the following specialty areas: capital and operating expense planning, forecasting and financial analysis.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develops knowledge of the business and becomes a subject-matter expert of financial systems/applications
- Identifies system enhancements and drives innovation for the development, modification, administration, and usage of financial systems/applications
- Leads large cross-functional projects and takes a proactive approach to tasks and professional relationships
- Performs production support of delivered reports and system enhancements
- Collaborates with colleagues to gather requirements and define/implement analytical tools, reports, metrics and dashboards to meet business needs
- Models and queries data and builds dashboards within financial systems/applications
- Prepares and maintains system/application documentation and manuals, training content and end-user communications
- Supports technical resources with implementations, installation and regressing testing of new releases, upgrades and fixes, and understands the development life cycle
- Develops and maintains knowledge of current and emerging technologies and best practices
- Performs financial analysis and acts as a resource for other areas across the company as needed which may include but is not limited to: Financial analysis for special projects, budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc reporting for Senior Leadership and the Board of Directors.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or a related area; Master's degree in business administration, finance, or accounting preferred or relevant, equivalent experience and/or education
- Minimum Experience of seven (7) years combined work experience in the following:
- Hands on experience with the following: Metadata / Web Forms / Calculation Scripts / Business Rules / Member Formulas / Data Load Rules / Financial Reports / Security / MS SQL Server / Visual Studio / ETL development including complex SQL
- Experience designing, developing, implementing and/or administering financial planning/reporting applications (preferably PBCS, Hyperion Essbase, Hyperion Planning, PowerPlant, PowerBI, and/or PeopleSoft)
- Financial systems within an accounting/finance department, in an administrative/functional capacity, supporting related modules with an understanding of business processes, business system requirements, enhancements and upgrade projects, including development and documentation of user test scripts, acceptance testing
- Financial modeling and analysis in business planning and forecasting, preferably in the preparation and analysis of capital and operating expense budgets and performance reports
- Well organized, analytical mind, that requires minimal direct supervision while working within a team environment
- Ability to exercise good judgement and draw valid conclusions
- Understand the accounting and workflows in a multi-departmental and multi-company environment
- Advanced problem-solving skills and a strong aptitude in technology
- Ability to analyze and interpret complex financial models/information and their concepts
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to communicate complex ideas and information
- Ability to multi-task and manage competing deadlines
- Ability to learn and utilize job specific software
- The Lead may provide direction to lower-level professionals and/or support employees
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer. ITC does not sponsor employment visas, such as H-1B or TN visas
