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Job Description : Position Overview :
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Finance Systems Consultant to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will work closely with the senior project management team to support the successful execution of technology projects in Treasury, Financial Reporting, Procurement, and other financial-related business processes. Your responsibilities will include delivering automation solutions following standard design principles, reusable modules, and best practices. In addition, you will support all delivered products as well as existing applications, including 3rd party applications. This role offers an excellent opportunity for growth and professional development.
Key Responsibilities :
Identify opportunities to streamline business processes by leveraging technology solutions to improve financial controls and audit requirements.
Formulate project plans, including requirements gathering, testing, implementation, and migration plans.
Document and analyze the current state and identify functionality gaps in systems and / or processes
Provide automated financial insights using trend analysis and / or AI / ML
Configure and maintain the finance applications to meet the evolving needs of the organization, including dimensions, hierarchies, workflows, business rules, and reports.
Manage user access and security settings within multiple finance applications, ensuring appropriate permissions are granted based on role and responsibilities.
Oversee data integration processes, including data imports, exports, and integrations with other systems such as OneStream, ERP, and Treasury platforms.
Provide user support for existing financial, consolidation, and reporting applications.
Initiate and monitor the status of maintenance / service requests with outside vendors.
Location : Princeton or New York City; hybrid position with three days in the office
Qualifications :
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business, Finance, or Accounting or equivalent experience
Experience developing business rules, forms, workflows, cube views, dashboards, and quick views in OneStream.
Must have experience in OneStream's architecture, data integration, and security features
Must have 5 years of hands-on software development experience with Microsoft Access and Excel VBA
5 years experience in working on Finance projects, including development, automation, and Financial Systems Administration
2 years of experience in third-party systems that cover all enterprise financial operations : accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, financial planning, and budgeting.
Expertise in financial system configuration, data modeling, data transformation, reporting, quality control, and data pipeline management, you will integrate and reconcile data between various financial systems.
Experience with internal and external audits and ensure regulatory compliance
Excellent analytical / problem-solving skills
Experience in corporate finance or supporting a corporate finance team preferred
Experience with any of the following is a plus : SAP, Integrity, CashOptix, OneStream, Blackline, UiPath or Alteryx.
Highly collaborative and experience working with internal stakeholders from the C-Suite down
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to translate technical matters into business language for senior stakeholders
About News Corp :
News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world. The company comprises leading businesses across a range of media, including : news and information services, digital real estate services, book publishing, digital education, and sports programming and pay-tv distribution.
Headquartered in New York, the activities of News Corp are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Job Category :
Pay Range : 110000 - 135000
We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.
For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world. The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including : news and information services, book publishing, digital real estate services, cable network programming in Australia, and pay-tv distribution in Australia.
Headquartered in New York, the activities of News Corp are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
