Financial Reporting Manager

Role: Financial Reporting Manager Team: Financial Systems Years of Experience: 5 Reporting to: Head of Financial Systems Location: Ventura, CA COVID-19 Vaccinations: Patagonia requires all employees to demonstrate proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their employment. The Financial Reporting Manager is a critical member of the Financial Systems Team. Reporting to the Head of Financial Systems, this position will work with the functional area finance leads, responsible for the design, development and maintenance of financial reporting used by internal Finance, Accounting, and business partners. You will act as a key liaison between the finance organization and IT, and your opportunity is to collaborate with our global process owners in Accounting, Finance, Business Systems and IT partners in creating and managing a robust reporting environment with consistently reliable information to enable critical decision makers to understand the business and drive continual improvement across the organization. You understand application usage and work toward simplifying and optimizing the teams’ day to day work with responsibility for maintaining and continuously improving and enhancing the functionality and effectiveness of all internal financial management and reporting systems. You will manage the associated financial administration and report-writing of enterprise level corporate applications for Finance and Accounting. This is a hands-on role, requiring the ideal candidate to work in close partnership with all constituents to understand the needs of the business and drive for effective and sustainable solutions. What You’ll Do Strategy & Solutions Work with financial management partners to identify system, data flow and process issues, conduct root cause analysis, generating reports and analysis of findings that ultimately create solutions to address system issues and work to resolve any process gaps. Collaborate with stakeholders across Finance and Accounting to maintain and continually enhance business systems, including reporting and analysis capabilities, to meet ever-changing business requirements. Collaborate with cross-functional partners in the design planning, development, and deployment of reporting solutions. Assist in identifying and investigating new and emerging technologies that can be used to improve current reporting processes System Administration & Reporting Develop and maintain financial reporting and driving enhancements to both internal and external reporting functionality, including collaborating on tool determination, requirements gathering, report design, report writing and report maintenance. Support reporting tool selection efforts within the financial teams and across the organization. Manage financial system master data management and ensure the integrity of data and database structures, including the verification of applicable system interfaces, across all financial systems. Manage master data change control process and approvals, develop and manage organization-wide communications and training. Assist in identifying opportunities for improvement of data capture and flow between source systems and financial systems. Train and support the needs of the overall financial user community. Establish and manage financial reporting security and user rights. Identify, implement and maintain a strategy for access to and preservation of static financial reports for reference. Immediate Projects & Support Lead D365 financial administrator (Chart of Account, Entity Structures, etc.) Responsible for master data management between D365 and other financial systems (Softco, Concur, BlackLine, Sifted). Finance Liaison between Finance and HRIS to develop/enhance Workday reporting and integration Responsible for development and maintenance of financial reporting requests Identify, implement, and maintain a strategy for access to and preservation of static financial reports for reference Determine usage strategy of Tableau within finance, accounting, tax Sifted (formerly VeriShip) implementation support for tracking freight expenses and payments. Support Europe and Japan with D365 master data and process improvements Help determine reporting transition plan from Power BI to Tableau Who You Are Collaborative & Global in nature Natural curiosity, initiative and motivation toward problem-solving. Work effectively and successfully in a fast-paced, growing, dynamic and demanding work environment with competing responsibilities. Ability to shift rapidly and effectively between strategic and tactical thinking. Tailor communication to a specific audience while still being concise. Open-minded, willing to embrace change, open to others’ opinions and approaches, tactful, polite and an overall team player. Business Process Improvement & Enhancement Strong analytical, process development, facilitation, communication and problem-solving abilities. Strong work ethic, results-driven and a commitment to meeting deadlines and achieving company and department goals. Ability to build a plan from the bottom up in a stepwise fashion identifying sources, requirements, participants, etc. Report Development & Management Excellent project management skills and the ability to collaborate with management and others in the company. Ability to influence decision-making at all levels within an organization, and in a variety of contexts Ability and willingness to learn and support new applications and modules. Master Data Management / Data Integrity Results-oriented and highly organized with attention to detail. Work with integrity on an independent basis as well as in a collaborative, team environment. Experience You Bring Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Information Systems. 5 to 10 years of progressive experience in complex, matrixed financial system environments. Experience in financial reporting of a multi-unit company, including a strong competency in financial systems and data structures, as well as a solid understanding of financial reporting, monthly close and financial planning processes. Experience with ERP and other financial applications, e.g. Microsoft AX/D365, TM1, Power BI, Tableau, Concur, Workday, preferred. Strong knowledge of accounting and finance business processes Pay range: $103,000 - $172,000 Hiring range: $130,000 - $150,000 At Patagonia, pay ranges are assigned to a job based on the location specific market median of similar jobs according to 3rd party salary benchmark surveys. Individual pay within that range can vary for several reasons including skills/capabilities, experience, and available budget. Employee Conduct It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors. COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Patagonia requires all employees who enter a Patagonia owned or operated facility or who physically interact with others as part of their job duties to demonstrate proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their employment. Equal Employment Opportunity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law. Patagonia’s Mission Statement We're in business to save our home planet. Our Reason for Being At Patagonia, we appreciate that all life on earth is under threat of extinction. We aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imaginations—to do something about it. Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers. Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing—as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, mountain biking and trail running. These are silent sports. None require an engine; rarely do they deliver the cheers of a crowd. In each, reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments of connection with nature. As the climate crisis deepens, we see a potential, even probable end to such moments, and so we’re fighting to save them. We donate our time, services and at least 1 percent of our sales to help hundreds of grassroots organizations all over the world so that they can remain vigilant, and protect what’s irreplaceable. At the same time, we know that we risk saving a tree only to lose the forest—a livable planet. As the loss of biodiversity, arable soils, coral reefs and fresh water all accelerate, we are doing our best to address the causes, and not just symptoms, of global warming. Staying true to our core values during forty-plus years in business has helped us create a company we're proud to run and work for. To stay in business for at least forty more, we must defend the place we all call home.

Salary : $103,000 - $172,000