Director Financial Systems

Title:

Director, Financial Systems (Oracle CoE)

Company:

Everest Global Services, Inc.

Job Category:

Finance

Job Description:

About Everest

Everest is a global leader in risk management, rooted in a rich, 50+ year heritage of enabling businesses to survive and thrive, and economies to function and flourish. We are underwriters of risk, growth, progress and opportunity. We are a global team focused on disciplined capital allocation and long-term value creation for all stakeholders, who care deeply about our impact on communities and the wider world.

Job Description

As a Director Financials Systems, you will join the Oracle Financial Systems Center of Excellence team responsible for the managing, administrating, enhancing, and training of the Oracle Finance Systems ecosystem. Act as a subject matter expert in Financial Systems, Business Processes, and project management. This role involves leveraging these expertise’s to provide financial systems knowledge, financial systems configuration, as well as managing prioritized projects, driving process improvements, performing root cause analysis, resolving complex issues, creating documentation, conducting testing, and providing ongoing production systems support.

Role & Responsibilities

Provide functional and technical services to our Finance and Business stakeholders, as well as play a pivotal role in requirements definition, design, implementation, and support of our overall Oracle Cloud Financials Application. This includes:

• Oversee monthly integrations of ledger data from key upstream systems into the various Subledgers (FAH) by coordinating integration processing, validation, reconciliation, and business signoff as part of the month-end close cycle.

• Update and maintain integration configurations, mappings, and controls as needed to ensure complete and accurate posting of transactions to the subledgers

• Oversee GL configuration and updates including Cross Validation Rules, Revaluation, Translation, Security, etc.

• Support various accounting, finance, and reporting system related projects as a project manager and from a business owner perspective

• Perform requirement identification, configuration set up, user acceptance testing, and production implementation from a process and operational standpoint

• Assist business in the daily management of the ERP/EPM system and researching and developing future enhancements and system capabilities

• Manage and oversee configuration migrations between difference instances and environments

• Develop and maintain system documentation, procedures, and training materials

• Provide subject matter expertise on ERP and EPM related activities

• Implement and recommend process changes/improvements within the financial close process

• Ensure SOX compliance and respond to audits as necessary, including working with internal and external audit teams

• Support business needs surrounding the monthly close process, planning and forecasting, quarterly/annual financial statements and audits

• Provide training and support to end users and other team members

• Participate in cross functional projects, acting as the financial systems lead

• Establish rapport and build cooperative working relationships with relevant internal and external parties

• Act as a liaison between finance, IT, and other relevant departments to ensure

• financial systems meet the needs of users and comply with financial controls

• Contribute to the leadership team for the development and improvement of accounting and finance technologies

• Mentor and supervise other members of the Oracle COE

Skills

• Relevant experience in accounting, finance, or similar field working in finance

• systems

• Basic understanding of Accounting and Finance related concepts

• Ability to communicate clearly to business, IT, across global teams.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Detail oriented and highly organized.

• Display ability to complete multiple tasks and a high volume of work by established deadlines.

• Highly enthusiastic, analytical, methodical, and disciplined in nature.

• Ability to adapt and adjust to unexpected circumstances.

• Ability to multitask and proactively research remediations to questions or problems as they arise

Work Experience & Qualifications

• College degree in one of the following: Accounting, Finance, or MIS

• Minimum 7 years’ experience as a functional administrator of financial systems

• A minimum of 5 years of experience working with Oracle Financials (Oracle Cloud Financials, preferred)

Experience with Oracle ERP and/or EPM modules a plus including:

• General Ledger

• Fusion Accounting Hub

• Financial Close & Consolidation

• Enterprise Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service

• Enterprise Data Management

• Profitability & Cost Management

• Accounts Payable

Experience with one or more Oracle reporting tools including:

• SmartView

• Narrative Reporting

• OTBI

• BI Publisher

• Financial Reporting

• Understanding of financial systems’ modules, configurations, and integrations

Preferred

• Experience & creativity in troubleshooting data conversions, integrations, and/or software application problems

• PL/SQL skills

• Insurance experience

The base salary range for this position is $134,000 - $180,000 annually. The rate of compensation will be based on individual education, experience, qualifications and work location. All offers include access to a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, 401k match, retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

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What if I don’t meet every requirement? At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Inclusion and Belonging.
• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.  

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve. 

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Warren, NJ

Additional Locations:

Everest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, genetics, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. As part of this commitment, Everest will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Everest Benefits at [email protected].

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