Senior Lead Finance Analyst

Accounting Center Development Position

Location : 4900 Tiedeman Road - Brooklyn, Ohio 44144-2302

Job Brief (Purpose) : As a member of the Accounting Center Development team under the Financial Systems Support and Data Enrichment team within Finance, responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to : Supporting the development, implementation, testing, documentation and on-going validation and execution of Workday Accounting Center processes, Creating and managing processes to be used to develop system interfaces, hierarchies, translations, mappings, and other control information in our Workday Accounting Center framework. Ensuring consistency and alignment between Workday Accounting Center processes and our other Workday modules (General Ledger, Finance Data Hub, Foundational Data Model) Working both independently and as a lead for cross-functional teams to perform business, data, and application analysis to gather and document business requirements on a variety of strategic project initiatives within Finance.

Essential Job Functions

General Job Requirements :

• Translate client requirements to technical specifications, and work with technical teams to design, test and implement projects.
• Able to manage interests of multiple stakeholders with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and priorities.
• Understand and process changes to production applications and models (hierarchies, translation tables, parameters, data loads, security, reports, etc.)
• Research complex data and process issues.
• Perform data and process validation during testing and production phases of projects and ongoing work efforts.
• Provides client support throughout testing and production phases of projects and ongoing work efforts.
• Participate simultaneously in multiple work efforts and high priority activities.
• Maximize the use of automated technology to achieve the highest level of quality and efficiency in the support of the financial systems.
• Able to effectively work independently and as part of team to offer and implement solutions to achieve business opportunities.

Specific Job Requirements :

Required Qualifications / Competencies

Bachelor's degree (Finance, Information Technology, Accounting, or related field) or equivalent experience. 7+ years of analytical experience in Finance, Business or Related Field preferred Strong financial and / or accounting acumen. Knowledge of data mining concepts and approaches. Experience dealing with complex and large data sets from multiple sources to support analytical processes. Quantitative, analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills. Interest, willingness, and ability to assimilate information quickly and succinctly. Action oriented; takes initiative to challenge current processes and implement change. Organized self-starter with the ability to think and work independently and creatively. Strong verbal and written communication skills coupled with the ability to work and communicate with personnel at all levels in the Corporation, including Finance and Technology professionals and executives of different and varied levels of background. Ability to understand and interpret client requests / needs, and respond to questions with clear and effective answers, and give cohesive present