GDX Financial Operations Consultant

We're looking for a Financial Operations Consultant to support our Global Design Experience team on a part-time basis. The role of the Financial Operations Consultant is critical for ensuring seamless financial operations, data integrity, and strategic support across various business functions. The ideal candidate is an experienced professional with a strong grasp of financial processes, technical systems, vendor relations, and a proactive problem-solving approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage the comprehensive purchase order process for overall project spending for the Global Design Experience team (approximately BRM+ annually for 25+ team members in Global Design Experience) as well supplementary support for cross border needs, and Division Design teams.
• Conduct detailed financial analysis to confirm costs, provide budget details, and identify discrepancies in billing, or project trackers.
• Collaborate with Design Managers, Finance, Administrators and Design Operations as needed.
• Perform reconciliation and variance analysis between financial systems like PPM and SAP to ensure data accuracy and identify anomalies.
• Oversee and manage charge backs, accruals and contribute to financial reporting for accurate financial statements.
• Manage and communicate budget details, updates, and burn rate information with design managers, contributing to strategic budget management.
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across disparate systems, including validating, cross-referencing, and correcting data in shared trackers, PPM, and Ariba.
• Generate and distribute critical reports (e.g., quarterly PPM reports, weekly Subsidiary Action Reports, etc) to finance and design team management, providing actionable insights for decision-making.
• Manage vendor spending limits and seek special approvals for high-value purchase orders.
• Conduct large-scale compliance and risk management tasks related to the supplier base, such as quarterly process reviews and policy guidance.

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