Abacist Group client where we are deploying Workday Adaptive Planning seeking Sr FP&A System Admin

Abacist Group has a client in the Atlanta, GA area where we are deploying Workday Adaptive Planning that is seeking a Senior Financial System Administrator, Financial Planning & Analysis, so I offered to post the role here to my network.

If interested, please email your resume to me at [email protected]. Please no recruiters contact me as I'm just offering to post this role as a service to my client and network.

Job Description:

The Senior Financial System Administrator, Financial Planning & Analysis role manages the company’s financial planning, forecasting, and analysis system. This includes data and structural integrity, plus assumptions about the future. In addition, provides consolidated-level financial internal reporting and analysis. 

 Core Responsibilities & Duties:

·        Responsible for using the FP&A system administrative tools and processes to ensure successful data loads, maintenance of formulas and organization structure, and user group capabilities

·        Design and build systematic solutions based on user’s modeling and reporting needs

·        Provide timely support to user community, including proactive communications of system status and changes

·        Effectively and efficiently utilize externally sourced professional support, including helpdesk, to develop new capabilities and solve issues

·        Provide high-level financial analysis and organized data delivery, as required

·        Responsible for supporting an ethical and compliant environment in accordance with company policies and procedures and industry regulations and standards

Qualifications:

·        Requires a bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting or related field of study

·        2+ years of financial analysis experience performing spreadsheet modeling and analysis for a large organization, preferably a network-based company  

·        1+ year of financial planning and analysis system administration

·        Solid/proven project management skills

·        Leadership experience, with the ability to engage, motivate, and collaborate with system administration partners, including internal suppliers and customers

·        Experience on a team building corporate financial forecasts and plans

·        Solid/proven knowledge of accounting systems and statements in accordance with GAAP

·        Solid/proven knowledge of fundamental corporate financial returns analyses such as ROIC, ROA, and ROE

·        Experience in decision support, and looks to anticipate the analysis needed for decisions

·        Creative idea development capabilities with the executive presence to interact with senior staff and strategic vendor partners

·        Advanced ability to control quality of large data sets efficiently

·        Highly skilled at getting results through influence rather than direct authority

Skills:

·        Ideal candidate will possess a “can do” attitude with a “will do” work ethic

·        Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and management

·        Advanced spreadsheet skills

·        Excellent communication and problem-solving skills