Sr. Manager, Systems Finance

Newark, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/5/2024
Our Corporate Finance FP&A team at LUCID is looking for a Sr Manager Finance Systems with a solid academic background and a desire to influence a cleaner future through the electrification of the transportation sector. If you are detail-oriented, able to multitask, and like to take on new challenges, then we want to talk with you!


The Role:
  • Key part of the Corporate Finance function who serves as a liaison with Accounting and IT to develop, implement, maintain, and continually enhance automated processes related to financial reporting, financial analysis, and data management using ERP and business intelligence tools. 
  • Optimize financial and operating data infrastructure and systems to enable scalable, reliable, and easy-to-understand financial reporting on regular and ad hoc bases. 
  • Partner across Finance, Accounting, IT, and with external advisors to unlock the full potential of financial systems to provide insights and data based on actual performance and anticipated operations. 
  • Assist with the development and management of advanced reporting, analytics, and dashboards that provide actionable insights to facilitate critical operating decisions. 
  • Understand the context behind the numbers generated by business intelligence tools and have an innate ability to synthesize into cogent feedback to management and other decision-makers. 
  • Engage in regular budget and forecast processes, providing both systems support and insights into best practices leveraging prior experience. 
  • Maintain reports and datasets in planning solutions. 
  • Additional ad-hoc assignments and projects supporting departments across the organization. 


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a similar field of study. 
  • Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) and/or Information Systems from a top-tier institution. 
  • Experience in people management is desirable including hiring, performance management, and leadership.
  • 10 years of relevant experience including ERP implementation and back-end development. 
  • Experience at an automotive OEM, automotive Tier 1 supplier, or large-scale manufacturing organization. 
  • Understand key performance measures and indicators that drive reporting and analytics. 
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proven knowledge of analytical tools. 
  • Strong aptitude for the application of technology to develop highly efficient business processes. 
  • Strong financial analysis and reporting experience in an SAP environment and working knowledge of the FICO Module. 
  • Proven quantitative and critical-thinking skills, with a high level of independent judgment, initiative, and creativity to communicate across the organization with confidence, clarity, and focus. 
  • Demonstrated effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills for success in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment. 
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments with a high degree of autonomy and accountability for results. 
  • Experienced Anaplan Solution Architect.  


Essential Responsibilities Include:
  • Identify and transform existing solutions, spreadsheets, and business issues into scalable, transparent, and efficient Anaplan models. 
  • Optimize existing models and incorporate new functionalities as part of the connected planning solution. 
  • Serve as architectural subject matter expert (SME) for a large-scale Anaplan connected planning system. 
  • Guide key stakeholders through "The Anaplan Way" implementation methodology. 
  • Provide meaningful feedback and updates in a timely manner to our business partners. 
  • Configure and maintain Anaplan lists, modules, dashboards, actions, and other model settings to meet business needs. 
  • Participate and/or lead UAT testing and deployment. 
  • Participate in data integration design and support for existing and new integrations. 
  • Develop model documentation. 
  • Provide production support and training to the Anaplan global user base. 


Required Qualifications:
  • Certified Anaplan Solution Architect. 
  • 5 years or more experience of successfully implementing Anaplan solutions as an Anaplan Model Builder and Solution Architect. 
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel/financial modeling skills. 
  • Proven knowledge of a formal system implementation methodology – requirements gathering, design, build/test, and deploy (Agile method). 
  • Ability to translate current spreadsheet models to effective and efficient Anaplan model designs. Design ability to translate complex Excel models into scalable multi-dimensional Anaplan models. 
  • Experience implementing Enterprise Performance Management solutions such as Cognos, Hyperion, SAP BPC, Business Objects, TM1, PowerBI, Advanced Microsoft Excel/financial modeling skills. Strong understanding of data/integration both inbound as well as outbound with various source systems (ERP, CRM, APS, etc.). 
  • Motivated, self-starter who takes pride in service excellence. 
  • True team player who thrives in a collaborative and dynamic work setting. 
  • Passion for business analytics, modeling, and planning. 
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. 
  • Strong systems aptitude, able to identify opportunities to leverage technology as an efficiency enabler. 
  • Ability to interface and communicate effectively with all levels of employees, management, and diverse audiences. 
  • Possesses strong influencing, coaching, communication, and facilitative skills. 

Flexibility to travel as needed to worldwide LUCID facilities (<15%). 

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