Finance Systems Administrator - Oracle Enterprise Management

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As a member of the SKECHERS USA, Inc. Information Technology team, this role will be responsible for the management and ongoing successful system administration of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) applications within the SKECHERS financial systems portfolio. This role will primarily support the planning, implementation, testing, launch and steady state support of the Oracle EPM Cloud applications. At the same time, this role is part of a team who serve as project lead, partnering with the business, and other areas within IT, to be the go‑to‑system support for the global Finance end‑user community.

This role is also responsible for identifying ways to make processes more efficient, offering continuous improvement recommendations, developing and delivering system enhancements, and providing training to the finance and accounting teams

• Serve on a team of hands‑on system administrators for the Oracle Cloud EPM bundle of applications:
  Planning (EPBCS), Financial Consolidation and Close (FCCS), Account Reconciliation (ARCS), Tax Reporting (TRCS), Narrative Reporting and Enterprise Data Management (EDMCS)
• Ensure maintenance of data integration, schedules and mapping including leveraging finance and systems knowledge to identify issues and recommend solutions
• Lead and manage the testing of financial systems to execute features, integration, and reporting, including serving as the lead for functional and user testing efforts
• Actively participate in new technology implementations partnering with internal and external resources
• Lead efforts to reengineer and optimize business processes using technology solutions to gain efficiencies and reduce manual effort of stakeholders
• Provide hands‑on, ongoing end‑user support to ensure that Oracle EPM is operating efficiently
• Cross‑functional collaboration and communication to quickly understand, troubleshoot, find root‑cause, and resolve system issues for Oracle EPM end users
• Lead, manage and execute system enhancements, including risk assessment, project planning, requirements gathering, design, development, testing, documentation, user support and training, and on‑going application maintenance
• Lead and/or participate in global finance projects focused on driving best practices and consistency throughout the finance applications ecosystem
• Partner with key business stakeholders and multi‑departments to build a continuous improvement environment to support an ongoing program of transformation
• Collaborate with Finance on systems‑related projects including the initial implementation, future upgrades/enhancements and day‑to‑day maintenance and configuration on Oracle EPM Cloud solutions
• Assist and provide guidance to Manage Service Providers and/or Contractors

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience
• Degree or certifications in systems administration a plus (FCCS, TRCS and EPBCS preferred)
• 8+ years of combined Accounting/Finance and Financial Systems experience with at least 5+ years of experience administering the Oracle Cloud EPM bundle of applications: EPBCS, FCCS, TRCS, ARCS, Narrative Reporting, EDMCS, Smart View and Financial Reporting Web Studio (FRS). Candidates with equivalent Hyperion experience will also be considered.
• Strong understanding of EPM Automate, Cloud Data Management and Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), a plus
• Experience developing financial reports involving multiple dimensions and complex hierarchies
• Knowledge of business processes that are aided by the applications within Oracle EPM
• Ability to maintain existing, and create new, business rules, calculation scripts, load rules, metadata updates
• Experience with…