Sr. Director Finance Systems

Sr. Director Finance Systems

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Job Description

As a member of SKECHERS USA, Inc IT team, this person will be responsible for the management and ongoing successful operations of the SKECHERS financial systems portfolio. This position serves as a strategic business partner to the finance and controllership teams, working within IT in delivering solutions that enables the client base to produce close analysis, forecasts, plans and perform management reporting. This individual will assess client needs, identify alternative solutions that facilitate the controllership teams’ objectives using various technology and automation tools. The person will participate in the design, evaluation, testing and implementation of report development, system break fixes, and technology enhancements. This position also serves as the project lead partnering and liaising with the business partners. The position and team are the go-to system support for the Controllership end-user community. This role is also responsible for identifying ways to make processes more efficient, offering continuous improvement recommendations and developing and delivering training to the finance teams.

• Provide front-line customer support for all SKECHERS finance related systems
• Responsible for the development and communication of the overall Finance Systems roadmap
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Financial Systems team in terms of ticket resolution and prioritization, ensure that clear communications are provided to our business stakeholders.
• Responsible for the management and tracking of agreed SLA and KPI between Skechers IT, Business stakeholders and 3rd party system vendors
• Be the single point of contact for Financial Systems both internally and externally
• Provide leadership and guidance in both the onboarding and off boarding of trading partners
• Extensive troubleshooting and problem-solving
• Work closely with the IT development team to support and enhance software and system architecture
• Other duties as assigned

• Expertise with complex integrated financial planning models that consists of labor/headcount, overhead, P&L, and inter/intra-allocations
• Knowledge of GL based financial consolidation, eliminations, and reporting for quarter closes
• Strong understanding of financial systems, processes and enhancements
• Established expertise in financial operations, financial controls, GAAP accounting, and financial reporting
• Direct management of governance and finance system compliance in accordance with company policies, standards and SOX requirements
• Applies expert knowledge and understanding of financial and US GAAP accounting principles to our systems and business processes
• Understanding of general ledger, hierarchies and data structures
• Experience delivering global solutions that drive systems and process consistency on an international scale
• Industry experience in retail or consumer products working with integrated supply chain and inventory management
• Must possess strong quantitative and analytical skills combined with solid business and financial acumen
• Experience in using Oracle, SAP or another ERP
• Experience using systems designed to manage issues, changes and testing (e.g. Service Now)
• Working knowledge in using reporting tools like BW Active Reports, SAP HANA, Tableau, Hyperion Essbase or other BI related tools
• Experience in managing budgets and resource allocations. Ability to be dynamic and fluid to meet changing business priorities
• Proven ability to interact and partner with all levels of management to help drive collaborative business decisions
• Proven “team player” who possesses solid interpersonal and organizational skills
• High energy level; strong work ethic
• Self-driven, independent thinker
• Results-oriented, able to anticipate change and respond to client priorities with agility
• Demonstrated track record of process improvements and desire to implement best practices
• Excellent project management skills
• Experience leading and championing change on projects of moderate scope and budget, involving localized teams whose success is dependent upon the management of potential risk factors, impacting a specific line of business
• Experience with direct/in-direct management of a team of high performing financial professionals with focus on solving complex technical issues to achieve specified results within service level agreement (SLA) parameters, while providing a positive experience for customers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to succinctly convey relevant information across multiple levels of the organization and confidently project a professional image that fosters relationship building and collaboration
• Ability to work independently on self -directed and assigned tasks under moderate direction and supervision Strategy
• Translates strategy into specific priorities, objectives, and action plans
• Participates in the strategic business planning with business units and IT to formulate enhancement options to address specific functional issues / requirements
• Identifies and analyzes metrics to obtain trends and patterns to identify process/system opportunities and recommend corrective action
• Recommends and implements process improvement/reengineering initiatives
• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of business specific objectives
• Effectively communicates with management, stakeholders, subject matter experts and project team members
• Assists in the development of project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans and allotment of resources for each phase of the project
• Proactively recruits, retains and develops a diverse range of talented people
• Provides challenging work assignments and development opportunities
• Supports productivity and morale of the team
• Proactively identifies and troubleshoots issues (data or process) and take appropriate action to resolve
• Manages super user and end user support and training. This includes request management (incidents/system enhancements) and training (standard materials, course design and delivery)
• Manages testing efforts for system implementations, enhancements and modifications

• Yes, minimum 10 years experience leading managers/supervisors

• Graduate Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration and Information Systems or a related field (e.g., MAC, MBA or MIS)
• Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent work experience in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Business, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years management experience with financial or accounting, preferably in a large Oracle or SAP installation

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for thejobposition, to perform the essential functions.

Additional Information

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While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk; sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long period of times.