• Drive process improvement and finance transformation initiatives through automation, standardization, and process simplification.
• Become a trusted partner and advisor with finance, IT, and other cross-functional business teams.
• Collaborate with functional leaders, process owners and system users to understand business processes and pain points in order to deliver solutions.
• Maintaining effective communication within the team and with cross-functional business partners.
• Support finance, IT, and other cross-functional business teams with system design and troubleshooting issues.
• Lead and/or support small to medium process improvement projects including identifying and coordination of all key stakeholders, requirements gathering, building project plans, communicating status, managing end-to-end UAT, and change management.
• Ensure finance projects achieve the desired outcome including operational effectiveness, compliance, and reporting requirements.
• Assist with special project work for finance as needed, through direction of Finance leadership.
• Prepare project metrics to highlight improvements and communicate to senior leadership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance
• Related professional work experience
• Must have Workday financial system and financial process improvement experience
• Project management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Relationship management experience
• Exposure to Finance efficiency tools (Alteryx, UiPath)
• Understanding of accounting guidelines and SOX controls
• Ability to assess granular level details to facilitate strategic high-level decision making.
• Strong attention to detail and data analysis
• Ability to multi-task and act with a sense of urgency
• Strong organization skills and ability to prioritize
• Relationship management; ability to partner and influence at all levels within an organization
• Strong project management capabilities to plan, organize, deliver projects on time and on budget