Senior Manager Financial Systems at Andela

Responsibilities:

•  Support the annual budget process and associated systems.
•  Maintain financial models in Adaptive planning.
•  Support accounting and all associated processes.
•  Maintain General Ledger, segments and departments in NetSuite.
•  Support the billing and collections process between Salesforce and NetSuite.
•  Support the procurement function between Coupa and Netsuite.
•  Design analytics and reports, build system integrations and develop new processes and tools to deliver accurate, and actionable insights to facilitate decision making.
•  Work with Finance and Accounting stakeholders to ensure effective consolidation; identify, investigate and resolve all reconciliation issues.
•  Support critical Finance processes, including business consolidation, budgeting and planning and corporate reporting. Coordinate the monthly business forecast process and track critical business performance metrics and KPIs.
•  Update the financial model as necessary for multiple product lines and business structures.
•  Identify, initiate and implement process automation and process improvement opportunities encompassing the entire finance cycle including core Accounting and Finance processes like P2P, O2C, Expenses, T&E, month-end close, forecasting, and variance analysis.
•  Conduct continuous internal audit and review of financial systems and usage to ensure adequate internal control processes and implement checks to enforce compliance and other regulatory requirements.
•  Work closely with the Compliance team to ensure system infrastructure is compliant with the requirements of SOC audits; provide required support during external system audits.
•  Maintain and update adequate documentation of all active systems covering aspects of system setup, system administration and end-user training manuals. Keep an active log of all projects and prioritization for monthly review with Finance leadership.
•  Provide first line support for Finance/Accounting systems; ensure benchmarks for availability, speed, issue resolution times and other performance metrics are achieved.

Requirements: Important to have

•  Accounting or Finance degree
•  8+ years in accounting or finance support experience, including mid level FP&A roles if Senior
•  Adaptive Planning experience
•  NetSuite experience
•  Understanding of the annual budget process and most major models (headcount, opex, revenue projections)
•  Understanding of month end close and financial statements (CFS, Balance Sheet and P&L)
•  Understanding of Financial systems - architecture, configuration, administration and implementation of relevant business applications
•  Self-starter with exceptional strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
•  Effective business partner with strong communication skills; able to effectively collaborate across departments
•  Ability to achieve results in a fast-paced, high-growth, and global environment
•  Analytical thinker; ability to translate technical requirements and needs into actionable business outcomes (tools, reports, dashboards, analysis, etc.)
•  Strong financial modelling skills