What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Systems Manager position at Foster McKay?
Job Description
Our client, located near Teaneck, NJ is seeking a Manager, Financial Systems for a long term consulting engagement. The Manager, Financial Systems plays a key role in supporting the administration, maintenance, and optimization of key finance systems including SAP, OneStream, Workiva, and Essbase. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Financial Systems, this role plays a critical part in ensuring systems readiness for the financial close, managing user access and master data, and enabling timely and accurate financial reporting.
The manager will support day-to-day operations, special projects, and system enhancements in collaboration with Controllership, IT, and FP&A teams.
The qualified consultant MUST have experience with SAP! This role is hybrid.
Key Responsibilities
- Support period-end financial system close activities, including system status coordination, blackout window management, and reconciliation readiness.
- Manage user access requests, role provisioning, and security approvals for SAP, OneStream, Workiva, Essbase, and other financial systems.
- Maintain financial master data and hierarchies including chart of accounts, legal entity structures, and reporting dimensions.
- Monitor data integrations and mapping tables to ensure proper consolidation and reporting output.
- Partner with Controllership and Reporting teams to identify system issues, troubleshoot errors, and escalate for resolution.
- Coordinate testing and implementation of new functionality and enhancements within SAP, OneStream, Workiva, and Essbase.
- Assist in FX and consolidation processes including monthly balancing, journal entries and system-based FX translation reporting.
- Document system procedures and support SOX-related control execution for access, changes, and reporting integrity.
- Collaborate with IT on support tickets, change requests, and long-term systems strategy.
- Contribute to special projects, including spin readiness, reporting automation, and new tool onboarding.
- Provide training and support to system users across finance and controllership functions.
- Prepare and distribute reports for internal and external audit support as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA preferred.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in financial reporting, accounting, or audit, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience working in a publicly traded company or a Big 4 accounting firm is preferred.
- Understanding of SEC reporting, U.S. GAAP, and SOX compliance requirements.
- Proficiency in ERP systems, including SAP and OneStream.
- Exceptional analytical, leadership, and communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate and influence across multiple levels of the organization.
- High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and transparency.
Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.