Finance Systems Administrator - Oracle EPM

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

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Assist and provide guidance to Manage Service Providers and/or Contractors

Core Skills / Requirements

• Working knowledge of finance system administration
• Previous project management experience in complex IT projects will be preferred
• Ability to learn new and unfamiliar technologies independently using documentation and online resources
• Takes personal responsibility to improve processes and systems
• Ability to conceptualize, formulate, and succinctly convey complex solutions to a wide audience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent documentation skills using Microsoft Office, Visio or LucidChart, Smartsheets
• Demonstrated innovation and creativity, considers different approaches to issue resolution
• Excellent relationship building skills, able to build trust with stakeholders
• Demonstrated track record of process improvement and desire to implement best practices
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines
• Positive, proactive, and self-motivated
• Must have high degree of accuracy, results-oriented, highly accountable
• Adaptable, flexible in a changing environment, comfortable with ambiguity
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
• Works well in a fast-paced environment with tight timelines for deliverables

Education and Experience

• 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 different programming languages such as MDX, Groovy, SQL, Java, etc.
• Experience developing reporting, analytics, and dashboards
• Strong troubleshooting skills to monitor and manage data file feeds (inbound and outbound)
• Strong understanding of key financial models and metrics to ensure that the application(s) meet performance expectations and reporting requirements
• Solid understanding of multi-currency general ledger, data modeling concepts (relational and dimensional), extract, transform, load (ETL) processes and reporting systems
• Proven successful project management expertise
• Experience with ticketing systems such as ServiceNow
• Problem solving ability with a strong technical aptitude to perform root cause analysis
• Involvement in a global enterprise project, including building business requirements documentation (BRD) and active participation in the design, testing, training, and implementation phases.
• Experience in the retail industry, helpful, but not required

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 the job position, to perform the essential functions.

The annual salary range for this position is $125,000 - $175,000 USD.

About Skechers
Skechers (NYSE: SKX), a global, Fortune 500® brand develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Developing comfort technologies is the foundation of all we do – delivering stylish, innovative, and quality products. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,200 company-and third-party-owned retail locations. Headquartered in Southern California, with offices and distribution centers around the globe, Skechers has spent 30 years helping people of all ages look and feel good.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.

Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing [email protected].
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility 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 the job position, to perform the essential functions.