Senior Analyst, Financial Systems

About the role

The Senior Analyst, Financial Systems plays a key role in AAP’s long-term strategy to streamline processes and optimize technology. The role supports essential Finance Systems and initiatives of the Controllership and FP&A organization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a catalyst in interpreting functional needs of the Controllership team, translating opportunities into solutions using data, advanced analytic tools and other emerging technologies
• Support and drive significant ad hoc projects including streamlining existing processes and development of transformation and change management programs for technology process implementations while ensuring compliance with Internal Controls and GAAP
• Collaborate with external consultants and partner with cross-functional teams including Treasury, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and Internal Audit to optimize projects according to impact, priority, budget and resource availability
• Work with leadership of the Controllership organization and key stakeholders to provide analysis supporting the development of recommendations and implement analytical approaches and methodologies to capture the critical, actionable data to achieve business goals
• Evaluate best practice operating models and opportunities to optimize analytics across the organization
• Apply knowledge of accounting principles, best practices and technologies to develop tools that provide actionable business insight to assist the Controllership organization
• Support the period-end close process including monitoring system integrity, interfaces, access and rights/SOD; identify areas to improve processes and increase efficiency
• Provide analysis for support issues and work with subject matter experts, IT, and end users to provide functional and technical solutions
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint skills
• Experience with Oracle, Blackline, Trintech, PeopleSoft, and SmartView desired
• Operates with a collaborative mindset to ensure that key stakeholders are considered, builds relationships to leverage information and insights; communicates well with stakeholders and openly shares information
• Strong interpersonal skills: able to build and maintain effective relationships, both internally and externally with a broad group of stakeholders fostering trust
• Ability to work successfully in a dynamic, fast-paced and deadline-driven work environment
• Analytical and logical thinking skills are paramount
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills with the ability to take large volumes of complex information and present it in a clear and concise manner
• Innovative thinker and agile learner; able to readily apply past learnings in new situations to generate solutions to challenges and/or create something entirely new
• Sound decision-making skills - able to recognize and research a problem, identifying its component parts, causes and cost impact
• Flexible and supportive - able to understand and adjust to changing priorities, circumstances, direction, and personal styles
• Trustworthy with strong business integrity and capacity to hold sensitive information in confidence