Senior Manager, IT Applications – Financial Planning Systems

About the role

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets, and sells high-quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s, and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment, and beauty. The company is focused on its customers and its brands to drive future growth. The role is critical in driving the modernization of Centric Brands' financial planning capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Platform Strategy & Leadership
• Serve as the IT application owner for all EPM/FP&A planning systems, owning the platform roadmap, governance model, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment.
• Lead end-to-end implementation and configuration of modern EPM/FP&A solutions (Oracle EPM Cloud, Anaplan, OneStream, or equivalent), from requirements gathering through go-live and hypercare.
• Partner with Finance and FP&A leadership to translate business planning requirements into scalable, well-architected technical solutions.
• Manage vendor relationships with EPM platform providers, system integrators, and implementation partners.
• Drive platform consolidation, rationalization, and migration strategies where applicable, including transitions from legacy tools such as SAP BPC.
• Implementation & Delivery
• Own full project lifecycle delivery for EPM system implementations and enhancements — scope, budget, timeline, risk management, and quality.
• Lead technical design sessions and solution architecture reviews, ensuring alignment with enterprise data standards and integration requirements.
• Drive integrations between EPM/FP&A platforms and upstream/downstream systems including SAP ERP/S4HANA, data warehouses, and reporting tools.
• Establish and enforce testing protocols (UAT, regression, performance) and change management processes for all platform releases.
• Remove obstacles and proactively manage risks to ensure delivery on time, on budget, and with high quality.
• Business Partnership & Stakeholder Management
• Act as a trusted advisor to Finance and FP&A teams, bridging the gap between business process requirements and technology capabilities.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, process mapping sessions, and design reviews with business stakeholders at all levels, including CFO and VP-level Finance leaders.
• Set clear delivery expectations with business partners, proactively communicate status, and escalate issues with recommended solutions.
• Champion finance process best practices and continuous improvement across budgeting, forecasting, financial close, and management reporting workflows.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with IT peers across enterprise architecture, data, and infrastructure teams.
• Team & Operations
• Build, lead, and mentor a team of application analysts and developers supporting EPM/FP&A platforms.
• Serve as escalation point for production support issues, ensuring SLAs and business continuity for critical financial planning systems.
• Develop and maintain application documentation, operational runbooks, and training materials.
• Drive continuous improvement, automation, and efficiency across supported platforms and processes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive IT experience, with at least 5 years focused on EPM/FP&A application leadership for mid-to-large enterprise organizations.
• Proven, hands-on implementation experience with at least one modern EPM/FP&A platform — Oracle EPM Cloud (Planning, FCCS, EPBCS), Anaplan, or OneStream — in a full project lifecycle capacity.
• Strong understanding of core finance and FP&A processes: annual operating planning, rolling forecasts, financial consolidation, management reporting, driver-based modeling, and scenario planning.
• Experience integrating EPM platforms with SAP ERP (ECC or S/4HANA), data warehouses, and BI/reporting tools.
• SAP BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation) experience is a significant plus — both technical configuration and business process expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional project teams including business SMEs, technical developers, and third-party vendors.
• Strong data modeling and financial modeling skills; understanding of multi-dimensional cube design, metadata management, and ETL/data integration concepts.
• Experience with both waterfall and agile/iterative delivery methodologies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with proven ability to present complex technical topics to executive and non-technical audiences.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities.
• Experience in the retail, wholesale, or consumer goods industry is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• MBA or advanced degree in Finance or Business a plus.
• EPM platform certifications (e.g., Oracle EPM, Anaplan Model Builder, OneStream) are highly desirable.

Benefits

At Centric Brands, we provide an industry-competitive salary, along with a comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision) that includes a matching 401(k), Summer Fridays, generous PTO, merchandise discounts, excellent career development opportunities, and a work environment that reflects our industry leadership. Our social impact program, Centric Cares, focuses on volunteerism to make a difference in communities we live and work in, and our D&I committee is shaping the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Centric Brands through workshops, resources, and inspiring conversation.

Pay

$140,000 - $160,000

Schedule

The role follows a hybrid work schedule which requires on-site presence Monday-Thursday with Friday being a remote/work from home day. This schedule is subject to change based on business needs.