Financial Consolidation & Planning Coordinator Product Lead - Vice President

Join our Finance Data & Platforms Team as a key leader, supporting finance stakeholders during critical accounting close cycles.

You are good at problem solving, critical thinking, adaptability, and effective communication (both verbally and written) with knowledge/understanding of finance and the reporting cycles around month-end and quarter-end as well as detail oriented, structured, and organized to ensure no lapse in process steps/prompt communication with the stakeholders.

You are able to think beyond raw data and understand the underlying business context and opportunities hidden in data, and excel in customer service and are diligent in timely correspondence with stakeholders.

If this sounds like you, this is the role for you!

As the Financial Consolidation & Planning Coordinator Product Lead - Vice President in the Finance Data & Platforms Team, you will be the primary contact for data and metadata inquiries in Essbase cubes, ensuring seamless communication between finance teams and system administrators.

Your role includes managing hierarchy changes, data retrievals, and validations, as well as conducting daily meetings to coordinate critical business day processes, forecast submissions, and maintain reporting hierarchies.

By driving continuous improvement initiatives, you will enhance the efficiency of financial consolidation and reporting workflows.

Strong leadership and communication skills are essential along with an understanding of Essbase financial cubes.

Job responsibilities


* Serve as the primary point of contact for finance stakeholders, facilitating effective communication and collaboration between finance teams and system administrators to support financial consolidation and reporting processes through Essbase


* Conduct daily meetings with Planning & Analysis (P&A) teams to coordinate critical business day processes, manage the forecast and budget submission calendar, facilitate scenario snapshots, and define taxonomy and hierarchy mappings.


* Maintain Essbase management reporting hierarchies, such as local charts of accounts, cost centers/LOBs, and KPIs


* Develop and maintain clear documentation for financial processes and requirements, ensuring accessibility and understanding for all stakeholders involved in financial planning and analysis.


* Demonstrate a strong client service focus, promptly addressing queries and providing deliverables to finance stakeholders, while supporting the development and validation of financial analytics solutions.


* Monitor and evaluate financial processes and analytics applications, identifying opportunities for improvement and driving initiatives to enhance efficiency and data accuracy, and oversee daily reconciliations, address data validation/system performance issues, champion process automation in collaboration with internal technology teams, and eliminate manual tasks and establish sustainable, repeatable processes for supporting P&A enhancing business....