JOB DESCRIPTION: Reporting to the Senior Director, Finance Systems Support & Data Analytics or higher role develops and administers financial and operational policies and procedures for the system or process managed. Leads and coordinates system management for operations and initiatives toward optimal system performance. Determines scope of issues and provides leadership support for the prioritization of issues, solution recommendations and resolution. Collaborates with others to facilitate projects and ensure timelines and action plans are accomplished. Advises stakeholders on enterprise-wide impact of system capabilities, impact of system changes, and the need to revise and standardize processes and procedures. Leads and coordinates system management for operations and initiatives toward optimal system performance. Through interaction with stakeholders, determines scope of issues and provides leadership support for the prioritization of issues, solution recommendations and resolution. May represent the organization in external financial or business activities. Ensures system transaction audits are reconciled and cleared to support proper financial reporting. Establishes and maintains relationships with internal business officers and their staff, auditors and other constituents. Ensures that all audit requests are submitted in a timely manner for all applications falling under their respective area. Leads and/or participates in special projects. Proactively manages the relationships with end users and works through conflict with clients or end user community. Manages the business process map for functions within the modules of responsibility and continually searches for process improvement opportunities. Creates, develops and updates standard operating procedures and related business process/workflow maps. Provides leadership for functional teams through project development/upgrade phases. Aggregates and analyzes feedback and suggestions of users (departments, units, schools, etc.) to assure that the ITSC has adequate user input when making directional, priority, and implementation decisions. Advises the Finance Subcommittee in the strategic planning process for PSF system and develops agenda through interaction with the subcommittee. Manages the month-end and annual close process and reporting requests. Coordinates functional work with technical resources for the successful completion of upgrades, enhancements and/or daily production cycles. Manages the functional Compass module leads for Commitment Control, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Emory Express, Travel & Expense and Treasury. Manages the Blackline loads for the Controller's Office. Manages the Salesforce case resolution lifecycle for Commitment Control, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Emory Express, Travel & Expense and Treasury. Establishes and maintains relationships with internal business officers and their staff and auditors and other constituents. Provides functional leadership for enterprise PeopleSoft Financials (PSF) administration, including the coordination of support from various stakeholders within Emory Healthcare and Emory University. Serves as a liaison with various training units to provide program development assistance; may lead or participate in training sessions. Develops and administers financial and operational policies and procedures for PeopleSoft Financials. Works closely with the LITS PeopleSoft Financials technical team to ensure that work priorities are established and deadlines are met. Coordinates functional work with technical resources for the successful completion of upgrades, enhancements and/or daily production cycles. Manages the functional Compass module leads for PeopleSoft Grants Management. Utilizes multiple Emory systems including PeopleSoft/Compass, EPEX, and Cayuse, as well as Salesforce (CRM tool). Manages the Salesforce case resolution lifecycle for PeopleSoft Grants Management. Provides guidance to the research community on how to use EPEX and participates in the development of training materials and guidance documents for EPEX. Manages the development and facilitation of formal EPEX training sessions for the University and collaborates with the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) staff while providing exception reporting and analysis. Assists in the development and running of EPEX and Compass queries and reports. Approves Compass Grants Production support requests in Phire, ensuring proper documentation is attached and is accurate. Meets with University staff and faculty to discuss functional issues related to EPEX and Cayuse. Manages projects related to enhancements, modifications or upgrades of EPEX, Cayuse and any related data warehouse projects. Ensures security roles are established to comply with internal control standards. Performs related responsibilities as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or a related field and eight years of experience related to area of specialization. An advance degree and/or CPA preferred. Experience with PeopleSoft Financials desirable. |
Emory is an EEO Employer-Disability/Veteran. Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. |
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