Finance Systems Administrator - Oracle Enterprise Performance Management

Skechers; Manhattan Beach (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading comfort technology company in California is seeking an experienced IT professional for the administration of Oracle EPM applications. Responsibilities include managing system integration, user support, and process optimization. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of relevant experience and a deep understanding of financial systems. This role offers the opportunity to lead projects and drive continuous improvement within the organization.

Benefits

Employee discounts

Health insurance

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• 8+ years of combined Accounting/Finance and Financial Systems experience.
• At least 5+ years administering the Oracle Cloud EPM bundle of applications.
• Experience developing financial reports involving multiple dimensions.

Responsibilities

• Manage ongoing system administration of Oracle EPM applications.
• Provide end-user support to ensure efficient operation of Oracle EPM.
• Lead efforts to optimize business processes using technology solutions.

Skills

Oracle EPM administration

Project management

Troubleshooting skills

Financial reporting

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Information Technology

Tools

Oracle Cloud EPM

ServiceNow

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Skechers, headquartered in Southern California, is the Comfort Technology Company®. For over 30 years we have helped people look and feel good through comfortable, stylish, high-quality products at great value. Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand offering diverse footwear, apparel, and accessories.

About the role

As a member of the Skechers USA, Inc. Information Technology team, this role is responsible for the management and ongoing successful system administration of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) applications within Skechers' financial systems portfolio. The role supports planning, implementation, testing, launch and steady-state support of Oracle EPM Cloud applications. The role also acts as a project lead within the team, partnering with the business and other IT areas to serve as the go-to system support for the global Finance end-user community. The role identifies opportunities for process efficiency, delivers continuous improvement recommendations, develops and delivers system enhancements, and provides training to the finance and accounting teams.

What you’ll do

• 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, 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 for 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 ongoing 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 transformation program.
• Collaborate with Finance on systems-related projects including initial implementation, future upgrades/enhancements and day-to-day maintenance and configuration on Oracle EPM Cloud solutions.
• Assist and provide guidance to Managed Service Providers and/or Contractors.

What you’ll bring

• 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 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) is 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 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.
• Experience in global enterprise projects, including building BRD documentation and active participation in design, testing, training, and implementation phases.
• Experience in the retail industry is helpful but not required.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of finance system administration.
• Previous project management experience in complex IT projects 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, considering 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.
• High degree of accuracy, results-oriented and highly accountable.
• Adaptable and 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.

About Skechers

Skechers, 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 over 30 years helping people 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 to 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 [e-mail]. 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.