Senior Financial Systems Lead

Land O'Lakes; Arden Hills (MN); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Land O’Lakes seeks a Senior Financial Systems Lead to govern and advance the enterprise performance management (EPM) platforms. You will lead administration, governance, and continuous improvement for OneStream and Hyperion, guiding finance systems teams and aligning with FP&A, IT and Accounting.

You will drive budgeting, forecasting, and reporting enablement, while mentoring staff and ensuring SOX controls and audit-ready processes across the platform.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of progressive experience in Finance Systems, EPM administration, financial technology support, or related Finance roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading administration, governance, or business ownership of Hyperion, OneStream or a comparable EPM platform.
• Strong knowledge of financial close, consolidation, reporting, planning, forecasting, general ledger concepts, SOX controls, and Finance transformation.
• Proven ability to lead complex system enhancements, cross-functional projects, solution decisions, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the administration and governance of EPM platforms, including OneStream rollout and legacy Hyperion apps (HFM, FDMEE, Essbase, Planning).
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to Finance Systems team members.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, FP&A, IT and external partners to enable reliable close, reporting, planning and forecasting.
• Drive automation, data governance, and reporting modernization using OneStream, Hyperion and Snowflake.
• Lead end-user training, documentation, and knowledge transfer to build long-term organizational capability.

Skills

Finance systems

EPM administration

SOX controls

Cross-functional leadership

OneStream/Hyperion knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field

Job description

Senior Financial Systems Lead

The Senior Financial Systems Lead serves as the senior functional and technical lead for the organization’s Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platforms (currently Hyperion and moving to OneStream), supporting platform governance, administration, and continuous improvement. This role helps execute the Finance Systems operating model for our EPM standards and priorities and provides technical guidance and mentorship to Finance Systems team members. The position partners across Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Internal Controls, and IT, as well as implementation partners, to support a reliable close, consolidation, reporting, planning, and forecasting processes.

This role is located at our Arden Hills Corporate Headquarters (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in office each week)

Duty or Area of Responsibility:

EPM Platform Lead, Administration & Governance:

Lead the business administration and support model for our new EPM, OneStream rollout and legacy Hyperion applications, including HFM, FDMEE, Essbase, and Planning. Establish platform standards, governance, security administration, metadata management, integration oversight, monitoring, issue management, release coordination, upgrades, and audit-ready controls. Provide technical direction, coaching, and mentorship to Finance Systems resources supporting EPM administration and project activities.

Financial Systems Transformation:

Serve as the Finance Systems lead for future-state OneStream capabilities. Partner with the Business Lead on requirements, solution design, testing strategy, deployment readiness, change management, knowledge transfer, and post-go‑live stabilization. Assist with translating Finance priorities into a sequenced enhancement roadmap and lead continuous improvements across the financial systems team.

Financial Systems Optimization & Solution Delivery:

Support the governance, optimization, and delivery of enterprise financial systems through standards, procedures, and best practices aligned with business and technology priorities. Drive automation, reporting modernization, data governance, and process improvement initiatives using OneStream, Hyperion, and Snowflake to enhance business insights and operational efficiency.

Planning, Forecasting & Reporting Enablement:

Provide leadership for the administration and advancement of budgeting, forecasting, planning, and management reporting capabilities. Partner with FP&A to prioritize enhancements, maintain scalable models and business rules, and align future OneStream capabilities.

Training, Documentation, Controls & Team Enablement:

Define administration procedures, controls documentation and support models. Lead end-user training, administrator knowledge transfer, and development of support materials. Mentor Finance Systems team members, promote technical skill development, and foster knowledge sharing to build long-term organizational capability and support succession planning.

Required Experience/Knowledge/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of progressive experience in Finance Systems, EPM administration, financial technology support, or related Finance roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading administration, governance, or business ownership of Hyperion, OneStream or a comparable EPM platform.
• Strong knowledge of financial close, consolidation, reporting, planning, forecasting, general ledger concepts, SOX controls, and Finance transformation.
• Proven ability to lead complex system enhancements, cross-functional projects, solution decisions, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.

$93,360-$140,040. In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.

About Land O’Lakes, Inc.

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