Sr. Manager, Financial Reporting Modernization
Company: Lowe's
Location: Mooresville
Posted on: April 28, 2024
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Job Description:
Lowe's Finance organization is building a multi-year program to
modernize legacy accounting and financial reporting platforms for
the enterprise. The primary purpose of this role is to serve as a
subject matter expert in the strategy, design, and implementation
of finance and accounting reporting tools, data models, and data
mapping under the Finance Technology Modernization ('FTM)
program.This role will lead and develop the future state reporting
strategy, including replacing the Company's existing PeopleSoft ERP
and legacy retail services reporting applications and aligning
current accounting and financial reporting processes with retail
best practices. The responsibility for developing the reporting
strategy includes selecting the optimal reporting tools to build
medium and high-complexity queries and reports from available
Oracle and non-Oracle reporting applications. This role will also
have primary responsibility for gathering functional requirements
for queries and reports, building new queries and reports, and
approving builds completed by other team members, as well as
performing user acceptance testing, implementation support, issue
resolution, master data governance and mapping, end-user training,
and change management. Sr. Manager Financial Reporting
Modernization position will partner with FTM Director Leads, peer
FTM Subject Matter Experts, Accounting and Finance staff and
leadership, dedicated FTM Technology personnel, and outside
consultants to drive transformational workstream deliverables.Key
Responsibilities Leads to take action to ensure a full
understanding of complex reporting objectives and roles to drive
rapid, transformational decision-making and continuous progress,
and identify key areas of overlap with and impact on other FTM
areas Seeks out retail best practices in Finance/Accounting to
challenge the status quo, ensure efficient business processes are
designed to maintain clarity of ownership between Finance and
Retail functions Oversees and designs financial reporting processes
and identify software solutions to meet requirements identified
Researches and documents business requirements for financial and
operational reporting Ensures appropriate supporting documents and
decision support are maintained and documented related to reporting
strategy design and testing Develop and support recommendations to
senior FTM, Accounting, and Finance leadership regarding required
system and process design and related testing, validation and
configuration. Prepare written documentation as necessary to
support conclusions reached and selected solutions. Coordinates
with Technology, consultants, and finance and accounting personnel
to replace and modernize complex legacy financial reporting
applications and processes Identifies and makes recommendations to
FTM leadership on key workstream decisions Communicates effectively
with other FTM workstream leads and key FTM program stakeholders
Oversees the configuration of new reporting applications, tests the
solution to ensure the technologies meet business requirements for
accounting and financial reporting capabilities Monitors and take
action to make sure deadlines and deliverables are met in
accordance with workstream and FTM program timelines Identifies,
resolves, and/or escalates key issues/risks/decisions to maintain
workstream progress Coordinates with business leaders to re-design
Finance/Retail business processes, drive business agility, process
efficiency and change acceptance Design, test, and implement key
finance/accounting system controls focused on data integrity for
system integrations, metadata governance, and reports Identify key
data requirements and participate in the design and validation of
data availability and mapping in new reporting applications and
data warehouses Drives change acceptance, articulates benefits to,
and designs training for core accounting and finance personnel on
new reporting tools and processes with key business leadersRequired
Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree Accounting, Finance or related
field and 5-7 Years combined experience in industry, consulting,
and/or public accounting 3-5 years' experience with
implementation/upgrade of retail financial systems or experience in
large ERP environment (Hyperion and/or PeopleSoft preferred) 1-2
years' experience as a manager in a public company, assurance firm
focused on system implementations and/or public accountingPreferred
Qualifications: Master's degree - MBA or technical equivalent 2
Years of experience as a manager in a public company assurance firm
focused on system implementations and/or public accounting 2 Years
of experience managing cross-functional teams or processes CPA
License Experience in Oracle Fusion Analytics Warehouse (FAW),
Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher, Oracle Transactional
Business Intelligence (OTBI), Oracle SmartView, Power BI, Tableau,
Big Query, or similar reporting applicationsAbout Lowe'sLowe's
Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE 50 home improvement
company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a
week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2023 sales of
more than $86 billion, Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement
stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in
Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves
through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing and
helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts.
For more information, visit Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer
and administers all personnel practices without regard to race,
color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national
origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status,
military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other
category protected under federal, state, or local law.Starting rate
of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to,
position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.
For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility,
please visit Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors
including, but not limited to, position offered, location,
education, training, and/or experience.by Jobble
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