Job Description
Reporting to the Compliance Director for Source To Pay (Direct & Indirect), this role will be driving control transformation and oversight over the SOX controls across the Supply Chain owned areas.
**Responsibilities**:
- Provides complex and occasionally highly complex financial analysis for a financial function or a business (Source to Pay both Direct & Indirect), typically exercising a strong understanding of the business to determine the best method for achieving objectives.
- Consults with business leaders to guide and influence strategic decision-making within a broad scope.
- Provides guidance and oversight to Control and Process Owners to complete SOX end to end process documentation, using HP standards
- Identifies opportunities and influences partners on control improvements through automation, rationalization and process changes, driving scalable, effective and efficient processes
- Prepares and reports out on SOX Status for Source to Pay
- Direct & Indirect (could involve creating a reporting dashboard
- Provides compliance training and guidance as needed
- Leads business initiatives, typically leading analysts across multiple sub-functions within finance.
- Identifies opportunities for process improvement and policy development and engages in the design.
- Represents the business unit during cross-regional or cross
- functional planning processes.
- Provides mentoring and guidance to analysts.
Education and Experience Required:
- First level university degree with a focus in accounting or business; advanced degree or accounting certification (e.g., CPA, MBA) preferred.
- Typically 8+ years of experience as a financial analyst.
- Typically experienced in more than one finance function
- Ability to work across time zones
Knowledge and Skills:
- Excellent understanding of accounting principles, compliance & controls, with advanced knowledge in one area.
- Process Improvement (yellow or greenbelt) nice to have
- Familiarity with creating Process Flows (visio)
- Ability to work cross functionally with operations, not just finance partners
- Excellent analytical skills
- Power BI / Dashboard reporting
- Critical thinking skills
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Superior teamwork skills
- Strong business acumen.
- Good project management skills