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JOB DESCRIPTION
Finance Systems, Master Anaplanner
Company Summary :
We're pioneers in our field and relentless in our pursuit of excellence. Company is an ideas company at heart, which means innovation is embedded into every aspect of our business. Whether we're designing sleek new cabinets, premium game content or award-winning systems, we apply fresh thinking and creativity to deliver the world's greatest gaming experience, every day. With cool new titles, such as Game of Thrones TM, Sons of Anarchy and Lightning Link along with our award-winning app Heart of Vegas, we're continually pushing the bar of creativity.
Job Description Summary:
The use of Finance Systems at Company is continuing to evolve in support substantial business growth. Technology enablers are an important tool for the Finance teams across the globe in supporting accurate, efficient, and effective reporting of actual results and driver-based forecasting across multiple jurisdictions and currencies.
The Group Finance teams are continuously supporting business change, exploring innovative solutions that meet finance and business requirements and exploring opportunities to improve existing controls, systems and processes that maximize the capabilities of our resources.
Finance Data and Systems team is part of the Group Finance function, reporting into the Group CFO.
Job Requirements :
- Develops data applications including operational reports, dashboards, scorecards, and automation of reports.
- Analyses data to ensure correct output, troubleshoots issues, and performs data integrity testing.
- Responsible for maturing the Anaplan CoE and establish governance and end to end solution architecture across the Anaplan platform
- Independently provide system solutions to Anaplan issues and enhancements; act as an escalation point to FAST support/Operation team for complex issues
- Manage Data Integrations & Data HUB – Partner with extended IT teams like integration, Datawarehouse
- Transform and implement multi-dimensional structures to support business processes
- Provides technical direction in the implementation of large-scale Anaplan projects.
- Anticipates implementation obstacles. Develops specifications and designs processes that leverages systems
- Administration of Finance Systems: Blackline and Planning Reporting Budgeting & Forecasting (PRB&F) tools and/or interface globally, including development and support
- Participates in data analysis and design using development, quality assurance and integration methodologies
- Makes recommendations towards the development of new code or reuse of existing code.
- Works closely with customers, business, and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality reporting solutions.
- Responsible for supporting the local leadership team to interpret system data to track against financial objectives.
- Strategically links IT investments with the business operations and processes.
- Leverage deep understanding of Finance technology solutions and cross functional relationships to effectively balance tactical needs with strategic objectives that drive high-impact operational efficiencies.
- Ensure applications are governed and controlled properly. Partnering with internal controls stakeholders to manage and maintain compliance and best practices for governance of applications processes and controls.
- Foster innovation within the organization to create new solutions that enable business results and improve effectiveness of finance application delivery, which includes collaboration with business partners to identify and define automations and efficiencies through technology.
- Responsible for leading and managing growing finance architecture and development; charged with supporting and evolving all package and custom software solutions for global businesses.
- Partner with business units and technology stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies that generate savings, optimize total cost of ownership, improve supplier performance, and reduce risk.
- Working closely with the Finance Systems Lead (based in Australia) to identify areas requiring improvement and support the most effective use of the system.
- Providing support to the Finance Systems Lead to maintain and administer the US Finance Systems instances.
- Working closely with US based Users to develop their Finance Systems knowledge and capabilities, and enable more effective and efficient use of the tool.
- Lead collaboration with designers and engineers to drive solutions forward. Support the adoption of scale and usage enterprise wide. Document usage guidelines for IT, Product Owners, and Users alike and understand how to leverage patterns in their solutions.
- Developing a close working relationship with the US based Finance and IT Support teams.
- Developing a close working relationship with the Transformation teams, providing system support, advice, testing and integration into the business as usual environment.
- Act as backup administrator for Australia, EMEA, and Asia Finance System instances.
Qualifications:
- Experience administrating Finance Systems
- Experience in Finance/Accounting, Global Finance Services
- Relevant corporate finance experience exhibiting knowledge of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting functions and related processes.
- Certification in Anaplan & preferably a Master Anaplanner (ESSENTIAL)
- Good understanding of Anaplan architecture, gathering business requirements, and writing business rules.
- Experience with Anaplan modules – building, linking, and applying appropriate dimensionality.
- Understanding of sparsity within Anaplan and modifying lists/subsets to achieve optimal sparsity.
- Anaplan dashboard experience – designing in new UX in ways that will help drive user-friendly experience.
- Experience with ERPs and cloud-based tools
- At least 4 years’ experience administrating Finance Systems
- Proven development knowledge of working with Anaplan and best practices in developing models.
- Good understanding of Anaplan architecture and writing business rules.
- Technical experience writing SQL queries and ETL/scheduling tools
- Development of Planning Analytics workspace reports and dashboards.
- Understand upstream business systems and how they fit into Finance processes, working closely with cross functional team to identify process gaps, develop, implement, and maintain controls
- Work with engineering to shape and drive data infrastructure design and innovative system solutions, including data warehousing, reporting, and analytics platform
- Leads and builds forecasting models and oversees and evaluates/improves models (in partnership with vendor) that includes diagnose and resolve operational issues, perform detailed root cause analysis, respond to suggestions for enhancements, and create detailed recommendations for solutions to problems.
- Experience developing or supporting Finance models on GL Reporting, Driver-Based Forecasting, Scenario Planning, Profitability, Workforce management, Supply Chain is added advantage
- Provide User support and training to groups and individuals promoting best practices, tips, hints, and techniques
- Builds process and tools for ecosystem optimization, provide an amazing customer experience to User groups and IT partners.
- Demonstrated ability to challenge the status quo and deliver process improvement appropriately and effectively
- Highly developed analytical skills
- Keen to learn and takes initiative
- Process improvement mindset (LEAN experience an advantage)
- Controls focused
- Willingness to challenge the status quo
- Demonstrated financial modelling experience
- Proven problem-solving capabilities
- Open and flexible, including ways of working and across different time zones
- Ability to effectively work under pressure, including managing multiple priorities
- Proactive, well organized and delivery focused
- Ability to work effectively autonomously or in team
- Effective communicator – written and verbal
- Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to liaise with (and challenge when necessary) a range of stakeholders and levels
- Ability to build, maintain and manage stakeholder relationships
- High attention to detail
- Comfortable with ambiguity and takes initiative whenever an opportunity presents itself.
- Self-motivated, drives to completion / resolution
- A collaborative team player who is willing to help others out when needed
Why our Company ?
- World Leader in Gaming Entertainment
- Robust benefits package
- Global career opportunities