Senior Financial Analyst, GBU HQ (Remote)

GROUP OVERVIEW:

The mission statement for Oracle's Global Business Finance (GBF) is to drive business results through financial insight, by providing relevant, reliable and timely information through efficient global analyses and processes. The Global Business Unit (GBU) Finance is a team under GBF. The GBU is made up of 11 individual GBU’s. This role supports the GBU HQ Finance team and is responsible for providing our top executives with Financial Support and Analysis.

This team is responsible for consolidation, forecasting, budgeting and reporting of the businesses managed under this group. This role will be actively engaged in all finance processes managed by the team as well as responsible for routine and adhoc analysis. This position will work closely with other finance team members across the GBUs as well as corporate finance. The role will also be focused on various automation initiatives and partner with the technical team on reporting and forecasting projects. The ideal candidate should have a passion for process improvement and automation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position will contribute individually and work closely with other finance team members, both locally and at a distance. Responsibilities will include both routine and ad hoc analysis and reporting. The candidate must have strong organization skills and is comfortable working in a dynamic environment where he/she often operate independently and under tight timelines.

Support weekly GBU forecast and annual budget process across eleven GBU’s, each with a different industry focus.

Assist with quarter-end activities ranging from deal tracking to forecast accuracy analysis.

Work closely with various teams including Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Development, Budgeting & Forecasting, Product Development, Consolidations, Accounting and others to identify data quality issues, streamline processes and drive continuous improvements.

EPM report writing and maintenance - Manage GBU EPM forecast and planning reporting. Create new reports for changing business KPI’s, organization structure and maintenance.

Work with tools including Oracle Business Intelligence, Data Visualization and various dashboards and data marts to develop and streamline reporting structures for users worldwide.

Develop an understanding of critical business performance drivers.

Provide periodic and ad-hoc financial analyses and reporting in support of GBU executive management.

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

Minimum of 5+years of experience in Finance, Planning & Analysis.

BA/BS degree in Finance or Accounting preferred.

Ability to thrive in high visibility, high complexity, deadline-driven environment.

Superior organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.

Comfortable working with very large data sets in a business intelligence database environment to create queries, troubleshoot complex data sets and produce concise analyses.

Excellent excel skills with experience in producing flexible, repeatable, succinct reports that are highly automated and have few touch points.

Business intelligence skills with experience in producing flexible, repeatable, succinct reports and dashboards that are highly automated and have few touch points.

Team player with positive, can-do attitude willing to what it takes to get the job done right in the interest of the team.

Extreme attention to detail and superior organizational skills.

Strong analysis and research skills. Ability to tenaciously pursue a problem to completion.

Ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbally, with business partners and offshore resources.

Financial support to business areas through financial analysis, budgeting, planning & forecasting; to facilitate decision making and future business strategies.

As a member of Oracle's finance organization, you will be responsible for providing all aspects of financial support for planning and control. Assist in consolidation and reporting of financial results; preparation of annual budget. Gather, model, analyze, prepare, and summarize information for financial plans, operating forecasts, trended future specifications, etc.; on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis. Prepares recommendations based on analyzes. May perform revenue and expense analysis, headcount and headcount driven expense analysis at cost center level, tracking of product and product line revenue, reconciliation of accounts receivable, variance analysis and ad-hoc analysis as needed. You may participate in cross functional programs and projects.

Job duties are varied and complex utilizing independent judgment. May have project lead role. Strong spreadsheet skill and proficiency in Oracle Financials. Strong written and oral communication skill. Ability to work under tight deadlines. Self starter able to prioritize given responsibilities. 5 years relevant work experience. BS/BA in Accounting/Finance preferred. CPA/MBA desired.