Senior Finance Systems and Reporting Specialist na Executive Education

We are seeking a skilled Senior Finance Systems and Reporting Specialist to join our dynamic Finance team. In this role you would report to Associate Director, Finance Performance and Systems. The job holder will play a crucial role in optimizing our financial systems and financial reporting tools and processes, ensuring data integrity, and providing valuable insights to support decision-making across the organisation.

This role requires a strong understanding of accounting principles, excellent reporting skills, and strong proficiency in various Finance and reporting software and tools.

The role oversees the Financial and FP&A Systems globally from an operational point of view, with close interactions with Digital and other business systems administrators. 

Responsibilities:

Systems administration: 

• Responsible for administrating financial applications and integrations (Oracle FUSION ERP-GL/EPM), with the support of Digital and external providers. 
• Oversee daily operations and maintenance, including troubleshooting and system optimization such as (Configuring cubes, dimensions, forms, and business rules tailored to financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation requirements)
• Provide support during closing activities (monthly, half year and year-end), such as open/close periods, issue controls reports (unposted journals, journals in error, etc). 
• Respond to user application issues and enhancement requests, work with vendor support organizations as appropriate. 
• Assist in reviewing the upgrades and provide UAT test case support.

Financial analysis and reporting support:

• Develop and maintain customised financial BI reports and dashboards that provide insights to senior management.
• Ensure the quality, accuracy, consistency and relevance of data used for financial planning, budgeting and reporting across the school.
• Work with Digital team to improve data availability, structure and accuracy in BI
• Drive automation initiatives to streamline reporting and reduce manual processes
• Provide support and guidance to FP&A Business Partners to develop relevant and structured financial analysis and management reporting that supports business decisions
• Manage the central reports and consolidate data from business units. Prepare analysis for ad-hoc reporting requests.
• Improve and promote the use of technology for reporting and analysis. Train and coach FP&A Business Partners to advanced technical level. 

Systems documentation and training:

• Maintain functional documentation for financial applications. 
• Coordinate functional design and testing during enhancement projects. 
• Develop application process flows and training materials for users.
• Develop the use of Power BI for FP&A. Support the upskilling of the team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s or master's degree, either in the field of Accounting/Finance or in the field of Information Technology.
• Work experience of 8 years in financial planning & analysis, specifically with business intelligence focus
• Previous systems administration experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of financial close, planning and budgeting processes, and enterprise data management
• Functional systems knowledge - especially in the areas of INSEAD systems infrastructure (Oracle Fusion, ERP/EPM) is necessary.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and business analysis skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively.
• Ability to learn new systems and technologies and stay informed of technology changes
• Exceptional problem solving, task management, and analytical skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships across cross-functional teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English        

Responsibilities