Finance Transformation Manager (remote)

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The Finance Transformation Manager is responsible for building and enhancing US Foods Finance Transformation capabilities. In support of the Senior Manager, Finance Transformation, the Finance Transformation Manager drives the vision and strategy for finance process improvement and system performance during IT system implementations. A component of this role is to maximize the generated ROI produced by an accounting and finance functionality within a system by representing the technical expertise of Field and Corporate Finance Business users through the facilitation of process workshops, business requirements collection, assisting with IT test case design and related accounting system validations. Beyond this, the Finance Transformation Manager may be responsible for developing and tracking finance test case validation metric, identifying risks, assisting with or leading discussions with Finance and Accounting business leaders to manage expectations, provide status and mitigate finance related system implementation risks.

The right candidate is a strategic thinker with the ability to respond quickly to changing business needs and priorities, offering a proven track record of technical accounting and finance knowledge, and process improvements insights that leverage industry best practices. They must possess the ability to rapidly earn trust with both stakeholders and team members and can work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Flexible Work Policy: The work for the Manager Finance Transformation position is completely 100% remote anywhere in the United States except Hawaii or United States Territories.  This position may have the potential to travel up to 20% dependent on business needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Interview stakeholders from different distribution centers and accounting functions to identify or validate current state and future state finance workflows and site-specific requirements identification

• Develop test cases to aid in confirming financial completeness and accuracy

• Perform test case accounting system data validation

• Provide technical expertise to help resolve identified issues, tracking solution progress, guiding or performing retesting and validating issues closure

• Assist Senior Manager Finance Transformation with planning for testing and setting up the testing environments requirements

• Helps Senior Finance Transformation Analysts with resolution of testing issues

• Lead the development of change requests documentation

• Collaborate with cross functional accounting teams, Supply Chain and IT to understand the business needs in developing the test cases

• Provide functional feedback to the Senior Manager, Financial Transformation and the Product Owner to help define user stories, translating business needs into technical requirements

• Partner with the development teams to ensure requirements are achieved and end-user experience expectations are met

• Ensure project timelines and sprints are met and support or lead progress status reporting

• Lead discussions with business subject matter experts to troubleshoot accounting challenges

• Collaborate with the Change Management and Learning and Development teams to provide accounting technical insight for the development of training and process documentation and user acceptance testing (as needed)

• Review current and future state workflows including P2P, O2C, inventory accounting, month-end close, general ledger, financial reporting, audit/internal controls

• Analyze current finance system usage and business processes to identify gaps, pain points, inefficiencies, process standardization opportunities and prioritize solutions for improved efficiency and automation

• Recommend improvements and standardization opportunities for future state finance processes

• Other duties as assigned by Senior Manager, Finance Transformation

SUPERVISION:

• While the Finance Transformation Manager will not have formal people management / reporting responsibilities, they are responsible for leading the Senior Finance Transformation Analysts in delivery against Finance Transformation and Product Team implementation goals.

RELATIONSHIPS

• Internal: The position is expected to interact with different teams within the Finance/Accounting, Supply Chain and IT.

• External: This role will be responsible for handling vendor communications and resources from various vendors

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Remote: This role is fully remote, and the associate is expected to perform assigned responsibilities from a home-based environment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of accounting/finance work experience or finance system implementation work experience required (in role or similar role)

• Advanced skills using MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)

• The right candidate is a strategic thinker with the ability to respond quickly to changing business needs and priorities, offering a proven track record of technical accounting and finance knowledge, and process improvements insights that leverage industry best practices. They must possess the ability to rapidly earn trust with both stakeholders and team members and can work effectively with cross-functional teams

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Technology or related analytical field required (or related equivalent experience)

• MA/MBA preferred

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Project Management experience

• PMP, Agile/Scrum certification

• Process mapping

• Requirements gathering

• User acceptance testing

• Supply chain warehouse management system knowledge

Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law.  The expected base rate for this role is between $85,000 - $140,000.

This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus.

​Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.

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