Sr. Manager, Systems Finance

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobilityAt Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility. We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience. Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.
Our Corporate Finance FP&A team at LUCID is looking for a Sr Manager Finance Systems with a solid academic background and a desire to influence a cleaner future through the electrification of the transportation sector. If you are detail-oriented, able to multitask, and like to take on new challenges, then we want to talk with you!

The Role:

• Key part of the Corporate Finance function who serves as a liaison with Accounting and IT to develop, implement, maintain, and continually enhance automated processes related to financial reporting, financial analysis, and data management using ERP and business intelligence tools. 
• Optimize financial and operating data infrastructure and systems to enable scalable, reliable, and easy-to-understand financial reporting on regular and ad hoc bases. 
• Partner across Finance, Accounting, IT, and with external advisors to unlock the full potential of financial systems to provide insights and data based on actual performance and anticipated operations. 
• Assist with the development and management of advanced reporting, analytics, and dashboards that provide actionable insights to facilitate critical operating decisions. 
• Understand the context behind the numbers generated by business intelligence tools and have an innate ability to synthesize into cogent feedback to management and other decision-makers. 
• Engage in regular budget and forecast processes, providing both systems support and insights into best practices leveraging prior experience. 
• Maintain reports and datasets in planning solutions. 
• Additional ad-hoc assignments and projects supporting departments across the organization. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a similar field of study. 
• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) and/or Information Systems from a top-tier institution. 
• Experience in people management is desirable including hiring, performance management, and leadership.
• 10+ years of relevant experience including ERP implementation and back-end development. 
• Experience at an automotive OEM, automotive Tier 1 supplier, or large-scale manufacturing organization. 
• Understand key performance measures and indicators that drive reporting and analytics. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proven knowledge of analytical tools. 
• Strong aptitude for the application of technology to develop highly efficient business processes. 
• Strong financial analysis and reporting experience in an SAP environment and working knowledge of the FICO Module. 
• Proven quantitative and critical-thinking skills, with a high level of independent judgment, initiative, and creativity to communicate across the organization with confidence, clarity, and focus. 
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills for success in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment. 
• Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments with a high degree of autonomy and accountability for results. 
• Experienced Anaplan Solution Architect.  

Essential Responsibilities Include:

• Identify and transform existing solutions, spreadsheets, and business issues into scalable, transparent, and efficient Anaplan models. 
• Optimize existing models and incorporate new functionalities as part of the connected planning solution. 
• Serve as architectural subject matter expert (SME) for a large-scale Anaplan connected planning system. 
• Guide key stakeholders through "The Anaplan Way" implementation methodology. 
• Provide meaningful feedback and updates in a timely manner to our business partners. 
• Configure and maintain Anaplan lists, modules, dashboards, actions, and other model settings to meet business needs. 
• Participate and/or lead UAT testing and deployment. 
• Participate in data int