Manager – GFS Oracle GL and FA Functional Lead

Overview of Position

Assurant is embarking on a multi-year, multi-phase financial systems and process transformation program.   This role will be critical for application design, process transformation, and making recommendations to enhance current state activities related to the Receivables Management, Billing, Collections, and Cash Management components of the implementation of an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution as part of a broader financial systems and process strategy.  Specifically, this manager will be the key Finance and Accounting resource leading the Receivables Management, Billing, and Collections components of Assurant’s implementation of a Oracle cloud ERP and OFSAA solution as part of a multi-phased transformation program.

The individual in this role will use their deep accounting skills, knowledge and prior experiences to lead the design and implementation of key accounting, General Ledger and Fixed Asset module management functions/processes in a new ERP platform.  This individual will also identify, make recommendations to senior finance stakeholders, and lead efforts to migrate current billing and collections processes to the leading practices facilitated by having a modern ERP system. 

Initially, the individual in this role will be providing functional and financial process support to the implementation of the new platform and best practice processes.  In the future, this role will then assume responsibility for providing the ongoing support of and implementing enhancements to the general ledger and related functions, with a focus on continuously identifying, recommending, and executing on opportunities to better streamline and gain efficiencies in the Finance function through leveraging the investment we have made in a new systems platform. 

As new functionality and capabilities are added to the financial systems platform, this role will have responsibility for ensuring smooth integration onto the platform and will proactively identify and mitigate any potential risks.

What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job? 

Strategic:

• Participate in and effectively collaborate with team in efforts within Finance and Accounting to design and implement best practice GL, Consolidation, Equitization, and Financial Reporting & Analytics processes in a leading cloud ERP solution

• Help to identify, recommend, and execute opportunities to enhance existing accounting, fixed asset, and allocation processes taking into consideration the requirements of the overall Global Finance organization

• Leverage prior Accounting and Finance experiences and expertise to identify, propose, and implement automated solutions and reduce reliance on manual processes, with a focus on prioritizing the remediation of those processes that currently have the most risk and/or inefficiency

• Help support efforts to educate business process owners on solution optimization, simplification and standardization capabilities within the new platform through the reference of prior experiences and other relevant use cases

Tactical:

• Work closely and collaborate with key Finance and Accounting stakeholders, IT, and third-party consulting resources across various locations to design, test, implement, and support a global financial systems platform, with overall responsibility for leading the Receivables, Billing, and Collections workstream component of the overall program

• Lead efforts to develop future state Billing and Collections-related accounting policies, processes, desktop procedures, and controls leveraging knowledge of best practices

• Work with stakeholders to understand functional requirements for each area and then develop functional and process solutions in the new tool, while ensuring those requirements are properly understood and communicated to overall program team

• Determine how to best implement functional requirements in financial systems architecture

• Develop creative solutions to effectively meet complex business requirements using delivered functionality

• Work with internal and external auditors to ensure proposed system design, configuration and functionality complies with core control and audit requirements

• Create, deliver, and/or support communication and training activities associated with areas of responsibility

• Ensure program deliverables are completed in accordance with established timelines

• Escalate issues and open items to program management, as appropriate

• Effectively collaborate with workstream leads, program team members, Human Resources, Change Management, Corporate Communications, and other key resources supporting the program

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