Finance Solutions Manager

JOB SUMMARY: The Finance Solutions Manager -- Record to Report (R2R) is responsible for designing, managing, and optimizing system-enabled Finance processes that support the company's financial close, reconciliations, and financial reporting. This role bridges Finance and Technology, ensuring that system configurations, data structures, and automation within platforms such as SAP S/4HANA, BRIM, Ariba align with accounting policy, compliance standards, and business objectives. The incumbent provides functional leadership for the R2R system landscape, establishes readiness and validation frameworks, and ensures high-quality financial data across entities and geographies. Working cross-functionally with Accounting, FP&A, and IT, the Finance Solutions Manager enables accurate, timely, and trusted reporting through process standardization, automation, and continuous system improvement.

JOB ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Serves as the system owner for Record-to-Report (R2R) processes within the Finance technology landscape, ensuring that close, reconciliation, and reporting workflows operate effectively across integrated systems.
* Designs and maintains system configurations, data structures, and controls that support standardized close and reporting processes across multiple entities and GAAP frameworks.
* Partners with Accounting and FP&A to translate policy and business requirements into system-enabled solutions, ensuring that controls, reconciliations, and validations are built into the system rather than performed manually.
* Defines and enforces system readiness gates and automated validations for each financial close cycle to ensure data quality, posting accuracy, and audit compliance.
* Aligns system data lineage and KPI definitions for financial results with Corporate FP&A, ensuring consistent reporting through analytics tools such as SAC or Datasphere.
* Coordinates new entity setups (intercompany, FX, CoA alignment) within financial systems in collaboration with Technology.
* Leads User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and training for all R2R system enhancements.
* Develops and maintains standardized system workflows, process documentation, and process playbooks to support scalability and shared services adoption.
* Owns certification and integrity of financial datasets within Finance systems, enabling automation and AI-based solutions (e.g., journal anomaly detection, reconciliation automation).
* Collaborates, coordinates, and communicates across Finance, FP&A, and IT teams to ensure seamless process integration and data accuracy.
* Ensures compliance with internal control frameworks and corporate policies; demonstrates Company's Core Competencies and values held within.
* The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

JOB SCOPE:

The incumbent works under minimal direction and applies independent judgment to design, manage, and continuously improve Finance system processes within the Record-to-Report (R2R) domain. The role requires deep understanding of both Finance operations and system capabilities (e.g., SAP S/4HANA) to ensure financial data accuracy, close efficiency, and compliance with corporate standards. The incumbent collaborates closely with Accounting, FP&A, and Technology to translate Finance requirements into system-enabled solutions. Work is varied and complex, involving cross-functional process integration, governance, and automation initiatives that have significant impact on financial integrity and operational efficiency.