Building Location:Business Service Center
Department:48460 Financial Systems
Job Description:The Senior Manager, Financial Systems position is a key leader in the ongoing design, configuration, development, implementation, and operation of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) financial system and supporting applications. Serves as a liaison for and among Essentia’s finance and Information Systems (IS) leadership and other personnel, including external consultants.
Education Qualifications:
Job Title: Senior Manager, Financial Systems
Reports to: Vice President of Finance/Controller
Job Summary
The Senior Manager, Financial Systems position is a key leader in the ongoing design, configuration, development, implementation, and operation of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) financial system and supporting applications. Serves as a liaison for and among Essentia’s finance and Information Systems (IS) leadership and other personnel, including external consultants.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee design, configuration, development, and operation of the Essentia ERP financial system, currently Infor/Lawson. Support other financial applications as assigned.
- Supervise daily operations of financial systems and support Essentia finance team reporting needs. Present and explain application capabilities to end users.
- Support assigned finance applications according to vendor requirements. Design and conduct system testing as necessary.
- Manage decision-making around reporting, data governance, and process automation within ERP and related applications. Collaborate with Finance Division leadership and other impacted stakeholder groups to gain support and approval of recommendations.
- Identify and implement financial system process improvements and reporting enhancements, focusing on automation and efficiency.
- Conduct planning and pre-implementation activities related to ERP replacement and cloud migration in collaboration with IS, Supply Chain, and Human Resources peer leaders. Serve as a key leader in ERP replacement effort.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
- Five or more years of progressive finance/accounting experience
- Prior experience with large ERP systems. Infor, Workday, or Oracle preferred.
- Ability to effectively manage working relationships through strong communication skills and high emotional intelligence.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Experience leading remote teams in a large matrixed organization
- Prior IS education or experience with financial information systems support
- Experience with ERP implementations, particularly from on-premises to cloud-based platform
Licensure/Certification Qualifications:
FTE:1
Possible Remote/Hybrid Option:
RemoteShift Rotation:Day Rotation (United States of America)
Shift Start Time:8:00am
Shift End Time:5:00pm
Weekends:
Holidays:No
Call Obligation:No
Union:Union Posting Deadline:
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What We Do
Essentia Health is an integrated health system serving patients in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota.
Headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota, Essentia Health combines the strengths and talents of more than 15,000 employees, including more than 2,200 physicians and advanced practitioners, who serve our patients and communities through the mission of being called to make a healthy difference in people’s lives.
Essentia Health, which includes many Catholic facilities, is guided by the values of Quality, Hospitality, Respect, Joy, Justice, Stewardship, and Teamwork. The organization lives out its mission by having a patient-centered focus at 14 hospitals, 78 clinics, six long-term care facilities, six assisted living and independent living facilities, six ambulance services, 24 retail pharmacies, and one research institute
