The Oracle (ORACLE) Administrator will primarily be responsible for managing the financial closing and coordinating the financial consolidation processes of the company. The ORACLE Administrator will be responsible for the maintenance and day-to-day operation of the ORACLE application. ORACLE user community, including the Accounting & Credit Division and various subsidiaries accessing ORACLE remotely via web-browser to submit and load their financial results and other related information for consolidation purposes. In addition, the ORACLE Administrator will be responsible for ensuring that internal controls are in place and appropriately designed within the application and operating effectively in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS:
1. Manage the monthly financial consolidation process of the company and coordinate data submission/load process from divisions (using Oracle) and various subsidiaries (using various ERP and legacy systems).
2. Maintain monthly closing and consolidation binders that demonstrates data submissions from divisions and subsidiaries are reconciled at all points of data transfer prior to its final destination application for consolidation (ORACLE).
3. Manage the ORACLE quarterly planning, forecasting and annual budget process of the company and coordinate data submission/load process from divisions and various subsidiaries.
4. Act as ORACLE Administrator in charge of creating applications, setting up dimensions, configuring application settings, loading data and maintaining conversion tables, adding users and groups, creating rules, running consolidations and ensuring that the review process is executed prior to finalizing the consolidated results.
5. Assign and maintain all security roles and systems access within ORACLE.
6. Provide daily maintenance of the ORACLE application including updating and configuring the application for changes required by management and regulatory boards, new accounting rules, financial laws, etc.
7. Provide day-to-day support to the various users of ORACLE and support the global ORACLE user community with data submissions/mapping, data grids, developing and running Oracle reports to be used for reporting consolidating and consolidated financial results.
8. Develop ORACLE user manuals and training materials, as well as, provide training and post-implementation support to the global ORACLE financial community.
9. Work or liaise with IT Department in ensuring efficient operation of ORACLE application.
10. Update and maintain financial closing and financial consolidation policies and procedures including narratives, flowcharts and risk control matrices while ensuring through testing that key application controls are designed appropriately and operating effectively in compliance with SOX requirements related to access to programs and data; program changes and computer operations.
11. Review and evaluate critical financial close and consolidation processes that have significant and material impact on the internal control over financial reporting and recommend areas for improvement by communicating findings to management and various reporting subsidiaries.
12. Perform other duties as assigned and assist in special projects as necessary.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The candidate should have 3 – 5 years of relevant experience and strong knowledge of Oracle, both as a user, administrator and implementer. A bachelor's degree in Accounting and Management Information systems. Individuals with leadership, project management, analytical and excellent communication (oral and written) skills are required. Experience in trading, wholesale or distribution organizations is preferred. FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR RESUME DIRECTLY TO KEN.CASACCIO at AJILONFINANCE.COM IN ADDITION TO RESPONDING TO THE APPLY NOW BUTTON. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010