Business Unit:

Cubic Corporation

Company Details:

Job Summary: Manages and conducts the analysis of business processes affecting financial accounting functions.  In coordination with IT Department, plans and implements process improvement projects to improve the efficiency and quality of service provided by the Accounting Department, including transaction processing, data management and reporting.  Uses experience and expertise to design new solutions to problems.  Represents the Financial Accounting Department on ERP and other IT implementations. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Job Details:

 

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages the implementation of new financial accounting software applications including planning and scheduling of tasks in coordination with IT Department.
• Has ownership of complex master data objects in ERP system.
• Must have strong knowledge of all accounting aspects of SAP
• Designs processes to resolve issues, meet new requirements, or introduce efficiencies. 
• Documents procedures within the Accounting Department.
• Analyzes business processes affecting the accounting function and plans process improvement projects in conjunction with other departments involved in the process. This includes flowcharting where necessary and making recommendations for improvement, including the elimination of redundancy and errors and streamlining of the closing cycle.
• Trains users of financial accounting systems. This includes users who make direct entries to the system(s) and indirect users who consume outputs.
• Participates in designing the creation of new accounting reports where needed in support of all financial system users. 
• Supervises Financial Systems Analysts and other contributors both on and offshore in the accomplishment of above tasks within a matrix organization environment.
• Supports users by resolving problems both directly and through the ticket tracking system.

Minimum Job Requirements:

Four-year college degree, or equivalent, in finance/accounting or equivalent, plus a minimum of eight years experience in a financial accounting environment including implementation or upgrade of financial accounting systems.  Accounting qualifications or Masters in Business Administration preferred.  Five years or more of experience with SAP preferred.  Thorough working knowledge of financial applications, interfacing between applications, data structure and retrieval.  Ability to prioritize tasks, handle multiple projects and work under deadlines.  Ability to work at a computer for extended periods of time.

The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements.  Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need.

Worker Type:

Employee