Worthington Industries, Inc

Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Worthington Industries, Inc • $85K — $110K *
Columbus, OH 43230In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in financial systems or a related field
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or similar discipline preferred
  • CMA or CPA certification is a plus
  • Proficient in Oracle Enterprise Business Suite and CPM software
  • Strong accounting and analytical skills with a focus on financial reporting and consolidation

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, testing, and implementation phases of financial systems projects
  • Manage monthly system maintenance, updates, and calculations
  • Collaborate with business units to develop and update system reports
  • Support monthly and quarterly financial close processes alongside finance teams
  • Identify and implement improvements to enhance system functionality
  • Create and maintain documentation while troubleshooting system issues
  • Act as a liaison between finance and IT for system implementation and maintenance

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Collaborative work environment with finance and IT teams
  • Exposure to significant financial processes and decision-making
  • Ability to influence best practices across departments
  • Flexible work arrangements may be available
Full Job Description
Job Description

This role contributes to the design, modification, and maintenance of the Company's financial reporting and consolidation system to ensure accurate financial reporting and efficient business processes. The Financial Systems and Consolidations Analyst will provide finance system users with responsive and accurate business functional production support related to the Company's Consolidation and Performance Management (CPM) software. Working as a key business partner, this position serves as a subject matter expert and liaison between the Company's finance organization and IT department on matters related to the Company's CPM software application and functionality. This position will also translate business requirements into functional specifications and recommended solutions.

In addition to responsibilities over financial systems, this role will help oversee and be accountable for the Company's month end and quarterly financial statement consolidation process.

Key Position Results:
  • Responsive and accurate business functional production support
  • Accurate and timely financial reporting
  • Optimization of technology investments
  • Strong collaboration between Finance system users and the Company's IT Department
  • Finance systems projects delivered on-time and on-budget while delivering planned functionality
  • Efficient completion of monthly and quarterly consolidations


Key Duties & Responsibilites:
  • Leads various aspects of financial systems projects including the design, build, testing, and training phases
  • Responsible for monthly system maintenance and updates including metadata and system calculations
  • Partners with business unit finance to build and/or updates system reports based on system changes and/or end user needs
  • Works closely with the Financial Reporting team, as well as the Tax Department, by supporting monthly and quarterly financial close processes from both a financial and systems perspective
  • Continuously looks for ways to improve processes through the use of system functionality and provide end user support
  • Creates and maintains system and process documentation and troubleshoots and resolves system issues
  • Acts as a liaison between Corporate Finance and Corporate Information Technology when implementing and maintaining financial systems
  • Partners with functional and business unit leads to design and implement best practices for consolidating plant locations (including automation of manual consolidation processes)
  • Partners with internal and external audit to maintain a strong control environment related to both change management as well as the overall consolidation process. Regularly monitors and assesses risks in these areas
  • Collaborates with corporate accounting team to optimize processes around the intercompany elimination process
  • Maintains the master chart of accounts, including statistical data, for financial reporting, and works collaboratively with FP&A for alignment with both management and external reporting
  • Other responsibilities as assigned


Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:
  • Active listening and effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Effective critical thinking and problem solving skills
  • Ability to persevere through challenges and ambiguity
  • Strong accounting and analytical skills, including understanding of account structures, reconciliations, financial close processes, and related reporting requirements
  • Understanding of accounting and consolidations software, Oracle Enterprise Business Suite and Corporate Performance Management software preferred
  • Ability to interpret / understand business requirements and translate them into a technical system solution / design
  • Ability to prioritize value (effectively choosing where to spend time / efforts for largest impact / return)
  • Self-motivator that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to new knowledge and changing priorities
  • Adept at building trusting relationships while motivating / influencing others to adopt new best practices
  • Self-confidence to provide ideas and opinions that challenge the status quo
  • Strong customer service focus
  • Project management skills


Education/Training:
  • Minimum of 5 years of related business experience
  • Bachelor degree in accounting, finance, or other related field preferred
  • CMA or CPA designation a plus


About Worthington Industries, Inc

Worthington Industries is a diversified metals manufacturing company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The company operates through three segments: Steel Processing, Pressure Cylinders, and Engineered Cabs. The Steel Processing segment processes flat-rolled steel for customers primarily in the automotive, aerospace, agricultural, appliance, construction, container, hardware, HVAC, lawn and garden, leisure and recreation, and office furniture and equipment markets. The Pressure Cylinders segment manufactures and sells filled and unfilled pressure cylinders, tanks, hand torches, and oil and gas equipment products for the energy, industrial, and consumer products markets. The Engineered Cabs segment designs and manufactures custom-engineered open and enclosed cabs and operator stations and custom fabrications for heavy mobile equipment used in agricultural, construction, forestry, military, and mining industries. Worthington Industries was founded in 1955 by John H. McConnell and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol WOR.
Learn more about Worthington Industries, Inc
Size
9,000 employees
Market Cap
$2.4 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$574.1 million
Founded
1955
5 Year Trend
+11.7%
Revenue
$2.8 billion
NASDAQ
WOR
* Ladders Estimates

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