Finance Business Support Administrator (10-month contract)
Position summary
Introduction
Job description
SYSTEM’S MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
- Ensure Items on the interface and error files are cleared for all Oracle Modules.
- Ensure weekly periods are closed for all Oracle Modules on timely basis.
- Ensure month end period close process is action for all WHL companies.
- Appropriate access granted on a timely basis for all WHL companies.
- User maintenance request actioned on a timely basis.
- Effective incident and request management within agreed SLA.
- Hierarchies are accurate and aligned (Oracle Financials and Hyperion).
- Segments accurate and valid with agreed service levels.
- Representing Finance at the new store forum and the Recon Assist forum.
- Ensure new store is set up on Oracle and Recon Assist.
- Supplier Master Data changes complete, accurate and valid for Trade, Non-Trade and imports. For WW, VMP and WFS.
- Customer master data changes complete, accurate and valid.
- Inventory master data changes complete accurate and valid.
- Complete operational schedules and commentary.
- Hyperion - Reviewing and resolving key system error reports.
- Ensuring that EFT payments for WW, VMP and WFS runs are successful and escalating any issues identified.
- Responsibilities and menus well designed and tested and appropriate access granted for all Oracle modules.
MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT
- Creating and Managing Item descriptions.
- Creating catalogue hierarchies.
- Linking suppliers and categories
- Document Routing of workflow.
- Copying, canceling and changing of all transactions.
- Setting up new buyers.
- Assigning and amending Buyer PO categories.
- Monitoring workflow processes.
- Viewing and responding to Notifications.
- Vacation rules /reassigning notifications.
- Assist user with iExpense system issues.
- iExpense audit errors of expense reports.
- Maintain Electronic Forms.
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
- Maintain and Contribute to end user training manuals.
- Performs end user training across all regions.
- After hour support.
NEW BUSINESS INITIATIVES
- Input into the design , development ,testing, training and implementation of new business initiatives e.g. Oracle , Recon Assist , Hyperion
COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS
- Integration with IT support teams and business users in order to effectively resolve and manage business system and process application problems
Minimum requirements
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Basic accounting experience
- Information processing and database concepts
- Mainframe environment and batch processing experience
- Relevant practical experience in specialist area of support
- Experience on applications relative to specialist area
- Experience on Finance processes and systems
- Knowledge of Business IT systems (Oracle, Recon Assist, Hyperion)
- Analytical skills
- Problem solving ability
- Understanding of Finance processes
- Process thinking ability
- Computer Literacy
- Unicenter incident tracking system experience
BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS
- Personal Effectiveness
- Passion for the brand and customers
- Thinking strategically and commercially
- Leading Transformation
- Connecting people
- Delivering high performance
- Having a merchant mind-set
- Making insightful business decisions
- Driving quality
- Planning and Organising
WHAT TECHNICAL / FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES DO YOU REQUIRE?
- Knowledge of Business IT systems
- Analytical skills
- Problem solving ability
- Process thinking ability
- Computer Literacy, including general Microsoft Office skills