Finance Consultant

Job Description

Description

Primary Responsibilities & Activities:

SAIC Seeks a finance consultant to suppor our team in Reston, VA. This position can be worked remotely. As a member of the EPM Team, contribute to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System used for both planning and reporting. SAIC systems include Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) accessed primarily through Oracle’s Smart View client for Office.

• Integral member of the business process reengineering team for the continuous development and enhancement of the system to support direct and indirect annual planning/rolling forecast models using Hyperion EPM.
• Oversight of the financial reporting systems that support Corporate and Operational planning, reporting and analysis.
• Facilitation of requirements gathering for enhancements, bug fixes and new models and methodology to be incorporated into the system.
• Collaborate and provide direction to the EPM Team regarding prioritization and scheduling for the backlog of system work maintained in Azure DevOps (ADO). This includes maintaining the perpetual record of details from requirements gathering into development of full and complete user stories in ADO.
• Governance of the approach for maintaining the system reporting structures including reporting hierarchies and dimension members that support new or updated metrics for reporting.
• Analyze and prepare details to support the development team in accommodating significant business events with system implications such as reorganizations, acquisitions and like events.
• Coordinate the implementation and provide recurring and rollout training of existing and new system processes and functionality to the user community.
• Support EPM user community with Oracle Smart View and Oracle Web forms and use of these tools within the context of business processes and SAIC norms.
• Research and substantiate actionable bug and issue reports for inclusion in the system backlog.
• Work with interested parties to ensure that technical efforts meet the functional requirements of the company.
• Maintain the roadmap for future EPM implementations and development.
• Provide regular status updates to stakeholders and the user community regarding system related efforts and disposition of requests for new features or enhancements.
• Ensure that system development is aligned to the planning and reporting calendar and adequately supports the business requirements.
• Other advocacy and outreach activities to ensure that the system continues to support the evolving business.
• Run certain system processes, calculations and reports as needed.
• Manage internal projects to standardize business intelligence and reporting solutions for the SAIC environment.
• Support the FP&A group to reengineer/develop reports and analyses relating to the monthly close and quarterly reporting requirements.
• Proficiency with various reporting tools including Cognos Reporting, EPM Financial/Narrative Reporting and Oracle Smart View for Office against EPM.

  Deliverables: Monthly/Semi-Annual, Annual

• Monthly – ensure all data loaded to reporting databases is accurate and complete.

• Monthly – ensure all pushed reports complete as expected.

• Annually/Quarterly – ensure planning/forecasting model readiness for business processes.

• Additional reporting requirements as needed.

Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline and 18+ years of related experience or Master's Degree and 16+ years of related experience.

Required Experience:

• Experience with Government Contract Accounting, FAR & CAS regulations and concepts, required.

• Extensive experience with various reporting tools including Hyperion, Cognos Reporting and Essbase, required.

• Strong understanding of Financial Statements (P/L, B/S, C/F).

• Knowledge of the SAIC Costpoint environment and general ledger account and org structure.

• Team player and strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Advanced skills in MS Excel and Powerpoint.

COVID Policy: Prospective and/or new employees are required to adhere with SAIC's vaccination policy. All SAIC employees must be fully vaccinated and they must submit proof of vaccination on their first day of employment. Prospective or new employees may seek an exemption to the vaccination requirement at Contact Us and must have an approved exemption prior to the start of their employment. Where work is performed strictly at a customer site, customer site vaccination requirements preempt SAIC's vaccination policy.

Target salary range: $145,001 - $155,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are more than 26,500 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a respectful work culture based on diversity, equity, and inclusion that values all contributors. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.