Job Title- Financial Technology Manager
Location- Miami, FL
Work Mode- Hybrid (2 to 3 days a week)
Job Summary:
This position is responsible for the design and implementation of policies, rules and systems that support the company's Financial Data Governance initiative. It is directly responsible for the technical infrastructure, compliance and security over applications carrying financial data and applicable access within the organization's environments (including Finance cloud applications). The Manager will be responsible for documenting and ensuring appropriate financial data access between all finance applications, systems, and user access. The Manager is responsible for following up on all data quality management, data quality assurance, data governance and reporting excellence. The manager will manage, oversee, and develop the work on several onshore and offshore contractual resources and define a strategic plan for the department. The manager will ensure clear lines of responsibility, internal controls, and alignment with company's objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop strategy to create a road-map for Financial Technology by reaching out and partnering with the business.
- Design and implement policies, rules and systems that support the Data Governance.
- Evaluate technical infrastructure of both on premise and cloud related areas where financial data is stored.
- Ensure policies are in place to provide appropriate security access levels.
- Conduct Data Quality Assessments for Financial Data. Ensure compliance with Data Privacy regulations.
- Oversee BI/AI report development strategy and data security. Directly and indirectly manage BI report development strategy and technology compliance. Provide technical governance over financial infrastructure.
- Ensure User Acceptance and Security Access, Deactivation and Compliance Reviews are completed to audit standards
- Provide direction, guidance and support to Project Managers and Business Analysts. Lead a team to identify, document, and communicate opportunities and their potential security and governance improvements related to processes, technology, and resources.
- Oversee and support the teams in the reviews all I/S provided System Development Methodology documentation prior to sign-off. Proactively understands and manages risks by developing, testing, and/or implementing controls that are in support of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) regulations
- Leads and drives change with the team by embracing and communicating the vision, assisting management with implementation of methods that ensures organizational buy-in and support and prioritizes and integrates the changes into business practice
- Proactively seek opportunities to partner with business initiatives. Partner and provide leadership to stakeholders taking into consideration corporate strategy and initiatives.
- Develop a strategy to determine priority and types of projects.
- Prepare ROI and business objectives to obtain funding. Review and coordinate high level project plans. Manage communication of status and results to business groups
- Ensure the teams serve as subject matter expert (SME) for project business requirements; develop and present business cases for potential projects. Identify business strategies/objectives and risks.
Qualifications:
- Preferred Education: Bachelor’s degree/Master’s degree
- Discipline/Major: Bachelor’s degree in information systems, IT, Accounting, Finance, or related field of study; or any combination of relevant background, skills, and experience.
- Additional education/Certifications: Data Governance/Infrastructure preferred
- Years and area of Professional experience (required for the role: 10+ years of experience in a managerial role with background in finance, IT, data governance and infrastructure related to business/financial planning, analysis processes, including a working knowledge of accounting principles and issues. Project management experience preferred. Must have practical experience testing enterprise size applications and conducting risk base analysis.
- Critical, Professional related Technical Skills; Computer Skills: Knowledge of infrastructure requirements, data governance and finance. Strong understanding of financial data analysis tools and systems such as Oracle Financials, BI analytics, cloud and local data warehouses, etc
- Other Requirements: Project management experience, including testing of enterprise size applications. Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, planning and problem-solving skills. Able to multi-task, work independently and balance requests at peak workloads (or change gears quickly for important requests) from various departments and upper management
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to manage time and engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously at a fast pace. Ability to problem solve and excellent communication skills. Experience managing business/financial planning and analysis processes. Working knowledge in accounting principles and issues
