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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Walnut Creek, CA, United States
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Lead Systems Analyst PeopleSoft, Vice President
Job Summary
The Lead Systems Analyst will work closely with the Subject Matter Experts, Business Analyst, Solution Architects and Developers in supporting the Controllers organization. The candidate will demonstrate a high level of ownership and accountability and will lead efforts and consult with technology and business teams to offer solutions using best practices. The candidate will have a strong understanding of PeopleSoft Financials, especially the General Ledger and Fixed Assets and all tools delivered with the product.
The candidate will have a strong understanding of the Corporate Controllers/Corporate Accounting functions at a large bank and have led have multiple PeopleSoft Financials Implementations in the past.
The candidate should be able to successfully lead a team of resources in support of both a project and production environment. The candidate should have demonstrated ability to work effectively in a self-directed environment, taking initiative and proactively improving processes. The candidate should demonstrate strong verbal and analytical skills.
Major Responsibilities:
• Perform system analysis and design to support the Corporate Controllers function.
• Leads in defining user requirements using various tools or JAD sessions; produce technical documentation in accordance with SDLC guidelines
• Influences business users in redefining business processes to maximize application usage as required. Recommends “builds” only for differentiation.
• Perform data analysis, profiling, and validation of new data sources, involving loans, deposits and other security related data.
• Manage technology project delivery; addressing risks and issues through effective contingency plans and proper escalation.
• Provide functional support to the technical team in systems development and act as a liaison between end users and the technical team members.
• Provide technical expertise on overall architecture and strategy of any Regulatory Solutions.
• Participate in and help lead change management activities associated with the automation of Finance processes and systems. Partner with management, project champions, and process owners to align process improvement initiatives with business objectives.
• Integrate with MUB Data Management Office, Finance and Risk DMO to ensure continuity and consistency of data integrity and data quality across all Finance technology platforms and solutions.
Additional Responsibilities:
• Review analysis and design done by systems personnel, provide guidance and solution direction.
• Reviews, advises and designs standard software and hardware builds, system options, risks, costs versus benefits and impact on the enterprise business process and goals.
• Develops programming standards and procedures as well as programming architectures for code reuse.
• Recommends system improvements, new applications and develops plans to improve service.
• Prepares project schedules and budget estimates.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in MIS, Accounting or related IT discipline
• In-depth understanding of PeopleSoft General Ledger and the Corporate Accounting functions at a major Bank.
• 8+ years relevant consulting and/or industry experience in Banking and Corporate Financials
• Ability to communicate with and lead technical and non-technical groups on a regular basis to maintain transparency on work efforts and to ensure design and implementation is understood by all team participants
• Finance and Technology background with experience in Banking industry preferred
• Strong personal ownership and commitment to quality
• Must be a team player with good interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills.
• Should be able to work with off-shore vendors and resources spread out globally.
• Ability to communicate and work directly with business leaders across ISA and Finance
• Must be detail oriented and possess ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Must possess organizational, problem-solving skills and time management skills and be able to meet deadlines.