Overview
Keysight is on the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~15,000 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.Our powerful, award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. Diversity, equity & inclusion are integral parts of our culture and drivers of innovation at Keysight. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.The Keysight Finance and Business Intelligence Initiatives and Solutions Team (FBIS) is chartered to provide finance systems solutions design and development expertise, consulting, and project management in support of the numerous Finance and Business enterprise initiatives. FBIS is a very global and diverse team involved in critical project work that impacts the achievement of Keysight goals.FBIS is primarily engaged in Plan of Record (POR) process management, solution benchmarking/ROI & recommendations; solutions delivery and overall project management comprising business requirements analysis, functional solution design, product development, testing and deployment.The candidate should have an extensive experience in implementing / delivering solutions on Financial modules of Oracle EBS (General Ledger and Quote to Cash), Consolidation tools (such as HFM, OneStream, FAH) and any associated Boundary applications. The candidate should also have experience in Business process re-engineering, mapping business processes with financial accounting flows and enabling custom solutions as needed from time to time. Overall, the person should have very good grounding in GL and Q2C processes and be able to work with applications like OneStream/Hyperion/BI and other external integrated Business applications.This role will also be involved on managing Finance integration activities for Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures (MA&D) executed by Keysight in support of the company’s growth initiatives.
Responsibilities
Analyze, solution, design, development, and deployment of ERP, EPM and BI solutionsAnalyze, solution, design, development, and deployment of ERP, EPM and BI solutions including related business processes and prereferral applications.
- Lead the Finance project team in defining & executing strategies for effective project implementation, process integration, data migration and systems changeover / deployment which covers all phases of project life cycle
- Develop & execute the financial systems deployment plan which includes enabling ERP setups, boundary applications & reporting systems to achieve a given project objective
- Provide ERP and process expertise and consultancy to Operations to achieve next level process optimization.
- Ensure effective management of change associated with ERP financial process changes - including enhancements, fixes, and documentation.
- Enable cross functional coordination to align Finance plan & activities with cross functional tracks
- Ensure integration of solutions throughout the key business flow with an end-to-end solution
The Finance Project Manager will be responsible to partner closely with various Finance Operations, Information Technology and Business functions throughout the project lifecycle.
Measures of Success
- Increase customer satisfaction: Effective, efficient Customer consulting by identifying and recommending the innovation/improvement ideas for solutions
- Increase speed to opportunity: Build/increase FBIS capability, capacity & flexibility
- Leverage the operating model: Zero compliance issues for process and application design, signoff by sox lead and zero audit issues
- Accelerate growth: Complete your assigned projects on time, in scope and within resource plan, utilizing project management toolkit.
Qualifications
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- Educational Qualifications: A Bachelors/ master’s degree or equivalent University degree preferably in Accounting or Finance. Certified Accountant (CA/ICWA/CPA//CFA or equivalent) / MBA-Fin (from reputed collage) is preferable.
- Work Experience: Atleast 6-8 years post qualification experience in ERP financial modules, primarily in Oracle ERP especially in the areas of General Ledger & Q2C and understanding of linkages of ERP with EPM packages and BI reporting tools.
- Project management: A good understanding of Agile / Scrum framework with demonstrated experience in leading complex projects involving global project teams
- Communication: Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to communicate effectively across different levels & geographies
- Strong Solution Engineering Skills with demonstrated ability in analyzing complex business problems, identifying and implementing solutions that fit into the overall finance system architecture
- Ability to work in a collaborative decision-making model with stakeholders across the company.
- Independent, results oriented, with a hands-on attitude
- Ability to think strategically and tactically
Proficiency in using standard desktop computer applications
