Senior Inventory Systems Analyst

As a member of the Finance Business Technology group, the Senior Inventory Systems Analyst is responsible for supporting the financial and warehousing systems. This position uses their prior experience within a distribution centre environment to resolve issues, design and run queries, reports, and analytics in response to requests by end users and provide training on systems as required. This position is also responsible for representing finance on various information technology projects such as a new warehouse management system (WMS) as well as system upgrades.

This position will build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with relevant stakeholders such as Information Technology, Finance & Accounting, Supply Chain, and other business teams as required.

Key Responsibilities:

Perform inventory reconciliations between financial system (NAV) and WMS system (Manhattan)

Provide systems support to the finance team, particularly Inventory Accounting group, with inventory subsystems and related integrations into the financial management system and to the Distribution Centre team

Support the development of integrations between the new WMS systems and the Financial Management system including gathering end user requirements, collaboration with other Business Analysts on the design, writing test scripts and performing testing of the final solutions.

Troubleshoot, investigate, and solve operation system issues as they relate to financial transactions and information

Collaborate and build strong relationships with Business Partners and Cross-functional team members.

Understand Finance requirements from an inventory accounting, costing and control perspective to ensure these requirements are met on project initiatives and to ensure that overall business objectives are met.

Document processes and standard operating procedures and training users as required

Identify opportunities for process improvement and communicate recommendations to members of cross functional teams and management

Qualifications:

An accounting designation, degree in business, or a related field is required

A minimum of 4-5 years of experience in accounting roles with an emphasis on inventory processes, costing and accounting, preferably in supply chain

Experience with a warehouse management system is required

Experience or familiarity with technologies and best practices in a distribution centre environment

Experience in implementing, integrating, and working with Financial Management Systems for a mid-sized company (Microsoft Dynamics NAV, or related) is preferred

Experience in contributing to multiple project initiatives and delivering results in fast paced environment

Working knowledge of SQL, Tableau and Microsoft Access is preferred

Strong proficiency in standard end-user computing tools such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Visio or equivalent

Excel Power User in data analysis and detailed data summarization