Senior Specialist, Finance Data & Process Governance Job at Red Bull, Santa Monica, CA

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  • Red Bull
  • Santa Monica, CA

Job Description

This role will be integral to ensuring operational continuity, streamlining finance processes, improving data quality, and maintaining data consistency and compliance across planning, reporting, closing, master data, and access governance for the Americas region. You will work alongside cross-functional teams to establish and implement data governance policies, drive impactful process enhancements, and safeguard the accuracy and integrity of financial data. Your efforts will be crucial in optimizing operations, enabling data-driven decision-making, and delivering key projects to support the organization's goals. Additionally, you will contribute to the business by maximizing the effectiveness of existing systems and preparing for the adoption of future tools and technologies.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Areas that play to your strengths

All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:

  • Develop data governance frameworks that ensure adherence to corporate guidelines and standards, while maintaining data quality and consistency across financial systems.

    Conduct regular evaluations and monitoring of data quality across various systems to ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability; this includes performing data audits and utilizing data quality tools to identify and resolve discrepancies.

    Establish and maintain data quality metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of data quality initiatives.

    Work collaboratively with finance stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver data-driven insights.

  • Responsible for supporting core financial processes, including planning, closing, and reporting. Act as the primary point of contact for finance teams, handle tickets (1st and 2nd level support), and follow up with key users to ensure resolution of issues.

    Identify and document recurring problems, proactively addressing them to prevent future occurrences. Resolve defects, fulfill requests, provide solutions, and ensure errors are eliminated.

    Ensure all financial processes adhere to controlling guidelines, global standards, and regulatory requirements. Identify risks associated with financial processes and implement controls to prevent compliance issues.

    Continuously evaluate and analyze existing financial processes to identify opportunities for improvement. Support initiatives aimed at simplification and automation of processes.

  • Coordinate improvements to relevant applications and solutions, including gathering requirements, performing analysis, prioritizing tasks, documenting processes, and coordinating testing activities.

    Support initiatives related to finance data integration, process optimization, planning, and analysis.

    Assess data quality requirements for new projects and design as well as implement controls and validation checks within project and change management workflows.

    Participate in the local implementation of global projects by identifying and managing impacts and risks to localized processes, conducting integration and regression testing, and ensuring operational continuity throughout.

    Perform comprehensive impact assessments to evaluate how changes to systems, processes, or policies might affect data quality. Identify associated risks and establish mitigation strategies to address any issues stemming from these changes.

    Provide training and support to teams impacted by the changes, ensuring they adapt effectively and resolve any challenges during the hypercare phase.

  • Conduct local training sessions on key financial processes and systems.

    Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for processes, system integration, data models, tools, and functions related to financial closing, planning, reporting, master data, and access management.

    Address knowledge gaps by developing and delivering targeted training materials.

EXPERIENCE

Your areas of knowledge and expertise

that matter most for this role:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, information systems or related STEM field
  • 4+ years of work experience in the field of finance or data & process governance
  • Strong financial acumen and solid understanding of financial processes
  • Deep interest in data modeling, integration, and data governance.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with internal customers, collaborate across diverse functional teams, and liaise with global teams to achieve common objectives.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and solid analytical abilities, enabling you to manage multiple stakeholders and projects simultaneously.
  • Knowledge of performance mgmt., business intelligence platforms & systems is essential.
  • Demonstrates strong problem-solving abilities and a commitment to continuous learning to drive results.
  • English, German or Spanish are a plus.
  • Travel 0-10%
  • Permanent
  • Benefits eligible

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Work experience placement, Local area,

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