Systems Analyst III EPM (Information Technology)

Position Title:  Analyst, EPM

Company Summary:

Crown Castle works around the country to build and maintain the infrastructure behind the world's most revolutionary technologies. As the largest shared infrastructure provider in the United States, Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers, 80,000 small cells and over 80,000 route miles of fiber across every major US market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology, and wireless service – bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them. Crown Castle is a NYSE S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the United States with an enterprise value of approximately $85 billion.

Role:

As Senior Analyst, you join a team responsible for managing and supporting the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) technologies that will deliver leading finance practices and modern consolidation, account reconciliation, and data management capabilities to achieve digital and business goals.

As an EPM leader, you will partner with digital and business leaders to drive value throughout the organization by optimizing our financial processes, enhancing decision-making capabilities, and driving our business's financial success.

Responsibilities

• EPM Solution Implementation: Design, configuration, and implementation of EPM solutions to meet the organization's financial reporting and analysis needs.
• Financial Transformation: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for financial process improvement and transformation initiatives.
• Requirements Gathering: Work closely with business stakeholders to understand their financial reporting requirements and translate them into EPM system specifications.
• Data Integration: To ensure seamless data flow between EPM systems and other financial applications and databases, manage data integration efforts.
• Training and Documentation: Develop training materials and provide training sessions to end-users to ensure efficient utilization of EPM tools.
• Financial Modeling: Build and maintain financial models for forecasting, budgeting, and scenario analysis.
  Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough testing and quality assurance to ensure the accuracy and reliability of EPM reports and data.
• Troubleshooting: Investigate and resolve technical issues, system errors, and user inquiries related to EPM systems.
• Best Practices: Stay current with industry best practices and emerging trends in EPM and financial analytics to provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of EPM system configurations, processes, integrations, and workflows.
• Application Ownership: Continuously monitor and optimize EPM systems to enhance performance, usability, and reliability
• Continuous Improvement: Manage the ongoing vendor releases and work closely with business partners to ensure timely testing, issue resolution, and release to the production environment

Expectations 

• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions to technical teams and business users across multiple levels of the organization
• Work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business challenges from strategy to execution
• Disrupt, continuously improve, scale efficiencies, and evolve ways of working
• Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive as well as the ability to promote and encourage others to value difference when working in diverse teams

Education/Certifications  

• BS Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, or other related technical discipline
• Certification in relevant technologies and EPM systems is a plus
• Certifications in relevant Finance & Accounting disciplines is a plus

Experience/Minimum Requirements   

• 5+ years' experience of implementation of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
• 2+ years of experience in managing EPM systems, which includes enhancements, support, patching etc.
• Functional domain knowledge in Finance: operating models and supporting organization structures, reporting analysis, and process best practices
• EPM software experiences such as Oracle Cloud EPM.
• Knowledge of data extraction/integration tools such as Oracle Integration Cloud, BICC, Visual Builder, Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud, Groovy, or AWS Glue
• Solid scripting knowledge for writing consolidations, translation logic, business rules, data management, and EPM automation
• Development experience in building metadata, business rules, data reconciliation, and others
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Project management experience and familiarity with Agile methodologies.

Organizational Relationship  

Reports to: Sr Mgr Software Eng

Working Conditions: Fully Remote.  This position may require 10% travel or higher during peak program execution.

Compensation

The pay range offered for this position is $96,500 - $132,700 annually. A candidate's offer is determined by various factors including but not limited to, depth of experience, role-related knowledge and skills, relevant education or training, internal alignment, and work location. Depending on the position offered, the compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual cash bonus or commissions, and equity incentives. Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan. Employees will also receive a minimum of 18 days of paid time off each year and 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

If you are interested in joining our team, please visit the Crown Castle careers site (crowncastle.com/careers) to apply. We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other third-party suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us. This position will remain posted until filled.

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