Job Title:
Lead Business System Specialist (Financial Reporting)

Company: Ameritas

Location: Lincoln, NE

Created: 2024-05-21

Job Type: Full Time

Job Description:

This position assists and contributes to the design, development, and deployment of business systems to meet division goals and objectives. This role will contribute to creating the reporting future state for Finance which will involve "citizen led" (self-service) reporting. Work with Finance leaders to develop towards their reporting needs, and partner with end users to teach them how to self-generate reports.   At Ameritas, our mission is Fulfilling Life. We do that in many ways, but especially by helping people invest in themselves by offering trusted financial products and advice. Because we believe everyone should be happy, healthy, and financially secure, we work hard to provide trusted financial products and valued guidance, including individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits, retirement planning, investments, and wealth management services.   A successful person in this role will need strong technical and analytical skills; as well as interpersonal and communication skills.  This role will need someone with a strong sense of ownership and focus on results.  Take a collaborative approach to working with your teammates using a Center of Excellence (COE) mindset.   This is a hybrid role working partially in-office (Lincoln, NE) and partially from home.   What you do Work with the Finance Information Systems team to support, configure, and effectively utilize systems including Oracle Cloud Fusion ERP and EPM. Work with leaders to capture accurate and detailed business requirements for reporting. Develop effective and efficient Power BI reports and dashboards. Provide training to end users to enable them to generate self-service reports. Represent Finance as a liaison with IT. Develop and submit requirements for system or data lake ecosystem enhancements. Troubleshoot system issues for internal customers and manage assigned service management tickets. Perform required system testing for enhancements, patches, and upgrades. Create accurate and thorough system and process documentation. Additional duties as required. What you bring Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required. 3-5 years of related experience required.  This must include a combination of Power BI report development and experience with financial reporting. Experience with Oracle ERP and EPM applications and reporting tools: BI Publisher, OTBI (Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence), or FRS desired. Advanced Excel skills desired. What We Offer Our company motto is "Fulfilling Life" and we take that job seriously, with a heavy commitment to volunteering and community support, employee well-being, and providing quality products and services that help our customers create a brighter future. Being a mutual-based organization, the return on our investment goes back into the company, to benefit our members/customers. We're committed to professional development, opportunity, inclusion and diversity. Team building and collaboration are also priorities. A total rewards package with all the comprehensive health and welfare benefits you'd expect, including competitive pay and incentives, 401(k), flexible work schedules and time off to care for yourself and others. Additional popular benefits, including tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment, an incentivized well-being program, adoption assistance, paid time off for volunteering, training, and career development opportunities. An Equal Opportunity Employer   Ameritas has a reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we're committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched by our individual differences. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on qualifications, positive attitude, and exemplary work ethic, regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.