Job Description

Finance Transformation Analyst

POSITION SUMMARY

As a key member of the Finance Transformation Team, this position will be implementing and maintaining digital tools that eliminate, automate, and enable change to the decision-making culture within the organization. The Analyst will be participating in continuous improvement through process re-engineering, process automation, data analytics, and insight initiatives utilizing emerging digital technologies. The candidate will assist with modifying, maintaining, and enhancing policies, procedures, and standards within the Finance Transformation Center of Excellence. The candidate is responsible for identifying opportunities to improve existing automations, robotic process automation (RPA), etc. They are also responsible for analyzing industry trends and evaluating emerging digital capabilities for use within USG. The Analyst will collaborate with teams across Finance in addition to IT, Global Supply Chain and Customer Experience teams.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Individual contributor who will demonstrate ability to support multiple processes on various technology platforms utilizing working knowledge of relational database design and programming languages.
• Works with internal customers to continuously deliver customer value on new and existing business process automation projects/enhancements
• Lead development and implementation of low to medium complexity business process automation projects/enhancements and be presented opportunities to participate in high complexity business process automation projects/enhancements
• Consistently utilize governance process and tools in order to identify and prioritize value creation opportunities.
• Manage ad hoc requests from internal customers that map to our broader goal of value creation
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams
• Play a key role in accelerating transformation progress and make significant contributions to strategic initiatives.
• Develop and modify documented standards while working with automation tools (process mapping, automation software and RPA).

• Document requirements gathering for projects/enhancements utilizing analytical skills to understand and propose solutions to deliver on improved business outcomes.
  

Qualifications

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or information technology in business-related field or equivalent experience.

Years of Experience

• 2+ years in increasingly challenging financial and/or technical roles.

Required Skills

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to support change within the organization.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to quickly understand and decompose technical concepts.
• Advanced level abilities with SQL and Excel.

• Data/Process Mining, visualizations
• Experience learning programming/scripting languages such as SQL/PQL, Python and JavaScript
• Working knowledge of relational database design

Leadership and Interpersonal Competencies

Our successful candidate will be broad-minded, with an openness to share information across functions. Other characteristics include:

• An ambitious individual contributor who wants to be challenged with roles of increasing responsibility and is excited about moving into different roles in the Company’s finance organization over his or her career;
• Ability to earn trust and credibility within the organization;
• A team player, with the ability to motivate teams to produce quality results within tight timeframes;
• Determined, innovative, with a strong work ethic;

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of Lean and Six Sigma process methodologies.
• Project Management

Rate of pay may be adjusted based on the qualifications and experience of the candidate.

Job Accounting

Primary Location United States-Illinois-Chicago

Organization Corp-Financial Shared Services-144-5

Salary Band Exempt Band 5

Hiring Manager Bradley Betts

Rate of pay may be adjusted based on the qualifications and experience of the candidate.

USG employees enjoy a number of benefit options for themselves and their families. These include two medical insurance options, as well as vision and dental coverage. The cost of these optional programs varies based on coverage level - employees generally pay 25% of the monthly premium cost, USG pays the rest. These coverage options are offered on the first day of employment with no waiting period.

Additionally, USG employees enjoy both a 401(k) Investment Plan with company match and a pension plan. Beyond these main features, employees may also choose from a number of additional programs like life insurance, accident insurance, legal insurance, even pet insurance, just to name a few. USG also offers Quarterly (hourly) / Annual (salary) bonus potential for all employees based on performance metrics tied to safety, quality, and productivity.  USG also provides employees with paid time off and paid holidays.

Since 1902, Chicago-based USG has been a leader in producing innovative, award-winning products and systems to build everything from major commercial developments and residential housing to home improvements. USG's employees are committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and quality in everything we do. Our steadfast commitment to the company's core business values – innovation, quality, integrity, service, diversity, efficiency and safety – have helped us become the company we are today.

 EOE including disability/veteran