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Financial Business System Analyst

Company : Safran Seats

Job field : Finance and management

Location : Gainesville , Texas , United States

Contract type : Permanent

Contract duration : Full-time

Required degree : Bachelor's Degree

Required experience : More than 5 years

Professional status : Administrative staff

Salary range : Based on market data

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Job Description

As a member of Safran Seats, you are part of a team that supplies over one million seats to airlines worldwide. Safran prioritizes quality, comfort, and innovation, ensuring that your work makes a meaningful impact on both passengers and crew. Through collaboration with colleagues, you help deliver high-value solutions and, as one of the few OEMs offering a complete range of passenger seats, you contribute to enhancing the seating experience for passengers, from economy to first class.

1. Objective:

As the Financial Business System Analyst, reporting to the CFO, you will be responsible for enhancing finance processes to align with business objectives. This role serves as the lead subject matter expert for the ERP system (M3) finance functional area and directly supports activities such as M3 implementation, system integrations at plant locations, process improvements, and post-implementation support. Key responsibilities include identifying business opportunities (e.g., tax and compliance modules), collaborating with cross-functional teams to boost productivity, testing processes, and recommending enhancements. Position will write clear, structured business requirements and documentation, identify automation opportunities, and leverage project management skills and finance expertise to succeed in this role, working with minimal supervision.

2. Main Function Responsibilities:

A) Finance Business lead for the implementation of the new M3 ERP project acting as the primary liaison between Finance and the IT department with regards to the Finance module.

B) Process Improvements: develop, plan, and execute ideas for process improvements based on business requirements regarding respective functional area. Maintain and administer all functional area process improvements with full understanding of detailed business and systems processes that interact with the businesses. Assist team in leveraging provided tools and fully utilize reporting tools to increase accuracy and throughput. Facilitate the review of standard systems and future programs to drive continuous improvement and drive efficiency.

C) Facilitate and Liaison: subject matter expert liaison between the business, shared services, IT and respective BPOs in order to identify gaps as well as duplicated efforts. Work with management to develop, change, and keep up-to date documentation for procurement procedures globally. Liaise with other regions to coordinate all function related process improvements.

Complementary Description

D) Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: investigate and resolve technical failures raised by super user's; troubleshoot and resolve issues including errors, enhancements, and improvements related to M3 and other system issues; ensure questions and problems are answered accurately and efficiently.

E) Prioritization: Manage function related tickets and requests.

F) Role Review/mitigation efforts: responsible for ensuring any role requests are vetted for that particular job role any segregation of duties conflicts is mitigated prior to submitting to SOD Manager for approval. Regular review and response to audit controls.

G) Performs other related duties as required.

Job Requirements

3. Qualification Requirements:

A) Education & Qualification:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance Business Management.

B) Work Experience - Technical knowledge:

• Additionally, 5+ years in a Finance role (i.e. finance manager, controller).

• Minimum 3 years ERP system experience required with expertise in the Finance module. All other related Finance modules preferred.

• Skilled in finance or related transformation, consolidation, and data validation, auditing.

• Strong program management skills required.

C) Professional Skills:

• High ability to multitask and prioritize workload and achieve objectives in a timely manner is required.

• Ability to think independently, make decisions, and work through influence required.

• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to handle and manage conflict is required.

• Essential to have M3 process documentation and training ability.

• Ability to confidently interact and influence at all levels of the organization.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively listen; to include technical and non-technical information.

• Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical decision-making skills.

• Must have the ability to generate written communication.

• Speech and hearing abilities that allow individual to communicate clearly and distinctly in English.

D) Behavioral Skills:

• Ability to think strategically, analytically and solve complex problems.

• Builds solid and strong relationships with business partners.

• Promotes feedback and appropriately escalates issues. Stays on project schedule, estimates/manages time efficiently and effectively, and is able to handle competing priorities Adaptability: Is sensitive to changing demands and requirements and changes; accordingly, is able to learn from mistakes.

E) Desirable Aspects:

• Experience with M3 (company's ERP system) preferred.

• Experience with ERP system migration preferred.

• Experience in Manufacturing industry, preferred.

Safran Seats USA is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

But what else? (advantages, specific features, etc.)

International and/or Domestic travel required up to 10% of the time.

Company Information

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Seats is one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft seats, for both crew and passengers. 1 million Safran Seats-manufactured aircraft seats are currently in service with air fleets around the world.

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2000 Weber DrTX 76240

Gainesville

Texas United States

Safran is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.