Senior Data Analyst – Automation and Controllership

Greif offers a great working environment and the opportunity to make an immediate impact at a company where your ideas are always welcome.

Job Requisition #:

031206 Senior Data Analyst – Automation and Controllership (Open)

Job Description:

Greif is a leading supplier of industrial packaging products and services, growing from its beginnings in Cleveland, Ohio, to a global footprint across more than 35 countries and 200-plus locations.

Our Vision

Be the best performing customer service company in the world.

Our Purpose

We create packaging solutions for life’s essentials.

Overview

The Senior Data Analyst will serve as a catalyst for digital transformation in the Controllership function, playing a key role in modernizing legacy workflows and introducing scalable automation solutions to increase efficiency, accuracy, and transparency as the company transitions into a more modern, data-driven and artificial intelligence supported model.

Responsibilities

Global Process Improvement and Automation:

• Champion automation and artificial intelligence-based tools best practices across the Controllership function through leading by example, creating training materials and establishing standards for sustainable and auditable process design.

• Design and implement foundational automation solutions for recurring reporting processes using tools such as Power Query, Poer Automate, Alteryx, and SharePoint workflows—laying the groundwork for more advanced artificial intelligence-based applications, such as Copilot and ChatGPT.

• Support development of globally standardized methods for various initiatives, using artificial intelligence digital tools, to help deliver effective and efficient results, such as creation of anomaly assessments for analytical purposes.

• Assist department automation initiatives around Microsoft SharePoint and recurring compliance initiatives by identifying automation opportunities.

Financial Reporting & Analysis:

• Implement 3 high-impact recommendations related to financial reporting data in the first 12 months, including data quality control, consolidation, and policy alignment, delivering measurable time savings and improved data accuracy.

• Support cross-functional projects involving restructuring, M&A activities, and divestitures across multiple jurisdictions.

Global Compliance and Governance:

• Prepare SOX controls related to entity-level and financial reporting areas timely and effectively, as well as any quarterly or year-end compliance matters.

• Participate in resolutions around auditor questions, deficiencies, errors, or other breakdowns in process or design.

• Take ownership of compliance deliverables, ensuring the timely, accurate, and high-quality completion of materials sent to stakeholders or business partners.

• Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset, and lead by example, around governance of automation tools and procedures

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CPA (or local equivalent) preferred.

• 3–5 years of experience in financial reporting data analysis, including with automation and artificial intelligence digital tool experience.

• Prior experience with digital artificial intelligence tools, such as Alteryx, Microsoft Power tools, Copilot, SharePoint, ChatGPT, etc., preferred.

• Specific knowledge and functional use of Oracle’s Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (known as FCCS) preferred, but not required if can demonstrate experience with prior consolidation systems or other rule-based databases.

• Proven accountability for delivering results under strict timelines.

• Excellent organizational skills, strong analytical capabilities, and attention to detail.

• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interface with a broad range of stakeholders.

• Experience in a dynamic environment, with the ability to adapt to changing business needs.

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