Staff, Strategic Finance Systems
LinkedIn · Posted Oct 2
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About the role
LinkedIn's Strategic Finance organization supports enterprise planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation for the company's global business. This role is a hands-on subject-matter expert for Oracle Cloud EPM planning and consolidation capabilities, combining finance and accounting fundamentals with deep system expertise. The Staff, Strategic Finance Systems will operate and enhance planning models across headcount, revenue, Opex, Capex, and bookings, perform light system configuration, and act as a functional product owner partnering with finance, accounting, systems, and data teams.
What you will do
- Support end‑to‑end planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation processes within Oracle Cloud EPM, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
- Maintain and enhance planning models supporting headcount, revenue, Opex, Capex, bookings, and related financial drivers.
- Apply strong finance accounting principles to validate forecasts, ensure alignment to actuals, and support consolidation outputs.
- Perform light system configuration within Oracle EPM, including metadata updates, hierarchy maintenance, business rules support, and form adjustments.
- Support configuration and ongoing operation of planning modules such as workforce/headcount planning, financial planning, and forecasting cubes.
- Partner with Finance Systems or Engineering teams on larger enhancements, testing, and deployments.
- Engage directly with business and finance partners to understand planning assumptions, forecasting drivers, and scenario requirements.
- Translate business needs into system‑enabled planning solutions, balancing usability, accuracy, and scalability.
- Communicate planning insights, variances, and tradeoffs clearly to drive alignment and informed decision‑making.
- Independently drive planning‑related workstreams, system improvements, and operational processes using a metrics‑oriented approach.
- Serve as a go‑to resource for complex questions related to Oracle EPM functionality, planning logic, and consolidation behavior.
- Identify issues proactively and recommend solutions grounded in both financial insight and system understanding.
- Act as a functional product owner for Oracle EPM planning capabilities, supporting backlog prioritization, requirements definition, and solution testing.
- Contribute to roadmap discussions for planning and consolidation enhancements, informed by user feedback and system constraints.
- Collaborate effectively across Strategic Finance, Accounting, Systems, and Data teams.
- Share knowledge, contribute to documentation and best practices, and support continuous improvement in planning operations.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in finance, FP&A, finance, accounting, or related roles, or equivalent experience.
- Experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and accounting.
- Hands‑on experience with Oracle Cloud EPM, including planning, forecasting, and/or consolidation use cases.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience configuring or supporting workforce/headcount planning, revenue planning, Opex, Capex, and bookings models in Oracle EPM.
- Ability to work independently on complex analyses and system‑enabled planning processes.
- Experience supporting consolidation processes and close‑adjacent activities within EPM.
- Prior experience in a functional product manager or product owner role for finance systems.
- Experience partnering directly with business teams during planning and forecast cycles.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, connecting over a billion users globally to create economic opportunity. Owned by Microsoft, the platform provides tools for job searching, professional networking, B2B marketing, sales intelligence, and online learning. Through its data graph, it bridges the gap between global talent and enterprise organizations.
- Industry
- Professional Network
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 2003-05-05
- Location
- Sunnyvale, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $103.5M raised
- 2003-11-01Seed$4.7M
- 2004-08-01Series A$10M
- 2007-01-15Series B$53M
- 2008-06-01Series C$22.7M
- 2014-05-15Post Ipo Debt$500M
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
EVP of LinkedIn and Microsoft Office
President of Platforms and Digital Work
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer
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