Senior System Analyst

As a member of the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Technology team at Franklin Templeton, you will play a crucial role in building and operating the companys Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and reporting platforms that drive planning, forecasting, cost allocation, profitability, and insight. Your contributions will directly impact the success of the Global Finance and Technology teams as you collaborate in an Agile environment to prioritize backlogs and deliver releases. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to leverage modern Business Intelligence (BI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to deepen your finance-tech expertise and influence enterprise outcomes. **Key Responsibilities:** - Administer, configure, and enhance FP&A/EPM platforms including security, metadata, hierarchies, models, versions, and validations. - Design and maintain planning and forecasting models within Adaptive Planning for various functions such as Corporate and functional Opex, Headcount and compensation planning, and Cost allocation and profitability by business line. - Design and maintain reporting systems including Oracle Essbase and Power BI for business intelligence dashboarding. - Build and support dashboards and management reports leveraging Workday Office Connect and Oracle Smart View. - Partner with Finance and Technology teams to resolve data, application, and infrastructure issues impacting business processes. - Continuously identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or standardize FP&A processes through AI, system enhancements, data model optimization, or improved reporting and analytics. **Data & Integration Management:** - Collaborate with ERP, HR, and data platform teams to manage integrations into FP&A systems. - Ensure data completeness, reconciliation, and variance analysis across actuals, forecasts, and plans. - Support complex financial data sets common in asset management environments. **Delivery & Stakeholder Partnership:** - Work within an Agile delivery model, contributing to backlog prioritization, creating and managing user stories, sprint execution, UAT, and releases. - Partner with Corporate FP&A and functional Finance teams to translate business requirements into scalable system solutions. - Lead problem definition and solution design for complex FP&A use cases. **Controls, Governance & Reliability:** - Design and operate FP&A technology solutions in alignment with SOX / IT General Controls. - Support financial close, forecast, and budget cycles with high system availability and performance. - Maintain documentation, SOPs, and training materials to support global users. **Experience, Education & Certifications:** - 710 years in financial systems, FP&A technology, or EPM. - Strong FP&A knowledge in asset or investment management. - Agile or iterative delivery experience. - Industry background in asset or wealth management is preferred. - Certifications such as CA, CMA, CFA, MBA, or EPM vendor. **Technical Skills:** - Workday Adaptive Planning or comparable EPM tools. - Financial consolidation, cost allocation, and profitability modeling. - Power BI administration, data modeling, security, and maintenance. - Dashboard and report design for FP&A and operations. - Oracle Essbase, Tableau, and SQL proficiency. - AI fluency with Copilot and workflow agents. - Workday Financials, ERP, HR systems; SOX and ITGC familiarity. **Soft Skills:** - Clear communicator across Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders. - Comfortable with global, cross-functional collaboration. - Self-directed, accountable, and team-oriented. - Continuous improvement mindset focused on scale and automation. - Strong problem solver with practical decision-making skills. Franklin Templeton offers a wide range of benefits including professional development opportunities, educational assistance, insurance coverage, ESIP, and various facilities for employee well-being. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Franklin Templeton is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. If you require accommodations during the application process, please reach out to accommodations@franklintempleton.com. As a member of the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Technology team at Franklin Templeton, you will play a crucial role in building and operating the companys Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and reporting platforms that drive planning, forecasting, cost allocation, profitability, and insight. Your contributions will directly impact the success of the Global Finance and Technology teams as you collaborate in an Agile environment to prioritize backlogs and deliver releases. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to leverage modern Business Intelligence (BI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to deepen your finance-tech expertise and influence enterprise outcomes. **Key Responsibilities:** - Administer, configure, and enhance FP&A/EPM platforms including security, metadata, hierarchies,