Senior Finance Analyst, Continuous Improvement

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Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: Its perfect. Now make it better. As pioneers of relentless improvement we are constantly evolving.

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And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION
The Columbia Sportswear Finance Enablement team enables the organization to create capacity efficiency and scalability by optimizing the ways we drive value creation. The organization is also driving exciting innovation in the application of advanced analytics and automated intelligence.

Youll play a key role in driving the strategic priority of transforming global Finance capabilities with the Enterprise goal of driving relentless improvement. Youll partner with the Continuous Improvement Program Manager to build the capability and culture of Continuous Improvement within Finance globally. Youll also partner with business process owners to drive measurable benefits through process optimization efforts.

HOW YOULL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Support and facilitate various process improvement efforts within Finance or cross-functionally utilizing established methodology and tools based in Lean principles (current state analysis goal and problem statement future state vision voice of the customer SIPOC root cause analysis etc.)
• Collate and report on measurement of Continuous Improvement benefits
• Serve as an evangelist and change agent for Continuous Improvement within Finance to drive ongoing momentum and engagement within Finance
• Create and deliver Continuous Improvement training and coaching
• Assist in maintaining and updating Continuous Improvement resources such as the SharePoint site and monthly newsletter
• Ability to work and communicate comfortably with business process owners stakeholders and cross-functional partners to create efficient and effective processes
• Effectively summarize and communicate options and improvement recommendations to sponsors so they can make well-informed decisions

YOU ARE

• A self-starter who is passionate about process improvement
• A highly collaborative communicator and meeting facilitator
• Accustomed to tight deadlines within a growing business

YOU HAVE

• 4 years of Finance or process related professional experience
• Lean/Six Sigma belt certification/experience is a plus
• Prosci or similar change management certification/experience is a plus
• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting or Business or equivalent experience

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the positions scope and function in the company.

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please notify your recruiter.

At Columbia Sportswear Company were proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical social/emotional financial career and community. Benefits that can protect your familys financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical dental vision life Insurance disability flexible spending accounts health savings account and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident critical illness hospital indemnity and legal services). In addition Columbia offers EAP which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits employee discounts and a generous time off program available.

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