Director - Finance Transformation - Financial Reporting & Accounting

Job Posting End Date: July 23

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General Summary:

The Director, Finance Transformation is responsible for leading the execution, delivery, and adoption of large-scale Finance transformation initiatives with the goal of achieving a superior experience for Finance professionals and business partners while ensuring operational effectiveness.

The role will focus on the execution and delivery of large-scale transformation initiatives, accountable for translating product strategy into actionable plans and delivered outcomes, while partnering on the design and delivery of smaller scale features.

This person will work closely with Finance product owners, financial reporting and accounting stakeholders, technology teams, dedicated change resources, and Finance subject matter experts to drive process and technology transformation across reporting and accounting capabilities.

The role requires the ability to translate complex Finance requirements into executable solutions, remove delivery barriers, and ensure successful implementation and adoption of reporting and accounting process improvements.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Play a key leadership role in technology and process assessment of an assigned Finance functional area and present recommendations on initiatives, product design and delivery to leaders and Finance product owners.
• Provide delivery-focused input into feasibility, sequencing, and execution considerations during product discovery and design to ensure that solutions align with company strategy and will have a significant impact on Finance’s value delivery, partnership engagement and contribution to Enterprise Transformation goals.
• Create business plans for assigned projects including the development of complex financial cost benefit modeling, and track performance against those plans through delivery and post-implementation.
• Research, analyze and synthesize significant amounts of information to quantify and identify business opportunities and issues
• Leverage broad Finance, operational and transformation expertise to ensure solutions are executable, scalable, and aligned to delivery objectives while supporting business goals and delivery efficiency gains to reduce costs to Finance areas while improving the experience for our customers.
• Simplify and reimagine processes to create transformational experiences through digital assets
• Lead change management, operational readiness, and business adoption efforts with clear accountability for adoption and business readiness at go-live, while acting as a champion of change leading organizations through digital transformations.
• Independently conduct complex quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform delivery decisions, risk mitigation, and execution planning.
• Constantly operate with a value delivery and partner centric mindset and leverage the ability to analyze the most important requirements of a solution that can help drive business solutions and improve the employee and partner experience.
•  Own and lead end-to-end delivery of large transformation initiatives with a focus on ensuring timely delivery, quality execution, active management of risks and dependencies, and achievement of