Senior Systems Director - Receivables

Job Description

As the world works and lives faster, FIS is leading the way. Our fintech solutions touch nearly every market, company, and person on the planet. Our teams are inclusive and diverse. Our colleagues work together and celebrate together. If you want to advance the world of fintech, we’d like to ask you: Are you FIS?

About the team:

Join the FIS Automated Finance team as a Senior Systems Director. We are building a dynamic team to shape the future of AP & AR automation, and we are looking for talented pros to join us! You will be working on cutting-edge finance tools and make a meaningful impact at scale.

Note: We have a hybrid work environment in our Atlanta office unless the role or business dictates otherwise.

What you will be doing:

• This role will have People Management Responsibilities: Around 36+ Direct Reports.
• Manages one or more information systems functions for a specific user group/functional area, e.g., credit/debit card line of business, NYCE network for a site or the entire organization to provide adequate technical support for new product or process developments, production and product problems or to identify possible new areas for technical exploration.
• Leads or sponsors technology projects, researches and applies best practices to processes and procedures as appropriate and evaluates how new technologies, products and techniques can meet future technology needs.
• Consults with management to analyze information technology needs and determine scope, objectives, and priorities of technical projects, technical systems capacity, budgeting requirements and IT acquisitions.
• Drives translation of product strategy and business owner expectations into long-range systems projects/plans with priority recommendations.
• Makes development recommendations to business owners based on experience with client expectations and issues. Notifies business owners of potential technical or operational constraints including performance implications.
• Develops financial estimates for operating and/or capital expenses expected from meeting team deliverable including financial forecasting, purchasing decisions and staffing related costs for new or existing products or company initiatives.
• Assigns and monitors work of project team providing technical and analytical support and direction. Interfaces with external clients or field-based employees on technical matters as needed. May manage small projects or sub-projects.
• Develops, implements and monitors information technology standards, practices, procedures and controls to maximize efficiency and support platform compatibility and ensure data integrity, security and legal and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinates delivery of services to user groups and ensures IT service is uninterrupted.
• Directs and provides day-to-day expertise, coaching and leadership to management/supervisory team and staff for areas including information systems design and development, systems planning, programming, operations, architecture, data processing, data security, networks, systems support and/or analysis.
• Provides leadership for area of responsibility including planning, coaching, recruiting, selection, performance development and mentoring.
• Researches and evaluates new technologies, products and techniques that could meet future technology needs.
• Participates in disaster recovery/business continuity activities as needed.
• May negotiate and/or contract with consultants, technical personnel and vendors for services and products.
• May define and/or negotiate service level agreements for technology operations.
  Other related duties assigned as needed.
   

What you will need:

• Experience in financial services systems, banking systems, credit card merchant systems.
• Strong background in managing to regulatory standards, info sec standards, PCI, GDPR.
• Preferred Azure, but also AWS Cloud services experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information systems or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience.
• Typically requires 10 years of relevant professional experience or a combination of experience and advanced education and 6 years of supervising technical employees.
• In-depth knowledge of principles, theories, practices and techniques for making activities related to planning, managing and implementing software projects and programs
• Broad subject matter knowledge of user group for practical application of system characteristics
• Broad knowledge of architecture of enterprise level information technology hardware, e.g., WAN, LAN and computer systems and peripherals and software platforms
• Broad knowl