Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Lead

The Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Lead is responsible for aligning technology strategy with business priorities and leading the execution of digital transformation initiatives within the FP&A domain. This role serves as the primary IT leader accountable for delivering the FP&A technology roadmap and enabling strategic business capabilities through strong cross-functional collaboration.

As part of the Core Technology team, the Senior Director will support the transformation, delivery, and operational excellence of FP&A technology platforms and solutions. The ideal candidate combines strong leadership, financial systems expertise, strategic thinking, and a passion for emerging technologies and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Partnership

• Lead the alignment of finance technology strategy with business objectives and enterprise priorities.

• Drive execution of the multi-year technology roadmap and ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives.

Solution Delivery & Operations

• Partner closely with business stakeholders, architects, consultants, analysts, and IT teams to design, implement, and enhance enterprise finance solutions.

• Oversee client engagement, project planning, solution delivery, and ongoing operational support for critical finance platforms.

• Lead initiatives involving financial consolidation, planning, ERP, and related enterprise systems.

• Ensure adherence to development standards, governance processes, architectural guidelines, and best practices.

• Manage technical operations activities including issue resolution, system enhancements, automated testing, andhypercaresupport.

Manage Team

• Foster collaboration across global and remote teams while promoting a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 7–10 years of progressive IT experience, preferably within large global organizations.

• Experience supporting enterprise finance systems, financial consolidation solutions, or planning platforms.

• Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP is preferred.

• Familiarity withOracle EPMand SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation is a plus.

• Understanding of software development methodologies and enterprise application support.

• Exposure to AI, Machine Learning, IoT, or related emerging technologies is advantageous.

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Ability to work collaboratively with both local and remote teams in a global environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP or other relevant technology certifications.

• Project Management and/or ITIL certification.

• Experience participating in complex enterprise transformation initiatives.

• Demonstrated interest in innovation, prototyping, and evaluating new technology solutions.

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