Director of Financial Systems

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Serve as a key leader, driving global finance initiatives and integrating post-acquisition synergies.
• Team Management: Lead and develop a team of direct reports, while influencing and collaborating with indirect stakeholders.
• Process Excellence: Champion a world-class Finance organization, focusing on process standardization, optimization, and shared services.
• Technical Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in various finance processes (e.g., Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Record-to-Report).
• Systems and Technology: Manage finance systems and reporting, collaborate with IT and Supply Management to deliver solutions, and prioritize investments.
• Project Management: Lead and support large-scale transformation initiatives, building and managing project plans.
• Business Analysis: Leverage data and analytics to identify improvement opportunities and justify investments.
• Compliance and Policy Adherence: Ensure compliance with all policies and standards.

Qualification & Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (CPA required) or Finance (CMA required) or Operations Management/Information Systems
• Master’s degree preferred

Experience:

• 10+ years of broad finance and accounting experience in large, international companies
• 10+ years of experience in education, services, or high-growth industries
• 7+ years of project experience supporting finance transformation initiatives
• Experience with large-scale financial systems (e.g., SAP, Lawson, Cognos) and data warehouses
• Experience building and leading finance shared services environments
• Strong process and project management skills, including process mapping techniques
• Knowledge of US GAAP and internal controls
• Proven ability to develop and execute finance and business cases
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate, negotiate, and build consensus
• A commitment to continuous improvement

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays