Our client is a Global Multi-Media Technology and Entertainment Firm in LA seeking a Senior Director of Global Finance Transformation specialized in Financial ERP systems to be a lead for the company. This person will work with Global Technology, Accounting, Finance, HR, and Operations Team. This position can sit in their Downtown NYC location.

This professional will lead the companies global ERP Financial integration and transformation into utilizing Workday and Workday Adaptive Insight working with internal stakeholders from all of their global departments.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the end to end effort to operationalize accounting and finance initiatives and measure/track key strategic initiatives through management of project scope, deliverables, routines and tasks, including:
• Owning all post-acquisition accounting and FP&A integration
• Create and own project plans, project charter and other artifacts
• Plan and facilitate working sessions with business and technology stakeholders
• Facilitating and supporting efforts of prioritization
• Develop new processes in collaboration with business; document and deliver trainings for the business
• Manage risk and issue resolution process through collaboration with business leads to ensure swift corrective action
• Continuously identify opportunities and make actionable recommendations to improve processes and standards of the Finance team;
• Effectively communicate across different audiences and ability to manage up, lateral and down
• Build and manage trusting relationships with internal stakeholders between technology and the business within the CFO organization
• Manage multiple viewpoints from business stakeholders across departments on ambiguous topics to build consensus and achieve positive outcomes to realize the intended goal(s)
• Provide hands-on support to stakeholders, peers and directs to help transform ideas, progress through blockers, and monitor progress
• Gather, document, analyze and draw conclusions regarding complex data and information; succinctly present findings to various audiences in a consumable presentation
• Develop a new level of subject matter expertise around the procedure, process or technology within the scope of the initiative responsibilities.
• Setting key performance indicators to measure and improve team/project performance.
• Manage multiple highly visible initiatives with minimal oversight

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, organization development, communication or related discipline
• Experience with Workday and Workday Adaptive Insights ERP systems
• 10+ years of Experience in Accounting or Finance before transitioning to Financial Systems
• +5 years of Workday Financial Systems Integration, Strategy, and Execution
• Excellent data analysis and manipulation skills for the creation and packing of reports for management