.**Job Summary**- This role is responsible for managing a team of individual contributors, supervisors, and/or lower-level managers for driving the implementation of best-in-class financial systems providing relevant, timely, and accurate financial information. The role oversees comprehensive financial system design or re-design efforts, establishes performance goals, leads budget formulation, data governance implementation, system upgrades, and strategy development, aligning with long-term organizational goals. The role also engages with stakeholders, provides expert guidance, drives change initiatives, and fulfills talent management responsibilities.**Responsibilities**- Manages a team of individual contributors, supervisors and/or lower-level managers, overseeing system design or re-design efforts, with fairness and consistency in a timely manner, ensuring compliance with the organization's policies and procedures.- Establishes performance objectives, forms project teams, allocates resources optimally, and ensures the prompt, and effective execution of diverse finance systems and processes.- Formulates, monitors, and executes the budget for the function, predicts fund requirements and monitors expenditures.- Leads the development and implementation of data governance policies and procedures to maintain data integrity and compliance with regulatory requirements.- Oversees the system upgrades, patches, and enhancements, collaborating with IT teams and vendors to ensure smooth transitions and mínimal disruption to financial operations.- Develops and implements financial system strategies, ensuring alignment with the organization's long-term goals and objectives.- Engages with the financial systems re-engineering function and interfaces with internal and external stakeholders, to ensure compliance with internal controls, policies, and procedures.- Consults with executive level business leaders on function-related matters to steer and influence strategic decision-making.- Performs talent management responsibilities including recruitment, performance management, coaching and career development.**Education & Experience Recommended**- Four-year or Graduate Degree in Finance, Computer Science, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.- Typically has 10+ years of job-related experience or 8-10 years of management experience, preferably in finance, internal audit, or a related field