Senior Director, Finance Transformation

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Senior Director, Finance Transformation!! 

Location: Austin, TX
Job ID: 36896

The Director, Finance Transformation will play an instrumental role on the CFO leadership team tasked with driving significant improvements to our finance function by identifying opportunities for automation, process optimization, and data analysis. Your impact on the business will be felt by enabling better decision making and increasing efficiency across the organization. We are seeking a leader passionate about finance with a demonstrated track record of driving transformative change in finance and building strong relationships across the enterprise. This role will require you to seamlessly oscillate between providing visionary leadership and rolling up your sleeves to execute. 
 
Who are we? 

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. 
We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo 
 
As our Senior Director, Finance Transformation you’ll support HID’s success by: 
•    Advocating finance’s needs on a global, cross-functional team tasked with transforming our company’s ERP
•    Leading the implementation of new financial systems and processes, ensuring seamless transition and user adoption. 
•    Overseeing project plans, budgets, and deliverables
•    Leveraging data analytics tools to extract insights from financial data, providing actionable recommendations to improve business performance
•    Developing customized reports and dashboards to monitor key financial metrics 
•    Developing, prioritizing and evolving a finance process improvement roadmap that leverages hyper automation, AI/ML and digital solutions
•    Monitoring emerging finance technologies, industry trends and leading practices
•    Conducting comprehensive analysis of financial processes, identifying areas for improvement, including manual tasks, data inconsistencies, and reporting inefficiencies. 
•    Acting as a liaison between finance teams, business units and technology teams to drive successful implementation of process enhancements.
•    Establishing and tracking KPIs to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of global finance processes (e.g., close cycle time, invoice processing time, and transactional cost) and stakeholder/customer satisfaction.
•    Analyzing performance data and metrics to track progress and identifying  areas for improvement and opportunities for growth.
•    Defining performance benchmarks for the finance process
•    Providing regular updates to senior management on finance process performance, challenges and achievements.
•    Developing globally applicable training materials and conduct internal knowledge sharing sessions for finance team members on new tools and procedures

Your Experience and Background include:  
•    Bachelor’s degree in Finance, business, or economics with minimum 10 years related experience, or
•    Master’s degree in Finance, business administration, or economics with minimum 8 years related experience
•    Minimum of 8 years functional experience in Finance operations, such as the financial close, external reporting, intercompany, consolidations, order-to-cash or invoice-to-pay, etc.
•    Minimum of 2 years experience with finance platform tranformations such as SAP, Oracle, or Workday.
•    Solid understanding of process best practices (designing finance, accounting, planning, forecasting, reporting solutions)
•    Experience with finance function, operating models, and supporting organization structures (analytics, forecasting, core finance)
•    Experience with application of RPA, Applied AI, Machine Learning, or Gen AI within finance
•    Project management certifications or advanced certifications in process management a plus
•    People management experience a plus

What we can offer you:
•    Competitive salary and rewards package
•    Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance
•    A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture 
•    Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential
•    To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds
 

Why apply? 
•    Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
•    Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers. 
•    Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.

HID is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce that reflects the global communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our goal is to create a workplace that empowers everyone to thrive and be their authentic selves, fostering an environment of mutual respect and inclusivity. If you have a disability and require assistance or accommodation to participate in the application process or to perform essential job functions, please contact accommodations-ext@hidglobal.com.