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The Senior Director, Finance IT Enterprise Applications is a senior technology leadership role responsible for the strategy, transformation, delivery, and operations of the global Finance and Legal enterprise applications portfolio. This leader will oversee end-to-end technology capabilities across core finance processes, including Record-to-Report, Source-to-Pay, Asset Accounting, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Order-to-Cash, and Budgeting and Forecasting. The role will lead a global team of engineers, architects, and product owners in delivering scalable, resilient, and intelligent technology solutions, with a strong focus on Workday Financials and related enterprise platforms.

Operating at the intersection of Finance and Enterprise Technology, this leader will partner closely with the CIO and CFO organizations, Controllership, FP&A, Accounting, Procurement, and Legal to align technology investments and delivery priorities with business outcomes. The ideal candidate will bring deep enterprise applications expertise, a strong transformation and delivery track record, and the executive presence to manage strategic stakeholders, vendor partners, and complex initiatives across a global, matrixed organization.

What You'll Do:

• Define and own the multi-year Finance IT technology strategy aligned to CFO priorities, enterprise architecture standards, and Blue Yonder's growth objectives.
• Serve as the primary technology partner to Finance leadership across Controllership, FP&A, Accounting, Treasury, and Procurement.
• Lead platform rationalization, consolidation, and modernization initiatives across the Finance technology portfolio.
• Evaluate emerging capabilities in AI/ML, automation, and cloud to drive competitive advantage in finance operations.

Program & Project Delivery

• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of Finance technology programs spanning new implementations, upgrades, integrations, and enhancements.
• Drive disciplined project execution using Agile and hybrid delivery methodologieson scope, schedule, and budget.
• Partner with PMO and Finance stakeholders to prioritize and sequence the delivery portfolio against capacity and strategic value.
• Own governance and reporting for Finance IT programs to VP of Enterprise Technology and senior Finance leadership.

Operations & Service Delivery

• Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of mission-critical Finance platforms including Workday Finance, WAC, BlackLine, Lucernex, WSS, and Oracle ePBCS.
• Lead the Finance IT operational model including SLA management, incident response, break-fix triage, and root cause resolution.
• Drive continuous improvement in system stability, data quality, and user experience across all Finance technology touchpoints.

Process Domain Ownership

• Record-to-Report (R2R): Oversee technology enabling the financial close process, journal entries, reconciliations, and consolidation.
• Source-to-Pay (S2P): Lead sourcing, procurement, and AP technology including Workday Strategic Sourcing and downstream payables processes.
• Asset Accounting: Manage technology supporting fixed assets, lease accounting (ASC 842 via Lucernex), and capital tracking.
• Payroll: Partner with HR IT to ensure integrated, compliant payroll processing across all geographies.
• Order-to-Cash (O2C): Support AR, billing, collections, and revenue recognition technology.
• Budget & Forecasting: Own Oracle ePBCS platform health, enhancements, and integration with Workday Finance for actuals.
• Reporting & Analytics: Deliver finance reporting platforms and BI capabilities including Workday Prism, WAC analytics, and ePBCS reporting.

Transformation & Innovation

• Lead finance technology transformation programs including close automation, AI-assisted reconciliation, and intelligent procurement.
• Champion adoption of Workday Accounting Center as the subledger transformation platform, driving migration from legacy accounting configurations.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities that reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and accelerate financial close cycles.
• Build the Finance IT roadmap for Generative AI and Copilot integration across finance workflows.

Finance Technology Acumen & Portfolio Intelligence

• Maintain deep, current knowledge of the Finance technology landscapeincluding ERP, EPM, CLM, close management, and procurement platformsto serve as a credible, forward-looking technology advisor to Finance and executive leadership.
• Drive a platform-depth-first philosophysystematically auditing owned system capabilities against actual utilization, identifying and closing feature adoption gaps before pursuing new technology investments or custom development.
• Lead ongoing application and SKU rationalization across the Finance technology portfolioeliminating redundant tools, consolidating overlapping capabilities, and reducing total cost of ownership while improving user experience and data integrity.
• Conduct regular license and entitlement reviews across all Finance platforms to ensure the organization is purchasing what it uses and using what it purchasesoptimizing spend and surfacing consolidation opportunities on vendor renewal cycles.
• Maintain an active pulse on the direction of the Finance technology industrytracking vendor roadmaps (Workday, Oracle, BlackLine, Ironclad, and others), analyst perspectives, and peer benchmarks to ensure the Finance IT roadmap reflects where the market is heading, not just where it has been.
• Build and maintain a Finance IT technology radar that tracks emerging capabilities, evaluates build/buy/partner options, and informs multi-year roadmap decisions with a clear view of industry trajectoryincluding the evolving role of AI in financial operations.
• Evaluate and pilot AI and machine learning capabilities embedded within owned platforms (Workday AI, BlackLine Intelligence, Oracle AI) and adjacent tools (Microsoft Copilot, Agentforce) to identify high-ROI opportunities in close automation, anomaly detection, intelligent forecasting, and contract analytics.
• Serve as the Finance technology thought leader internallysharing market insights with Finance and IT leadership, challenging legacy assumptions about the technology stack, and sponsoring a culture of continuous learning and platform curiosity within the Finance IT team.

Team Leadership & Organization

• Lead, mentor, and develop a global team of Finance IT professionals spanning solution architects, functional analysts, developers, and operations engineers.
• Build a high-performance, inclusive team culture across time zones and geographies.
• Manage vendor relationships, system integrators, and platform partners to ensure delivery quality and commercial alignment.
• Define and execute a talent and capability development strategy for the Finance IT organization.

Legal & Compliance Systems

• Own the technology strategy and operational delivery for Legal and Compliance systems, including Ironclad (CLM), compliance management, and legal matter/entity platforms.
• Lead Ironclad CLM administration, configuration, workflow design, and integration with Salesforce, Finance, and Procurement systems to support end-to-end contract lifecycle management from request through renewal.
• Partner with Legal, Risk, and Compliance stakeholders to deliver technology enabling policy management, ethics reporting, regulatory compliance tracking, and audit readiness across the enterprise.
• Ensure Legal and Compliance systems are integrated with the broader enterprise data ecosystem, enabling reporting on contract obligations, compliance posture, and regulatory risk exposure.
• Support legal matter management, outside counsel tracking, and entity governance platforms, ensuring data accuracy and process efficiency for the Legal Operations function.

System Adoption & Change Enablement

• Lead end-user adoption strategy for Finance platform rollouts, ensuring Finance teams are equipped, trained, and confident in new system capabilities.
• Partner with Finance leadership and HR to design role-based training programs, change impact assessments, and communication plans for major system transitions.
• Establish adoption KPIs and feedback mechanisms across Workday Finance, BlackLine, Oracle ePBCS, and related platforms to measure utilization, identify gaps, and drive continuous enablement.
• Champion a culture of feature utilizationdriving adoption of native platform capabilities before pursuing custom development or workarounds.

Quality Assurance & Testing

• Own the Finance IT testing strategy and governance model, ensuring all platform changesfrom major releases to minor configurationsare validated through structured, risk-appropriate testing cycles.
• Define and enforce test standards across unit, integration, regression, UAT, and parallel-run testing disciplines for Workday Finance, WAC, BlackLine, Lucernex, WSS, and Oracle ePBCS.
• Drive adoption of automated testing frameworks and regression suites to reduce manual testing overhead and accelerate Workday bi-annual release readiness.
• Coordinate cross-functional UAT with Finance SMEs, ensuring business sign-off gates are met prior to