Director, Accounting Ops

Director, Accounting Operations & Systems

We are a rapidly growing, $3B global chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. From building products to agricultural applications and more, we are applying advanced technology to solve complex product and environmental performance challenges. As we embark on our next phase of scale, we are intentionally building a world‑class financial infrastructure. We are currently seeking a transformative leader to modernize our financial systems and data architecture.

Reporting directly to the Chief Accounting Officer (CAO), the Director of Accounting Operations & Systems is the architectural backbone of our financial technology landscape. As we transition from four disparate legacy ERP systems into a greenfield SAP S/4

HANA environment, this leader will own the administration of our financial systems, lead Global Master Data Governance, and drive our Fin Tech automation strategy. The Financial Systems Director leads the strategy, governance, and operational excellence of all financial systems. This role ensures seamless integrations across platforms, enforces data and control standards, and drives continuous improvement in partnership with Finance, IT, and business process owners.

When financial integrations fail, automated workflows break, or data does not sync properly across the enterprise landscape, this leader acts as the senior diagnostic authority to resolve the root cause.

• Financial Systems Administration
  • Own the global system administration for all critical financial tools, specifically managing the administrators for Workday, Open Text, Concur T&E, Black Line, One Stream, Kyriba, and lease accounting systems.
  • Act as the senior escalation point to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve complex system integration failures between our operational tools (e.g., Open Text invoice ingestion, Workday payroll feeds) and the general ledger.
  • Manage user access, permissions, and security protocols across all financial operations tools, establishing robust IT General Controls (ITGC) and Segregation of Duties (SoD).
  • Develop and execute the multi‑year financial systems roadmap aligned with Finance, IT, and business strategy.
  • Ensure system scalability, standardization, and harmonization across global entities.
• Global Master Data Governance
  • Build and lead the enterprise Master Data function, serving as the ultimate authority on financial data integrity.
  • Establish strict governance and standard operating procedures for the creation and maintenance of the Chart of Accounts, Vendor Master, Customer Master, and Material Master ensuring consistent data definitions and usage across all ERP environments.
  • Lead the complex data mapping, cleansing, and validation strategy required to migrate corrupted or duplicated master data from legacy systems into a harmonized SAP environment.
• Systems Integration & Architecture
  • Lead integration strategy and execution across all financial platforms, ensuring end‑to‑end data flow, process alignment, and architectural consistency.
  • Oversee API, middleware, and interface governance to maintain reliable, secure, and SOX‑compliant integrations.
  • Ensure ERP systems integrate seamlessly with Kyriba, Black Line, One Stream, Workiva, Concur, Opent Text, lease accounting and other systems.
  • Partner with IT to evaluate new technologies, manage upgrades, and optimize system performance.
  • Partner with the system users to ensure tools are configured to support highly efficient, automated transactional workflows. Working with IT and software vendors to implement enhancements and improvements to enable business requirements.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives and reduce cycle times across the accounting organization.
• SAP S/4
  
  HANA Implementation
  • Serve as the operational Subject Matter Expert (SME) for financial systems architecture during the greenfield SAP S/4
    
    HANA implementation.
  • Design standardized, highly efficient global workflows within SAP to replace fragmented regional processes.
• IT GRC & SOX Controls
  • Oversee IT General Controls (ITGCs) and application controls for all financial systems.
  • Ensure compliance with SOX,…