Director, Shared Services Transition Lead

Career Opportunities:
Director, Shared Services Transition Lead (529007)

Requisition
529007
-Posted
09/17/2026

- AMAT

- CRH Americas Materials Inc

- Full Time

- Finance & Accounting

CRH's Americas Materials business is the leading provider of building materials in North America. The aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete, paving and construction services we deliver are critical to building our world. Our operations span 45 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces with over 30,000 employees across 1,700 operating locations.

Position Overview

A part of the global diversified building products group, CRH, Americas Materials (AMAT) is currently recruiting for the position of Director, Shared Services Transition Lead within the Corporate Finance team and based in Atlanta, GA. The successful candidate will be responsible for the accountable execution partner for moving in-scope accounting activities into the Shared Services Center (SSC) through a controlled, wave-based transition.

The role is focused on implementing a detailed roadmap into coordinated action across the AMAT divisions, the receiving SSC organization, and the Controllership Center of Excellence (CoE), while maintaining close alignment with the SAP implementation team.

In line with the future-state finance operating model, the role balances the pace of migration with the readiness, rigor, and control needed to protect business continuity and stay aligned to AMAT’s broader Finance transformation objectives. The incumbent is expected to exercise senior judgment, mobilize cross-functional leaders and subject matter experts, make clear recommendations regarding readiness and go/no-go decisions, and hold work streams accountable for meeting the conditions required to successfully transition and stabilize each wave.

The role also establishes reusable transition disciplines that strengthen AMAT-owned shared services capability and prepare the organization for subsequent process standardization and technology enablement . This is a key position within the CRH Americas Materials Finance function and will receive significant exposure to senior CRH management teams .

Key Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Functions)

• Lead the SSC acceleration and wave roadmap
  • Own the integrated SSC transition roadmap, wave calendar, milestones, critical path, and cross-wave dependencies from mobilization through stabilization.
  • Lead the approved transition scope and activity ownership decisions into executable wave plans aligned with the Accounting Acceleration roadmap and Project Phoenix sequencing.
  • Support the establishment of a common transition methodology, governance cadence, decision forums, templates, and escalation paths that can be reused across waves.
• Drive Wave Readiness and Entry / Exit Discipline
  • Own the definition of practical wave-entry, go-live, stabilization, and exit criteria across people, process, technology, data, access, controls, and service management.
  • Lead integrated readiness assessments with sending and receiving teams; challenge unsupported green statuses and require evidence for material readiness conclusions.
  • Confirm that staffing, onboarding, access, role clarity, process documentation, controls, training, and support arrangements are in place before transition.
  • Coordinate remediation plans for readiness gaps and make go/no-go recommendations to the designated decision authority.
• Mobilize Resources and Build Receiving-Organization Capability
  • Partner with SSC leadership, Division Finance leaders, process owners, HR, and enabling teams to identify and secure the resources required for each wave.
  • Align staffing, onboarding, access, subject matter expert availability, and temporary capacity to the timing and complexity of transition demand.
  • Build sustainable AMAT-owned transition capability by embedding repeatable tools, governance, decision rights, and lessons learned.
• Lead Process Documentation and Knowledge Transfer Readiness
  • Ensure process documentation captures activities, systems, and required business context needed for transition and steady-state execution.
  • Own the wave-level knowledge-transfer strategy and plan, including documentation, training, shadowing, reverse shadowing, competency checks, and acceptance evidence.
  • Confirm that the receiving team can perform in-scope work with appropriate quality, control, timeliness, and escalation support before ownership transfers.
  • Identify knowledge-retention risks and require corrective actions when documentation, training…