Director, Hyperion Financial Systems

Director, Hyperion Financial Systems

Synergetics

Bausch + Lomb (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) is a leading global eye health company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world—from the moment of birth through every phase of life. Our mission is simple, yet powerful: helping you see better, to live better.

Our comprehensive portfolio of over 400 products is fully integrated and built to serve our customers across the full spectrum of their eye health needs throughout their lives. Our iconic brand is built on the deep trust and loyalty of our customers established over our 170-year history. We have a significant global research, development, manufacturing and commercial footprint of approximately 13,000 employees and a presence in approximately 100 countries, extending our reach to billions of potential customers across the globe.

We have long been associated with many of the most significant advances in eye health, and we believe we are well positioned to continue leading the advancement of eye health in the future.

We are seeking a Director, Hyperion Financial Systems to provide global leadership, strategic direction, and operational ownership of our Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) environment. This role serves as the primary authority for the design, administration, stability, and evolution of the enterprise financial consolidation and reporting platform, supporting global controlling, planning, and cash forecasting functions.

The Director will partner closely with senior finance leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable systems solutions, while ensuring a secure, high‑performing, and well‑governed financial systems landscape. This position requires deep hands‑on expertise with on‑prem HFM, combined with the ability to lead globally, set priorities, and drive continuous improvement.

• Provide global strategic and operational leadership for the HFM platform and related enterprise performance management (EPM) components, including Hyperion Planning and Cash Forecasting.
• Own the end‑to‑end administration and governance of the HFM environment, including configuration, security, metadata, data integration, patching, upgrades, and performance optimization.
• Act as the primary liaison between Finance, IT, and external partners, directing system requirements, enhancements, and delivery timelines.
• Ensure data integrity, accuracy, availability, and security across all consolidation, reporting, and planning processes.
• Partner with global finance teams to support monthly, quarterly, and annual close cycles, including statutory, management, and internal reporting.
• Oversee and validate metadata, data loads, mappings, intercompany eliminations, and journal processing within HFM.
• Establish and enforce standards, controls, and documentation for system configuration, processes, and governance.
• Provide expert‑level guidance and escalation support for complex system issues, ensuring minimal business disruption.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance system performance, usability, and scalability.
• Ensure ongoing SOX compliance and audit readiness, including control design, testing support, and issue remediation.
• Evaluate and influence the future‑state EPM roadmap, balancing technical sustainability with evolving business needs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in financial systems, EPM, or enterprise financial consolidation environment with 5+ years of hands‑on experience administering on‑prem Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM).
• Proven experience in a senior or director‑level role supporting complex, global, multi‑entity organizations with a strong preference for a pharma/life science industry.
• Deep understanding of financial consolidation, reporting, planning processes, and enterprise performance management systems (EPM).
• Strong expertise in HFM metadata, data integrations, intercompany eliminations, journals, and system…