Director, Finance Systems & Analytics Platforms

Define and execute multi‑year strategy and vision for O&M Finance Systems to support operational excellence, financial accuracy, and enterprise transformation goals.

Translate organizational strategies into actionable roadmaps for People Soft, Essbase, and related systems.

Influence enterprise stakeholders and represent O&M needs in governance, prioritization, and technology investment forums.

Own the service delivery and operational performance of core Finance applications

Own day to day operations, stability, performance, and optimization of People Soft Financials, Essbase, and integrated applications.

Ensure compliance with SOX, audit readiness, financial controls, cybersecurity requirements, and McKesson Technology policies.

Lead system enhancements, upgrades, patching cycles, integrations, data quality improvements, automation initiatives and issue resolution.

Oversee project intake, prioritization, resource allocation, vendor performance and execution quality across Finance systems initiatives.

Manage and optimize Financial Allocations, budgeting workflows, period end close activities, and accounting/reporting processes.

Define and enforce application governance, master data standards, and process controls

Serve as the primary liaison across cross‑functional teams including Enterprise Applications, Data Engineering, Analytics, Security, McKesson Technology, and Infrastructure.

Ensure financial‑cycle stability by monitoring service health across close, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting processes

Oversee incident, escalation, and change‑management processes with a focus on minimizing disruption to accounting operations, close deadlines, and regulatory reporting

Enforce role‑based access governance aligned to SOX, ensuring proper segregation of duties and secure handling of financially sensitive data.

Strengthen business continuity and disaster recovery for Finance Systems, ensuring the organization can meet financial close and reporting obligations in all scenarios.

Establish SLAs, performance metrics, and KPIs for system health, user satisfaction, and financial process reliability.

Act as primary technology partner to Finance, including Accounting, FP&A, Corporate Reporting, Revenue Cycle Management and O&M Finance leadership.

Communicate system changes, risks, and impacts to executive and operational stakeholders, consistent with Business Systems responsibilities for preparing communications and presentations around system changes.

Support key financial cycles (close, planning, reporting) through proactive system readiness and timely issue management.

Lead, coach and grow a high-performing team of analysts, developers, and subject matter experts, consistent with expectations for Director‑level leadership.

Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and customer‑centric service delivery.

Manage vendors and service providers to ensure delivery of high‑quality, cost‑effective solutions.

Degree or equivalent experience. Typically requires 12+ years of professional experience and 4+ years of management experience.

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