Senior Director of Finance Transformation

Position

Title: Senior Director, Finance Transformation
Department: Finance
Reports To: VP, Finance Systems
FLSA Status: Salaried, Exempt

Legends Global is the premier partner to the world’s greatest live events, venues, and brands, delivering a fully integrated solution across all aspects of venue operations and revenue generation. With expertise spanning feasibility and consulting, sales, partnerships, venue management, hospitality, merchandise, and content booking, Legends transforms events and venues into unforgettable experiences. The company collaborates with top‑tier clients to craft innovative solutions that enhance guest experiences, optimize financial performance, and bring visions to life.

Operating across six continents, Legends Global manages over 450 venues worldwide, hosting 20,000 events annually and entertaining more than 165 million guests. From award‑winning food and beverage offerings to cutting‑edge merchandise and strategic brand partnerships, Legends is committed to delivering excellence at every touchpoint. Guided by values of respect, integrity, and accountability, Legends fosters an inclusive and innovative environment where differences drive solutions that benefit team members, guests, and partners.

• Holistic Finance Solution Ownership: Serve as senior accountable owner of end‑to‑end finance systems solution, spanning full lifecycle from transaction initiation (P2P, R2R, O2C) through financial close and reporting; provide strategic direction to team; serve as senior escalation point; represent solution to Finance leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Global Process Design & Solution
  
  Roadmap:
  
  Define and maintain global finance process design framework; own and communicate finance systems solution roadmap; provide senior SME across financial application portfolio.
• Business Requirements & Implementation Leadership: Lead business requirements definition at program level; serve as program lead for ERP implementations; own UAT governance for finance system implementations.
• Training, Adoption & Change Management: Own change management and adoption strategy; set direction and standards for finance training; lead user community communications.
• Continuous Improvement & Change Request Governance: Own governance framework for change requests; evaluate change requests; synthesize approved change requests into continuous improvement roadmap.
• Finance Data, Reporting & Analytics Strategy: Own strategic vision for finance data and reporting; provide direction and oversight to Finance Data & Reporting Owner; champion data and analytics as a strategic asset.

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with all Legends policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field required; MBA or Master’s degree preferred. CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional certification strongly preferred.
• Experience: 10+ years of progressive finance, accounting, or consulting experience required, including at least 5 years leading finance transformation or systems implementation initiatives in a complex, global environment; proven track record as a Global Process Owner or equivalent senior lead on ERP implementations (D365 F&O, SAP, Oracle, Workday, or equivalent), including ownership of business requirements, configuration oversight, UAT, and training; demonstrated experience with finance data architecture, data warehousing, and ETL/integration tools;
  
  hands‑on experience with financial reporting tools and BI platforms; experience leading finance data migration efforts; strong background in master data governance, KPI design, and financial planning and performance measurement frameworks.
• Skills & Abilities: Strategic thinker; strong analytical and structured problem‑solving skills; advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365…