Senior Director, Finance Transformation

POSITION:
Senior Director, Finance Transformation DEPARTMENT:
Controllership

REPORTS TO:

Global Controller FLSA STATUS:
Salaried/Exempt LEGENDS GLOBAL

Legends Global is the premier partner to the world's greatest live events, venues, and brands. We deliver a fully integrated solution of premium services that keeps our partners front and center through our white-label approach. Our network of 450 venues worldwide, hosting 20,000 events and entertaining 165 million guests each year, is powered by our depth of expertise and level of execution across every component — feasibility & consulting, owner’s representation, sales, partnerships, hospitality, merchandise, venue management, and content & booking — of world‑class live events and venues.

The Legends Global culture is one of respect, ambitious thinking, collaboration, and bold action. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can be authentic, make an impact, and grow their career. Winning is an everyday thing at Legends Global. We have the best team members who understand every win is earned when we come together as one unified team.

Sound like a winning formula for you! Join us!

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Director of Transformation to lead and coordinate the Finance organization's transformation initiatives, with a primary focus on the company's ERP system implementation. This role serves as the critical liaison between the Controller's organization, IT, project teams, and other cross‑functional stakeholders, ensuring that finance and controllership requirements are fully understood, prioritized, and delivered. The ideal candidate is a finance and accounting leader and must be a strong communicator who can drive complex, multi‑workstream initiatives to successful completion.

Candidates will be expected to keep leadership informed and aligned every step of the way. Ultimately, this role is critical to ensure the transformation is delivered in line with Controllership team's expectations.

• Serve as the primary liaison between Controller leadership and the various transformation initiatives, including the ERP system implementation
• Act as the voice of the Controller's organization throughout the project, ensuring finance and accounting requirements are accurately captured, communicated, and addressed
• Build and maintain strong relationships with IT, project management office (PMO), external implementation partners, and other cross‑functional stakeholders
• Facilitate communication and alignment across finance, accounting, and technology teams
• Oversee the day‑to‑day work of the transformation initiative(s) to ensure Controller needs are met throughout design, build, and deployment phases
• Ensure project decisions and design choices align with controllership, financial reporting, and internal control requirements
• Provide timely status updates to Controller and senior finance leadership
• Proactively flag issues and risks to timeline, scope, or Controller requirements, and drive resolution through appropriate escalation paths
• Ensure UAT planning, execution, and issue resolution stay on track and aligned with the overall project timeline
• Coordinate with Controller team members and process owners to define test scenarios that reflect real‑world close, reporting, and control requirements
• Track UAT progress, defects, and remediation efforts, ensuring timely closure prior to go‑live
• Confirm that testing adequately validates system readiness to support close, reporting, and controls objectives
• Ensure the ERP and broader transformation initiatives are designed and implemented to enable a timelier financial close process
• Champion system and process changes that support…