Vice President, Finance Systems Integration and Automation

Why RTI

RTI International is an independent, scientific research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world's most critical problems with technical and science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach—one that integrates expertise across social, statistical, data, and laboratory sciences, engineering, and other technical disciplines to solve the world’s most challenging problems.

We believe in the promise of science and technical solutions, and we push ourselves every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses in the US and around the world. If you are looking for the opportunity to make a real difference, RTI is the place for you.

The role falls within the CFO organization supporting the execution of RTI’s mission by ensuring financial stability, driving operational excellence and managing risk. Join a team of trusted partners that delivers innovative solutions and provides a seamless experience in support of RTI’s clients. This role will report to the EVP, CFO. While this is a US-based remote position, local candidates within physical commuting distance to an RTI office (RTP, DC) are preferred.

The Vice President, Finance System Integration & Automation is a senior leadership role responsible for driving the transformation of CFO functions through automation, advanced analytics, and strategic platform integration. This leader will oversee two high-impact teams:
1) Automation & Analytics and
2) Finance Systems Integration & Roadmap—while partnering closely with CFO functions, Global Technology Solutions (GTS), and business leadership to modernize financial operations in order to strengthen digital capacity and enable cost efficiencies and scalabilities.

• Automation & Analytics Team: Leads the development and implementation of automation solutions, advanced analytics, and intelligent dashboards to streamline financial workflows and empower self‑serve data insights across the organization.
• Finance Systems Integration and Roadmap Team: Drives the strategic integration of Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP platforms and tools within the CFO functions, creating a clear pathway for transformative adoption and ensuring alignment with long‑term operational objectives.

Your primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Manages the optimization of the enhancements and updates deployments of key CFO systems in accounting, contracts, and finance to ensure proper financial transaction recognition, ongoing process improvement, advanced analytics, and automations.
• Responsible for ensuring that all new systems preserve or enhance the adherence to accounting and auditing policies and procedures and internal controls, with an aim to automate RTI’s control environment.
• Co‑chairs the Corporate Systems Operating Committee with GTS Enterprise Systems leader and works closely with the Executive Committee made up of RTI’s CFO, CHRO and COO.
• Partnering with RTI’s Organizational Development and Change Management Center of Excellence, accountable for change management related to technology – ensuring that change management strategies are in place and implemented with each technology and release.
• Acts as a spokesperson for the program, including Board of Governors and RTI leadership updates to information sharing with key staff across the Institute and within the CFO organization.
• Responsible for ensuring that the operating model for Financial Systems is optimized for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Align governance processes with key stakeholders, including GTS Strategy and Architecture leader and CFO Finance leader, to ensure cohesive decision‑making and operational consistency.
• Lead the development of frameworks, tools, and processes required to build out activities related to how we use Oracle for RTI subsidiaries, new RTI business model integration, acquisitions and investments.
• Ensure we’re maximizing our investment and pushing the advancement of the Oracle Fusion Cloud Suite of tools.
• Leads the…