[Hiring] Director, Financial Systems @AARP

Role Description

AARP is the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. The Controller's Office is responsible for AARP's enterprise-wide accounting activities, including:

• Maintaining internal controls
• Compliance with federal, state, and other legal reporting requirements
• Grants management
• Revenue recognition
• General ledger activity
• Accounts payable/receivable
• Payroll
• Tax
• Procurement functions, including managing strategic outsourcing, contract negotiation, and supplier management

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the monthly closes, annual close, and audits, as well as daily operations
• Providing process flows, data, and configuration documentation of the ERP
• Monitoring and assisting with project functionality, decision making, and delivery, including budgeting, timeline, and management of business requirements
• Providing innovative solutions to complex requirements
• Identifying or being informed of projects for the ongoing business needs of the Association
• Improving reporting solutions, monitoring risk, ensuring data accuracy, and monitoring security to support ERP users
• Providing education to staff and users
• Collaborating with other support groups to integrate time, money, and resources to meet team goals
• Handling conflicts with time, money, and resources based on varying projects
• Ensuring that the team works together and has opportunities to grow and develop new skill sets

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, with 8+ years of relevant experience supporting, implementing, or managing ERP systems, financial systems, or related business applications
• Strong experience and comprehensive knowledge of PeopleSoft, including functional configuration, business processes, reporting, security, data integrity, and day-to-day ERP operations
• Strong experience implementing and supporting PeopleSoft ERP solutions, including requirements gathering, configuration, testing, process improvement, integrations, troubleshooting, and successful delivery of complex business requirements
• Demonstrated people management and leadership experience, including leading and developing teams, managing priorities and resources, resolving competing demands, and fostering opportunities for employees to develop new skills and capabilities
• Demonstrated experience supporting monthly and annual financial close processes, including ensuring data accuracy, validating system functionality and transactions, troubleshooting issues, and coordinating with Finance and other stakeholders to meet close deadlines
• Experience managing and supporting annual financial and/or system audits, including coordinating audit requests, providing documentation and data, validating system controls and processes, addressing findings, and partnering with auditors and internal stakeholders to ensure successful completion of audits
• AARP will not sponsor an employment visa for this position

Requirements

• Regular and reliable job attendance
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Exhibit respect and understanding of others to maintain professional relationships
• Independent judgment in evaluation options to make sound decisions
• Home office environment with the ability to work effectively, surrounded by moderate home environment noise

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• 401(k)
• 100% company-funded pension plan
• Health, dental, and vision plans
• Life insurance
• Paid time off, including company and individual holidays, vacation, sick, caregiving, and parental leave
• Performance-based and peer-based recognition
• Tuition reimbursement

Equal Employment Opportunity

AARP is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. AARP does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, color, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.