[Hiring] Senior Director, Finance - ITG @Blue Yonder

Role Description

The Senior Director, Finance IT is a senior technology leadership role accountable for the strategy, transformation, delivery, and operations of the global Finance technology portfolio. This leader owns the end-to-end technology capability across core finance processes—Record-to-Report (R2R), Source-to-Pay (S2P), Asset Accounting, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Order-to-Cash (O2C), and Budget & Forecasting—and leads a global team of engineers, architects, and product owners in delivering scalable, resilient, and intelligent finance technology solutions.

What you will do

• Strategy & Roadmap
  • Define and own the multi-year Finance IT technology strategy aligned to CFO priorities, enterprise architecture standards, and Blue Yonder's growth objectives.
  • Serve as the primary technology partner to Finance leadership across Controllership, FP&A, Accounting, Treasury, and Procurement.
  • Lead platform rationalization, consolidation, and modernization initiatives across the Finance technology portfolio.
  • Evaluate emerging capabilities in AI/ML, automation, and cloud to drive competitive advantage in finance operations.
• Program & Project Delivery
  • Oversee the end-to-end delivery of Finance technology programs spanning new implementations, upgrades, integrations, and enhancements.
  • Drive disciplined project execution using Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies—on scope, schedule, and budget.
  • Partner with PMO and Finance stakeholders to prioritize and sequence the delivery portfolio against capacity and strategic value.
  • Own governance and reporting for Finance IT programs to VP of Enterprise Technology and senior Finance leadership.
• Operations & Service Delivery
  • Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of mission-critical Finance platforms including Workday Finance, WAC, BlackLine, Lucernex, WSS, and Oracle ePBCS.
  • Lead the Finance IT operational model including SLA management, incident response, break-fix triage, and root cause resolution.
  • Drive continuous improvement in system stability, data quality, and user experience across all Finance technology touchpoints.
• Process Domain Ownership
  • Record-to-Report (R2R): Oversee technology enabling the financial close process, journal entries, reconciliations, and consolidation.
  • Source-to-Pay (S2P): Lead sourcing, procurement, and AP technology including Workday Strategic Sourcing and downstream payables processes.
  • Asset Accounting: Manage technology supporting fixed assets, lease accounting (ASC 842 via Lucernex), and capital tracking.
  • Payroll: Partner with HR IT to ensure integrated, compliant payroll processing across all geographies.
  • Order-to-Cash (O2C): Support AR, billing, collections, and revenue recognition technology.
  • Budget & Forecasting: Own Oracle ePBCS platform health, enhancements, and integration with Workday Finance for actuals.
  • Reporting & Analytics: Deliver finance reporting platforms and BI capabilities including Workday Prism, WAC analytics, and ePBCS reporting.
• Transformation & Innovation
  • Lead finance technology transformation programs including close automation, AI-assisted reconciliation, and intelligent procurement.
  • Champion adoption of Workday Accounting Center as the subledger transformation platform, driving migration from legacy accounting configurations.
  • Identify and implement automation opportunities that reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and accelerate financial close cycles.
  • Build the Finance IT roadmap for Generative AI and Copilot integration across finance workflows.
• Finance Technology Acumen & Portfolio Intelligence
  • Maintain deep, current knowledge of the Finance technology landscape—including ERP, EPM, CLM, close management, and procurement platforms.
  • Drive a platform-depth-first philosophy—systematically auditing owned system capabilities against actual utilization, identifying and closing feature adoption gaps before pursuing new technology investments or custom development.
  • Lead ongoing application and SKU rationalization across the Finance technology portfolio—eliminating redundant tools, consolidating overlapping capabilities, and reducing total cost of ownership while improving user experience and data integrity.
  • Conduct regular license and entitlement reviews across all Finance platforms to ensure the organization is purchasing what it uses and using what it purchases.
  • Maintain an active pulse on the direction of the Finance technology industry—tracking vendor roadmaps, analyst perspectives, and peer benchmarks.
  • Build and maintain a Finance IT technology radar that tracks emerging capabilities, evaluates build/buy/partner options, and informs multi-year roadmap decisions.
  • Evaluate and pilot AI and machine learning capabilities embedded within owned platforms and adjacent tools to identify high-ROI opportunities.
  • Serve as the Finance technology thought leader internally—sharing market insights with Finance and IT leadership.
• Team Leadership & Organization
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a global team of Finance IT professionals spanning solution architects, functional analysts, developers, and operations engineers.
  • Build a high-performance, inclusive team culture across time zones and geographies.
  • Manage vendor relationships, system integrators, and platform partners to ensure delivery quality and commercial alignment.
  • Define and execute a talent and capability development strategy for the Finance IT organization.
• Legal & Compliance Systems
  • Own the technology strategy and operational delivery for Legal and Compliance systems, including Ironclad (CLM).
  • Lead Ironclad CLM administration, configuration, workflow design, and integration with Salesforce, Finance, and Procurement systems.
  • Partner with Legal, Risk, and Compliance stakeholders to deliver technology enabling policy management, ethics reporting, regulatory compliance tracking, and audit readiness.
  • Ensure Legal and Compliance systems are integrated with the broader enterprise data ecosystem.
  • Support legal matter management, outside counsel tracking, and entity governance platforms.
• System Adoption & Change Enablement
  • Lead end-user adoption strategy for Finance platform rollouts, ensuring Finance teams are equipped, trained, and confident in new system capabilities.
  • Partner with Finance leadership and HR to design role-based training programs, change impact assessments, and communication plans for major system transitions.
  • Establish adoption KPIs and feedback mechanisms across platforms to measure utilization, identify gaps, and drive continuous enablement.
  • Champion a culture of feature utilization—driving adoption of native platform capabilities.
• Quality Assurance & Testing
  • Own the Finance IT testing strategy and governance model, ensuring all platform changes are validated through structured testing cycles.
  • Define and enforce test standards across unit, integration, regression, UAT, and parallel-run testing disciplines.
  • Drive adoption of automated testing frameworks and regression suites to reduce manual testing overhead.
  • Coordinate cross-functional UAT with Finance SMEs, ensuring business sign-off gates are met prior to production deployment.
• SOX Compliance & IT General Controls
  • Own the Finance IT General Controls (ITGCs) posture across all in-scope systems.
  • Partner with Internal Audit, External Audit, and the CISO organization to support SOX walkthroughs and evidence collection.
  • Ensure system configuration changes adhere to change management controls required for SOX compliance.
  • Maintain Segregation of Duties (SoD) frameworks within Finance platforms.
  • Establish and maintain a continuous controls monitoring capability.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive technology leadership experience with 5+ years in a Finance IT or ERP leadership role.
• Deep platform expertise in Workday Financials (including Workday Accounting Center) — implementation and post-production operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-workstream Finance technology programs in a global enterprise.
• Strong domain knowledge across R2R, S2P, AP, O2C, Asset Accounting, Payroll, and FP&A processes.
• Experience with financial close platforms (BlackLine preferred) and planning/budgeting tools (Oracle ePBCS or equivalent).
• Track record of leading and developing diverse, distributed global technology teams.
• Proven ability to operate as a strategic partner to Finance executives while maintaining delivery accountability.
• Strong understanding of SOX controls, financial compliance, and audit requirements in a technology context.
• Demonstrated Finance technology acumen—proven ability to assess platform utilization depth, lead application rationalization initiatives, and shape a forward-looking roadmap.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field.

Preferred

• Workday Finance certification(s) or implementation credentials.
• Experience with Lucernex or comparable lease accounting platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Ironclad CLM or comparable contract lifecycle management platforms.
• Experience supporting Legal Operations or Compliance technology functions.
• Exposure to AI/ML use cases within finance automation.
• MBA or advanced degree in a related discipline.
• Experience in a SaaS, high-growth technology, or supply chain software company.
• Familiarity with Agentforce, Microsoft Copilot, or Workday AI in a Finance context.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401K with Matching
• Flexible Time Off
• Corporate Fitness Program
• A variety of voluntary benefits such as; Legal Plans, Accident and Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and much more

Company Description

At Blue Yonder, we care about the wellbeing of our employees and those most important to them. This is reflected in our robust benefits package and options. We are committed to a workplace that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging in which everyone can share their unique voices and talents in a safe space.