[Remote] Director, Finance Technology

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DIRECTV is a leading provider of digital television entertainment, and they are seeking a Director of Finance Technology. This role involves acting as a liaison between Finance and IT, managing financial systems, and leading projects related to finance applications.

Responsibilities

• Manage/support/lead the business for DIRECTV Applications that include Oracle EPM, Oracle Fixed Assets, Oracle Project, Oracle Accounts Payable, Accounting and Oracle Procurement
• Project Management for various projects that come up either within or outside of the Oracle financial framework in support of Finance and related Operational teams
• Leadership, staff management that would include coaching, developing, and leading employees, and guiding and supporting contractors/3rd party vendors

Skills

• Supervisor and leadership experience is required for this position
• Develop project plan to meet business deadlines and clearly articulate milestone-based deliverables and owners for each task
• Schedule and drive project status meeting on an ongoing periodic schedule
• Gather project status from team members and compile weekly status report
• Identify issues / risks early on and develop mitigating strategies
• Escalate project risks to leadership
• Develop and manage project staffing and financial budgets
• Review and approve deliverables
• Provide guidance to project team
• Identify project schedule risks early on and develop strategies to bring the project back on schedule
• Strong verbal and written communications
• Hands on experience with Finance ERP implementation (GL, AP, AR, FA, and Project Accounting, etc.)
• Ability to drive workshops with business to gather business requirements
• Assess business requirements and advise business on best business practices
• Experience with extended end-to-end architecture solution and data flow
• Ability to identify gaps and present solution options with pros and cons for critical gaps / issues and make recommendations
• Strong accounting background to provide finance and accounting coverage for IT projects such as AR, Billing, Project Accounting, Indirect Procurement, SC, Inv Mgmt. etc
• Work with technology team and SI to drive the solution to meet the business requirements
• Develop overall implementation baseline plans and provide clear direction to technical team for solution development and testing cycles
• Track the progress against the baseline plans and escalate issues to program leadership
• Experience managing team of technical resources
• Strong problem-solving skills to identify current issues / problems and develop practical solutions
• Experience with root cause analysis leading to changes in configuration, data issues corrections, process optimization, and integration error correction procedures
• Experience writing functional specifications for integration
• Document business scenarios and test scripts and support CRP, SIT, and UAT testing cycles
• Direct and lead other contractors or DIRECTV direct employees
• Manage/support/lead the business for DIRECTV Applications that include Oracle EPM, Oracle Fixed Assets, Oracle Project, Oracle Accounts Payable, Accounting and Oracle Procurement
• Project Management for various projects that come up either within or outside of the Oracle financial framework in support of Finance and related Operational teams
• Leadership, staff management that would include coaching, developing, and leading employees, and guiding and supporting contractors/3rd party vendors

Benefits

• DIRECTV's compensation structure is designed to be market-competitive and fully supports efforts to attract and retain employees.
• It is the company's policy to offer pay that is competitive with other employers in the local market.
• Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
• Please note that the salary ranges reflect base salary only and do not include bonus or benefits - when you consider all of these together, it represents a pretty impressive total compensation package.
• This is a remote position that can be located anywhere in the contiguous United States.

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