Director, Accounting Transformation

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• Workday Implementation Leadership (Paramount Focus): Serve as the dedicated, primary business leader for the end-to-end Workday Financials implementation. This includes: Directing the accounting and finance workstreams for requirements gathering, system design, configuration, data migration, and comprehensive testing (UAT). Ensuring the system design is optimized to standardize processes, strengthen internal controls, and fully support advanced technical accounting requirements (e.g., leases, revenue, reporting). Driving successful post-go-live stabilization, transition to production support, and ongoing continuous improvement leveraging Workday features.

• Process & System Optimization (The Transformation): Lead the identification, analysis, and complete redesign of core accounting processes (e.g., Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash) in parallel with the Workday rollout. The goal is to maximize efficiency, accelerate the close cycle, and enable a high degree of automation through the new ERP.

• Strategic Transformation Roadmap: Develop, articulate, and champion the strategic roadmap for the future-state operating model, process architecture, and technology landscape for the entire Accounting and Finance function, leveraging Workday as the backbone.

• Design and execute a robust, global change management strategy specifically tailored to the Workday transition, ensuring successful system and process adoption by all global accounting and finance teams. 

• Collaborate intensely with IT, external partners, Internal Audit, and executive leadership to govern the Workday project and align transformation initiatives with broader business goals and technology strategy.

• Guarantee that all new Workday configurations, processes, and resulting financial statements comply fully with internal controls (SOX), US GAAP, and other regulatory requirements.

Position Requirements:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Accounting, Finance Transformation, or Financial Systems Consulting, with a minimum of 5 years in a dedicated leadership role driving large-scale transformation initiatives.

• Workday Expertise: Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience with Workday Financials. This includes deep understanding of Workday configuration, data model, core modules (GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets), and reporting frameworks. Experience with a full life-cycle Workday implementation is preferred.

• Large-Scale ERP Implementation: Mandatory proven, end-to-end experience leading the Accounting/Finance workstreams for at least one large-scale, complex ERP implementation (e.g., Workday, SAP, Oracle Cloud) in a complex, multi-national environment.

• Process Transformation Expertise: Deep expertise in formal process improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, BPR) with a demonstrable history of delivering significant, quantifiable improvements to accounting operations (e.g., shortening close cycles, increasing automation).

• Technical Accounting Foundation: Strong foundational knowledge of US GAAP and complex financial closing processes to ensure system and process designs are technically compliant and scalable.

• Leadership and Communication: Exceptional executive-level project management, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the proven ability to influence and manage expectations across all organizational levels.

Preferred:

• CPA

Physical Requirements:

Standard office environment. 

More than 50% of the time:

• Sit, stand, and walk.

• Repetitive movement of hands, arms and legs.

• See, speak and hear to be able to communicate with patients.

Less than 50% of the time:

• Stoop, kneel or crawl.

• Climb and balance.

• Carry and lift 10-20 pounds.

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