Director, Global EPM COE, Application Management

Role overview Lead application management for a global enterprise performance management environment that supports financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and close processes. The director guides the team responsible for application architecture, data and metadata governance, system operations, and development, aligning platform decisions with finance needs and broader organizational priorities.

Responsibilities - Direct metadata change management and the requirements process for evaluating and designing significant system improvements. - Guide solution design by comparing business needs with current capabilities and accounting for dependencies across applications. - Oversee data loads for budgeting, forecasting, financial close, and restatement cycles, and facilitate monthly and quarterly consolidation. - Shape reporting structures and system architecture in response to acquisitions, integrations, divestitures, and reorganizations. - Establish and oversee operational, financial, access, and change controls; support audit and compliance work and quality testing for application updates. - Lead internal development and vendor collaboration, while planning system maintenance and scheduled operational events.

Requirements - Typically 12 or more years of increasingly responsible professional experience and at least five years in management. - A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related discipline is typically preferred; a master’s degree is an advantage. - Strategic planning, project leadership, and organizational skills, including the ability to set timelines, budgets, and responsibilities. - Strong communication and negotiation skills for working with senior leaders, finance teams, technology groups, auditors, and vendors. - Ability to lead distributed teams, build relationships, manage conflict, and guide complex decisions across organizational boundaries. - Broad technical and business skills, with sound judgment and the ability to turn business needs into system design and delivery plans.

Benefits and work setup The role is office-based, with travel typically below 15%. Compensation includes a base salary range and eligibility for a bonus. Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement savings with an employer match, paid time off, parental leave, income protection, flexible spending accounts, educational support, and volunteer opportunities.