Director of enterprise strategy job description

Edward Jones Finance Division has an opportunity to join the Senior Leadership team, as Director of Financial Reporting and Communications. This position has overall finance leadership responsibilities in addition to full ownership of the financial reporting functions including investor relations like finance Communications. This role will have responsibility to help develop and execute upon the finance mission and objectives in addition to setting direction to enhance financial reporting functions and help transform finance to best support the firm's future vision of delivering Human Centered Complete Wealth Management.

As a Director of the Finance division, this role is part of a Finance Senior Leadership team which has overall responsibility to help ensure the Finance Division achieves current objectives as well as build the division to meet the firm's future needs. This includes continually evolving and supporting the Finance vision, direction and strategies aligned to firm objectives and purpose.

Develop, communicate and execute the Financial Reporting area's vision, strategies and objectives, aligned to Finance and Firm objectives with accountability measures of success.

Define talent needs to accomplish area objectives (current and future), advance organizational capabilities and support succession planning, while fostering an environment of learning and development for team members to achieve their desired development and career goals. Help attract, develop and engage firm talent to enable future success.

Overall responsibility of the firm's financial reporting functions - ensuring all aspects of financial reporting are accurate, timely, controlled and well communicated:

o High integrity of financial close process with appropriate GAAP accounting policies in place and effective controls over financial reporting.
o Support of financial statement audit process.
o Well collaborated firm-wide communication of firm financial results, which highlight important trends and share consistent messages that resonate with all stakeholders (branch and home-office associates, leaders, and partners).
o Develop and deliver financial updates to executive leadership with clear key insights - driving strategic discussion, firm direction and influence on key firm decisions.
o Significant firm and division projects are actively supported with appropriate accounting and reporting as well as effective processes and controls.
Leverage internal and external relationships to ensure teams deliverables are in compliance with industry best practices and conforming to regulatory requirements.
Continuous improvement of the current processes, systems and tools while also building them for the future.
Help lead the Finance Division transformation and development of future processes, tools and systems to enable enhanced support of future business.
Refresh infrastructure of General Ledger and financial information to enable FP&A capabilities & support business segment accountability
Future end-to-end integration of financial systems
Enhanced automation and data enablement, driving enhanced management reporting and insights
Enable financial stewardship, strong business acumen and alignment to firm's purpose through effective communications and insights while building and leveraging business relationships.
Develop investor relation type communications for Finance Division that are well collaborated and integrated with other firm communications and reporting, which effectively share financial updates while aligning to firm's purpose messaging and other key communications. Position Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting Minimum 15 years of related work experience Significant leadership experience with increasing levels of responsibility, demonstrating ability to lead multiple projects and multiple teams at the same time Both public accounting and financial reporting industry experience preferred Financial services industry experience and knowledge of financial products preferred Skills needed related to problem solving, decision making and span of influence: Ability to analyze, comprehend, and leverage complex financial and/or operational data in order to share key insights that inform business decisions. Understanding of processes and outcomes that have a broad firm impact such as firm-wide financial communications, regulatory compliance, new operational or financial systems and support of new product/service launch. Ability to anticipate problems, understand broad implications and recommend and execute solutions. Problems are often complex and require knowledge of firm operations, regulations and industry best practices. This requires an understanding of current and future financial and technical climates in the industry, and assessing the potential impact to current processes, controls, systems and the firm's objectives. Ability to analyze information and use experience, creativity and sound judgment to make complex, non-routine decisions and manage complex matters and processes with limited guidance in a dynamic environment. Effective decision making over area of responsibility as well as high influence on firm level decisions through collaboration with other leaders. Effective collaboration and consultation with leaders within the firm and with external experts, stakeholders and service providers, to inform and influence firm direction and ensure best in practice standards - supporting and planning for current and future needs of the firm. Experience in Investor Relations preferred CPA or Advanced Degree or Certification preferred Advanced to expert in accounting, financial analysis and communications (information systems a plus)

This opportunity is part of the Global Technology Infrastructure & Operations team (GTIO), where our mission is to deliver modern and relevant technology that supports the way McDonald's works. We provide best-in-class foundational technology products and services including Global Networking, Cloud, End User Computing, and IT Service Management. It's our goal to always provide an engaging, relevant, and simple experience for our customers.

Reporting to the GTIO Sr. Director and working closely with the entire technology leadership team, the GTIO Director, Enterprise Forensics will anticipate and manage the strategic and tactical needs for the Global Technology organization while overseeing the translation of business needs into effective IT processes and technical solutions.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technology leader to help shape the transformation of infrastructure and operations products and services to the entire McDonald's environment.
Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

Lead the Forensics team, including incident and problem management functions, investigating product malfunctions. Employ a disciplined, root cause analysis approach to determine the cause of business disruption, manage the implementation of measures to prevent recurrence, and provide relevant reporting to senior leadership in Global Technology

Produce recommendations for added trainings, action items and key take aways for GTIO organization at large. Lead efforts to change how McDonald's thinks about a collection of incidents, IT problem management, and how we best analyze that data

Reviews appropriateness of technologies used for system components and recommends modifications and/or upgrades when necessary to keep systems operating according to defined service level agreements and operating level agreements

Assists with the audit and management of GTIO global platforms identifying gaps and needs in corporate teams, segments, markets and restaurants

Communicates changes in technology and services from the IT department to the appropriate channels and personnel

Executes short-term strategy for function and contributes to executing longer-term strategy for function

Contributes to the performance of a team by overseeing work of other managers. Identifies and solves complex problems potentially impacting the broader function; creates methods to address current and future customer needs

Accountable for managing projects with moderate risk. Manages budget and directs activities of the project's teams

Wild Thinkers Welcome

Thrasio is a next-generation consumer goods company reimagining how the world's most-loved products become accessible to everyone. We acquire quality brands and use world-class expertise and data science to make existing products better or create new ones to meet customer needs.

We've got huge goals, and every Thrasher plays an integral part in getting us there. That's why we only bring on people who think positively. Who look out for the team. Who tell their egos to take a hike while they get the job done right.

From the moment you become a Thrasher, we give you the freedom you need to take big swings and push what's possible to get us there. And if you fail, it's cool-we know you'll grow spectacularly. What matters is that you're helping impact millions of people around the world who use our products everyday.

Because with every new spatula or pillow brand we grow, with every kitchen scale we develop, our goal is to provide people everywhere with what they need to make the most of every moment - ensuring that what gets delivered to their door delivers.

As a Director, Enterprise Systems you will be responsible for sourcing, deploying, integrating, and managing core SaaS third-party packages that are used to run the enterprise. These packages can include ERP, HRIS, and SaaS enterprise systems.
ResponsibilitiesProvide leadership, vision and direction on the best use of enterprise systems for managing the business. Coordinate with product management, finance, supply chain, brand management, legal, people team, internal engineering, and external 3PL's.Working closely with the Product Team in setting strategy and requirements for the enterprise. Including: Developing 6-9-12 month roadmap and plan Hiring and training plans Improvements in process and engagement model with key stakeholders Monitoring of key developments in the space and proposing why, how, and when to incorporate those changes into the company's strategic plan Development of and then management of company-wide risk management plans that related to reporting and business decision making to the extent that those plans involve business intelligence.Sourcing key components Finding, negotiating, and hiring consultants for delivery programs Develop, execute and drive a team to run an internal customer-focused operating model. Create a culture across teams that drives successful delivery and adoption of technology and business process solutions.Management of 25+ technical, program, and IT staff on three different teams. Including: Scoping of work Hiring and coaching Setting and reviewing standards and KPIs for performance assessment Management of commitments to project teams Reporting and coordinating with project teams Reporting with transparency and accountability to the VP of IT/CTO
Requirements Technical Experience: Required experience in Retail/Ecommerce business model and in a hyper-growth environment International / MultiOrg ExperienceSaaS Platforms: Netsuite, Workday, Salesforce, Mulesoft, or relevant experience Management and Communication: Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering or another relevant academic discipline Superior written and verbal communication as well as the ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.Projects and Delivery:Minimum of ten (10) years of IT management experience implementing/running ERP HR, Finance, and/or Supply Chain IT solutions, including experience implementing at least one core SaaS ERP platform for HR, Finance, and/or Supply ChainExperience in delivering SOX, PCI, GDPR Compliance, etc.Proven ability to engage with business stakeholders to develop requirements, plans, and to deliver on plan.Approach to Work: Experience working in a fast-paced, high-tech and customer-obsessed environment.Demonstrated leadership, management, and decision-making skills Ability to manage and participate in an on-call rotation performing weekend and after-hours support.Pluses:Certifications in any technical areas: Netsuite certifications, Oracle, SAP, etc.Amazon FBA/FBM, Shopify or relevant eCommerce experience and integration
THRASIO IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND CONSIDERS ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, ANCESTRY, AGE, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. FURTHER, QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY, PROTECTED CLASSES, OR PROTECTED VETERAN STATUS. THRASIO PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY.

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