Enterprise Finance Design - Director
A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love.
The Opportunity:
This role is accountable for architecting and governing the future-state finance operating model, ensuring scalability, standardization, and technology-enabled process maturity across FP&A, data governance, automation, and enterprise systems integration. The position carries enterprise-wide impact on finance performance, reporting integrity, and operational efficiency, leading modernization from legacy, siloed processes to digitally integrated, automation-ready, and analytics-enabled operating models
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
Define the finance operating model: Own and maintain the enterprise-wide blueprint, ensuring alignment with long-term business and technology strategy.
Lead process transformation: Drive end-to-end redesign across planning, reporting, and data to improve efficiency and consistency.
Establish governance: Set clear process standards, controls, and frameworks to ensure quality and scalability.
Align business and systems: Translate business needs into system capabilities (e.g., SAP/S4, data platforms) in partnership with IT.
Lead a cross-functional team: Manage Data, Automation, and Solution Architecture leads to deliver integrated outcomes.
Drive standardization: Promote consistent processes and scalable solutions across the finance organization.
Guide digital initiatives: Ensure all transformation efforts align with the long-term finance architecture and roadmap.
Influence senior stakeholders: Partner with CFO, USFLT, IT Architecture, and Global Finance to shape priorities and decisions.
Own transformation governance: Oversee program delivery, including budget tracking and portfolio-level accountability.
Build and develop talent: Lead a small, high-performing team (3–5), coaching technical leaders and driving execution in a matrixed environment.
Who You Are:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
Certifications: SAP/S4 or ERP architecture certification preferred; Lean/Six Sigma is a plus.
Experience: 12–15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience.
Transformation leadership: 5+ years leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, including large-scale ERP or finance operating model redesign.
Cross-functional leadership: Proven experience managing teams across finance and IT in complex, matrixed environments.
Technical expertise: Deep understanding of finance processes and strong ERP knowledge (SAP/S4 preferred).
Communication & influence: Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate clearly at senior and board levels.
Governance & mindset: Strong focus on governance and risk, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and translate strategy into scalable frameworks.
Location: This position is based in South San Francisco, CA.
Relocation benefits are available for this job posting.
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of San Francisco, CA is $161,000 - $299,000. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.
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