Senior IT / ERP Manager (Finance & Accounting Applications) - Gables Search Group

COMPANY

Build you career at the nation’s largest producer in their industry. Joining this team means more than just stepping into a dynamic role—it's an opportunity to impact millions of lives across the country every day. This 65+ year-old organization brings in over $7B in annual sales.

LEADERSHIP & CULTURE

• When you join this leader, you join a dynamic culture in which career development is encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is valued.
• People share a competitive drive for excellence in an environment of trust, teamwork, open-mindedness, and communication. Every member of the team lives through the ideal of doing the right thing, the right way, at the right time.
• There is a strong sense of community

BENEFITS & APPRECIATION

• Competitive salary, bonus, long-term incentive, comprehensive medical insurance plan for employees and dependents, and an award winning 401(k) plan.
• Company invests in their people, giving the essential training, guidance and supportive environment they need to develop, advance and excel.

IMPACT

The Senior IT Manager, Finance and Accounting is responsible for the Financials and Accounting systems and services using a variety of applications (SAAS and On Premise) including governance and compliance. Provide strategic leadership to programs/projects related to the Finance and Accounting digital transformation, including Fusion financials, while partnering with business leadership.

LOCATION

Birmingham, Alabama is a great, vibrant place to settle in. Affordable high-quality housing (below the national average) and a wealth of cultural diversity make Birmingham a prime location for living and working. The city offers a plethora of world-class entertainment options, from theatre and concerts to ballet. The city surpasses even Venice with its 35 miles of canals!

A DAY IN THE LIFE

• This position is responsible for appropriate staffing, people management, performance management and overall scheduling and capacity planning for a team of four people.
• Lead IT Finance and Accounting business applications team to provide strategy, implementation, maintenance, support and continuous improvement.
• Coach, mentor and manage direct reports to implement, maintain and support all related software.
• Own all system configurations, integrations, workflows, reporting and analytics in the area of Finance and Accounting.
• Participate/Provide strategic leadership in cross functional programs/projects. Analyze, document, communicate changes, design and develop solutions considering the overall impact to current business processes, integrations and reports with cross business users.
• Provide service level management including SLAs, incident and enhancement ticket management as well as delivery of smaller projects are key job duties.
• Partner with the development, integration, and testing teams to produce quality solutions and timely results.
• Responsible for quarterly patch evaluation, analyzing new or changed functionality, developing test plan, unit testing and coordinating with business users in testing activities to ensure business continuity and continuous improvement.
• Participate in M&A activities and understand the overall impact to current business processes, integrations and reports. Work with cross functional business groups to lead/execute the integration plan.

IDEAL PROFILE

• 10+years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.
• 4+ years of experience in a people leadership / management role, responsible for the IT Finance and Accounting business applications team.
• Expertise in the implementation and support of ERP applications, especially Oracle EBS, including leading a digital transformation from Oracle EBS to the Cloud (Fusion Financials), supporting the finance and accounting areas. 
• Experience in utilizing and managing SaaS applications in the Finance area.
• Proven ability to serve as an advisor to the business. Comfortable challenging requests. Prior consulting experience is a plus.
• Self-motivated, directed and change oriented.
• Ability to communicate concepts in clear and concise to management and to cross-functional departments or teams verbally and in writing.
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business or Information Technology degree from an accredited university required.
• Local to the Birmingham area or willing to relocate upon hire (from within the USA).