Business Applications Director
Requirements
Requires over 10 years of experience in business systems or IT finance applications, including senior management roles in international technology scale-ups. Expertise in ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle Fusion, EBS, or NetSuite is essential.
Job Description
Business Applications Director
A large international technology business is looking for a Business Applications Director to join their team and lead and deliver a portfolio of improvement projects for IT Systems and Business Applications.
This global business is expanding and is looking for an experienced Director to lead the Business Systems Landscape and create scalable solutions to drive the next stage of growth.
In this role, you will develop the business systems roadmap and will lead a portfolio of projects to drive a best-of-breed enterprise applications approach as well as managing the financial systems department.
Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will develop and drive the ongoing IT strategy for Financial Systems and Enterprise applications as well as new technologies such as AI and Automation.
Ideal candidate:
- 10+ years' experience in Business Systems or IT Finance Applications, including in a Senior Management role
- Strong business process and commercial understanding to translate business growth strategy into Enterprise Systems strategy and drive delivery at all levels of the organisation
- Prior experience in an international technology scale-up business
- Change Management and Stakeholder engagement skills - not afraid to get hands-on to win the hearts and minds of your team and End-Users across the business
- ERP expertise and Business Transformation experience, e.g. Greenfield ERP Implementations, Finance Digitalisation programmes, ERP upgrades or improvement initiatives, or international Finance System rollout experience with experience of SAP and Oracle applications (e.g. Oracle Fusion, EBS, Netsuite) or similar
This is a senior leadership position and will suit a Business Systems Transformation Director, Financial Systems Lead or Head of Enterprise Systems Director with strong people management skills, commercial knowledge and ability to engage with senior stakeholders and define and deliver a roadmap according to business strategy.
Location: London area, UK
Contract type: Permanent Employment
Please apply now to find out more, or reach out to Jamie Colwell: jamie@systemsaccountants.com
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SystemsAccountants www.systemsaccountants.com is a leading global Finance Systems, Analytics and Transformation recruitment company. We provide permanent & contractor recruitment solutions to enable clients to implement, support, develop & optimise Finance, ERP and Analytics systems. We specialise solely in sourcing, vetting and placing professionals who have a hybrid combination of finance/accounting experience & qualifications, blended with technology (GL / ERP / eProc / EPM / BI / Analytics), project and change management expertise. Qualitative candidate assessment We understand that to deliver a truly insightful and qualitative search and selection process it is essential that we meet our candidates and clients in person. We have physically met and interviewed thousands of candidates, giving us a unique insight into their soft skills as well as the technical expertise portrayed in their CV’s or LinkedIn profiles; enabling us to source and present best-fit candidates. Finance Systems and Projects know-how Our experienced team of account managers and researchers have an average tenure of 8 years. Our internal training is concentrated on the functionality and architecture of Finance & ERP systems. This is to ensure that we are fully able to comprehend the skill sets our clients wish to hire and in turn, to enable us to critically evaluate the level of technical and functional proficiency of candidates we source and assess. Furthermore we have developed deep subject matter expertise of how ERP and Analytics systems underpin best practice business processes and operating models. We have a capability to source and vet finance systems professionals on a global basis and have offices in London, Chicago, New York, Rotterdam & Berlin. Unlike typical search & selection firms our consultants are internationally mobile, which ensures that our clients and candidates receive a tailored ‘in-person’ service, with the added market insight.
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