ERP Implementation Project Lead

Dollar Tree Stores; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Dollar Tree Stores is seeking an experienced finance leader for a 2-year contract as part of its Digital Finance Transformation. The role will drive the Oracle ERP/EPM implementation for the Finance organization and lead the conversion from Retail Method to Weight Average Cost (WAC).

You will collaborate with Finance Leadership, HR, and IT to ensure successful rollout, governance, and continuous improvement across end-to-end processes. Periodic travel to HQ may be required.

Qualifications

• 15+ years’ experience in roles of increasing complexity including large-scale/global system implementations.
• Experience implementing Oracle ERP/EPM at global/matrixed organizations.
• Experience in a consumer market or multi-location retail environment preferred.
• Strong communication skills with all levels of management, internal and external.

Responsibilities

• Lead the system implementation of Oracle ERP/EPM for the Finance organization with external SI and internal IT teams.
• Drive end-to-end process governance for enterprise-wide processes (P2P, O2C, R2R, A2R).
• Oversee RIM to WAC conversion and adoption of the Stock Ledger.
• Develop training strategies and organizational change management for the rollout.

Skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Change management

Education

BS/BA in Finance or Accounting

CPA or MBA preferred

Tools

Oracle ERP/EPM

Oracle Stock Ledger

Job description

We are seeking an experienced finance leader (2 year contract) as part of Dollar Tree’s Digital Finance Transformation to:

• lead the system implementation of Oracle ERP/EPM for the Finance organization collaborating with the external System Integrator (“SI”) and the internal functional & IT teams.
• lead the conversion from the Retail Method of Accounting for Inventory (RIM) to the Weighted Average Cost (WAC).

The position will report to the Chief Accounting Officer.

ERP and RIM to WAC Responsibility:

• Collaborate regularly with the Finance Leadership Team (FLT), global process leads, project leads, etc. to support the success of the Oracle ERP / EPM implementation and Stock ledger for RIM to WAC conversion
• Partner closely with the FLT, Human Resources and other Global Finance leaders to support the talent management strategy for the project implementation helping to support retention and recognition of critical project resources
• Act as the escalation point for issue resolution
• Drive “end-to-end” process management and governance for enterprise-wide processes (e.g., P2P, O2C, R2R, A2R)
• Develop the vision and strategy for each of the respective end-to-end processes along with the process owner
• Drive transformation and innovation across the end-to-end process and supporting technology, service delivery model, people, data, KPIs etc collaborating with the functional & IT leaders.
• Assess the various boundary systems operating within the DLTR ecosystem and lead the transition to the capabilities/functionalities including deployment of out of the box AI agents/functionality offered by Oracle Fusion and Oracle Stock Ledger.
• Set up a governance model to ensure compliance with DLTR’s policies and procedures partnering with the AI Governance Committee and Internal Controls team for SoX purposes for the ERP project and between the Inventory Accounting team, the IT team and the Merchant teams for the RIM to WAC conversion project.
• Support the development of a culture of continuous improvement, adherence, and proactively propose enhancements to global standards
• Define and monitor metrics and KPI’s to identify and address performance gaps and improvement opportunities
• Oversee the overall training strategy, needs assessments, and development of training curriculum and materials, including Organizational Change Management (OCM); partner closely with the assigned OCM resources to support successful rollout and adoption
• Lead and/or participate in meetings with our external SI regarding business issues affecting the scope and execution of the implementation effort
• Conduct discovery sessions with our external SI
• Define information requests to be passed on to the project team
• Manage/oversee completion of tasks in the project plan
• Co-facilitate sessions to develop new business processes and functional designs
• Support data extraction and validation efforts and remediation efforts for testing phases
• Ready and migrate the workstreams for go-live

Specific RIM to WAC conversion Responsibility:

• Collaborate with the Merchant team, Finance and IT teams to support the success of the RIM to WAC conversion using the Oracle Stock Ledger
• Act as the escalation point for issue resolution
• Drive “end-to-end” process management and governance of the Inventory Accounting processes

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

• BS/BA required (Finance, Accounting, Economics preferred)
• CPA or MBA preferred
• 15+ years’ experience in roles of increasing complexity including experience in large-scale/global system implementation efforts
• Experience implementing Oracle ERP/EPM at global/matrixed organizations either in house or in consulting capacity
• Experience working in a complex operating environment
• Experience with a consumer market or multi-location retail environment preferred
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with all levels of management, internal and external
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload
• High degree of initiative, drive, confidence, resilience and ability to influence cross-functionally
• Flexible and teamwork oriented
• Demonstrated a growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.

Periodic Travel to HQ in Chesapeake, VA Required.