IT Finance Applications Director

Renesas Electronics Corporation; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative global company is seeking a strategic leader for their Finance applications team. This role involves collaborating with high-level decision-makers to enhance system landscapes and deliver impactful solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Enterprise Finance applications, strong project management skills, and the ability to foster team development. You will be responsible for maintaining project quality, supporting the business with L2 and L3 issues, and bringing innovative ideas to the organization. If you are passionate about finance technology and enjoy leading teams, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years supporting Enterprise Finance applications globally.
• Strong Finance background and knowledge of Finance processes.

Responsibilities

• Be the main contact for Finance decision makers regarding system landscape.
• Deliver application platforms for the global Finance department.

Skills

Business level English

Japanese language ability

Enterprise Finance applications support

Requirements gathering

Project management

People management

Team collaboration

Job description

Job Description

• Be the main go-to person for Finance decision makers (at the highest level, including HQ CFO) around the system landscape.

• Run internal team and global team, and Local & remote people management.

• Responsible for delivering application platforms for the global Finance department to enable them in being successful in their roles.

• Leverages internal and external knowledge to continually improve and adapt the solutions made available to the business.

• Develop a long-term vision of the strategic direction for the global Finance applications team.

• Contributes to objective setting for the IS (IT) department.

• Meets with key stakeholders on a monthly basis.

• Delivers solution to the business in alignment with the agreed SLA’s.

• Provides L2 and L3 support to the business in response to issues or outages.

• Maintains an aligned and prioritized list of projects on behalf of the business.

• Works with the business to deliver projects per their expectations.

• Ensures that projects meet the quality and methodology standard of IS.

• Brings at least 2 innovation ideas to the organization each quarter.

• Delegates tasks that offer developmental challenges.

• Develops others through clear briefing, monitoring, and debriefing.

*This position is based in Japan (Remote work within Japan is possible)

Qualifications

• Business level English & Japanese language ability (MUST)
• 8 years+ supporting Enterprise Finance applications globally (MUST)
• Strong Finance background, knowledge of Finance processes and applications.
• Strong experience in requirements gathering and spec creation.
• Strong experience in task- and project management.
• Strong team player.
• People management (10+ staff) and staff development.

Additional Information

Key Relationships:
• Director level leaders (and above) for the Finance department.
• Snr. Director, IS ENAD & ENTD (Report line).
• VP, Global Information Systems.