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Senior Lead, IT Finance
Location
United States
Posted
145 days ago
Salary
$147.1K - $234.9K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Lead, IT Finance
Ciena
• Design and deploy strategic solutions for Accounting, Tax, and Treasury functions, ensuring alignment with business goals. • Serve as the functional and technical lead for delivery functions, including configuration, integrations, technical builds, and testing cycles. • Collaborate with IT directors, Business Managers, Resource Managers, and IT PMO (Project Management Office) Manager to manage resources, resolve issues, and escalate when necessary. • Partner with Business Functional Leads to prioritize requirements, estimate efforts, and define technical solutions. • Lead and motivate teams by assigning responsibilities and setting clear expectations to achieve program/project goals. • Ensure solutions adhere to strategic priorities and deliver high business value. • Translate business objectives into actionable technical strategies and solutions.
Job Requirements
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience with finance-related systems or solutions.
- Proven expertise in accounting, tax, and treasury functions/processes within financial systems, accounting business systems, or IT functional/technical roles.
- Hands-on experience implementing and supporting Oracle applications (R12.X) and SaaS solutions such as Blackline and Vertex in global environments.
- Deep knowledge of Oracle Finance and Supply Chain modules, with specialization in Order-to-Cash and Demand-to-Deliver processes.
- Familiarity with Oracle configurations and documentation, including MD50, BR100, and testing scripts.
- Strong technical background to evaluate risks, address issues, and ensure delivery aligns with requirements.
- Exceptional mentoring, coaching, and team-building capabilities.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision plans
- participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- company-paid holidays
- paid sick leave
- vacation time
- complies with Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence
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