Dir Finance Program Manager

Medline • Northfield, MN

2d • $154,000 - $231,000

About The Position

The Director, Finance Program Management is responsible for driving cross functional alignment, standardization, and operational excellence across all Finance organizations. This role will lead enterprise level initiatives (including the migration to SAP S/4 Hana) related to finance transformation, project prioritization, and resource allocation—primarily through influence, partnership, and structured governance. This role combines deep financial expertise with advanced project management skills to lead cross-functional initiatives, implement process improvements, and ensure successful delivery of key financial programs. The ideal candidate will combine deep finance expertise with strong project management skills and ERP implementation experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field
• PMP (Project Management Professional)
• At least 8 years of experience of progressive experience in finance with at least 4 years employing project or program management leadership.
• At least 4 years of experience managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people as they work.
• Proven track record managing complex large-scale finance transformation or process improvement initiatives and delivering results.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Strong knowledge of ERP systems and finance automation tools.
• Strong background in ERP Implementations, preferably SAP S/4 Hana.
• Experience managing large scale transformation programs in complex organizations.
• Expertise in project management methodologies.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive change in a dynamic environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field
• At least 10 years of progressive experience in finance and 5 years employing project or program management leadership.
• Proficiency with SAP ERP, Oracle EPM, Blackline and Microsoft Fabric BI tools

Responsibilities

• Portfolio, Project Prioritization and Resource Allocation : Own Finance’s enterprise program portfolio, ensuring strategic alignment and optimal use of resources.
• Develop and maintain prioritization frameworks to evaluate new initiatives and balance demand with available capacity.
• Partner with Finance and cross‑functional leaders to match resources to highest‑value projects and ensure sequencing aligns with organizational goals.
• Identify gaps, constraints, and risks across the program portfolio, developing mitigation strategies and escalation pathways.
• Strategic Leadership and Governance: Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Finance’s program governance framework.
• Establish standardized methodologies, tools, and processes for program and project delivery across all Finance teams.
• Facilitate alignment of Finance strategic priorities with enterprise objectives through structured portfolio and resource planning processes.
• Drive adoption of standardized operating mechanisms across all Finance sub‑functions (FP&A, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, etc.) through influence rather than direct authority.
• Project Management Execution: Lead multiple concurrent projects with the finance transformation portfolio, ensuring alignment with timelines, scope, and budgets.
• Collaborate with finance, operations, Sales, IT and other departments to ensure alignment.
• Communicate project status, risk and financial impacts to senior leadership.
• Facilitate workshops to drive engagement.
• Sox Compliance: Ensure adherence to regulatory and Sox requirements and internal policies with all Finance Transformation initiatives.
• Maintain documentation and audit readiness for all finance projects.
• Cross Functional Influence and Stakeholder Management : Build strong relationships with Finance leaders and cross‑functional partners to drive unified priorities and consistent ways of working.
• Act as a connector and integrator across teams to reduce duplication, increase transparency, and resolve competing priorities.
• Lead steering committees, working groups, and Finance leadership reviews to ensure visibility and accountability for major initiatives including the end to end S4 program delivery ensuring alignment with business objectives, financial compliance and operational excellence.
• Oversee enablement of major projects/programs/outcomes.
• Project Budget responsibility.
• Manage third party vendor relationships as necessary.
• Provide general guidelines and parameters for staff functioning.
• Hiring staff, recommending pay increases, performing performance reviews, training and development of staff, estimating personnel needs, assigning work, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies

Benefits

• Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
• Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average.
• For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level