Director, Engineering - Finance

Fidelity Investments•Smithfield, RI

37d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Engineering – Leader within Corporate Services Technology, supporting Accounting, is a senior engineering leader accountable for the technical direction, delivery, and operational excellence of Accounting technology platforms. This role directly manages software engineers and works closely with engineering teams to design, build, integrate, and operate secure, scalable solutions. The role partners with Accounting leadership, architects, and vendors, and is grounded in software engineering excellence, modern architecture, and reliable execution supporting Accounting capabilities, including financial close, general ledger, intercompany, investment accounting, digital assets accounting, regulatory and statutory reporting, and global compliance requirements across complex multi-entity environments.

Requirements

Deep software engineering leadership experience delivering enterprise platforms in regulated environments.
Experience directly managing engineers responsible for full lifecycle delivery, including design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
Strong engineering background across full-stack development, including modern front-end frameworks (e.g., Angular), back-end services (Java, APIs, microservices), and relational databases such as Oracle.
Demonstrated experience with cloud-native architectures, including application deployment and operations on AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments.
Experience managing vendor and platform partnerships, aligning roadmaps, integrations using APIs, event-driven, and secure integration patterns, and operational expectations aligned to Accounting and regulatory reporting priorities.
Strong understanding of secure engineering practices, data governance, records retention, and compliance controls in regulated financial environments.
Experience building or operating systems supporting high-risk domains such as general ledger, close and consolidation, investment accounting, digital assets, tax, intercompany, regulatory reporting, or financial data management platforms.
Proven partnership experience with Accounting, Risk and Corporate Services stakeholders, framing complex technical topics as decisions, risks, and options, while maintaining strong engineering standards.

Nice To Haves

Preferred understanding of Accounting processes, including Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, digital assets, and financial close processes across global, multi-entity organizations.
Preferred experience with enterprise financial systems and a strong appreciation for how accounting processes translate into scalable system design, data models, and integrations.
Preferred experience supporting finance transformation initiatives including ERP modernization and AI enablement.
Preferred strong understanding of financial controls, audit requirements (e.g., SOX), regulatory compliance, and the importance of traceability, reconciliation, and data integrity in financial systems.

Responsibilities

Directly manages software engineers.
Works closely with engineering teams to design, build, integrate, and operate secure, scalable solutions.
Partners with Accounting leadership, architects, and vendors.
Ensures software engineering excellence, modern architecture, and reliable execution supporting Accounting capabilities.
Reviews designs, guides implementation approaches, and coaches engineers on code quality, architecture, and operational readiness.
Designs and evolves scalable, maintainable systems while balancing delivery commitments and technical debt.
Executes sprint planning, drives cross-team alignment on dependencies, risks, and release readiness, and maintains predictable delivery across multiple initiatives.
Operates across the full software development lifecycle, from early requirements through post-release support and incident management.
Partners effectively with architects, platform teams, and security partners to align solutions with enterprise standards.
Communicates complex technical topics to Accounting partners and senior leaders.
Promotes adoption of modern engineering practices, automation, and continuous improvement.
Demonstrates commitment to continuous learning and stays current on emerging technologies, evolving accounting standards, and modern enterprise architecture patterns.
Takes ownership to self-educate in new domains without reliance on formal training.
Delivers reliable, high-quality Accounting technology platforms built on modern engineering practices and architectures.
Improves platform stability, scalability, and delivery predictability.
Reduces operational and regulatory risk by ensuring systems are secure, well-governed, and production-ready.
Elevates engineering capabilities through technical mentorship, coaching, and accountability for outcomes.
Enables Accounting and Corporate Services to achieve strategic objectives with technology that is resilient, scalable, and fit for purpose.