Director Enterprise Financial System

University of South Florida•Tampa, FL

1d•$125,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Provides strategic leadership and oversight for the University's financial systems ecosystem, including FAST, future Finance ERP platforms, enterprise integrations, financial data architecture, and related business technologies. Directs the Financial Information Systems and Integrations team and ensures the reliable, secure, and effective operation of financial applications and connected business systems. Serves as the University's business owner for enterprise financial systems and related financial business processes. Advises Finance Leadership on financial systems strategy, enterprise integration architecture, data governance, technology investments, and technology-enabled business transformation. Leads the evaluation, planning, implementation, and ongoing optimization of financial technologies, ensuring impacts across interconnected systems are identified, assessed, and managed. Collaborates with University leadership, business stakeholders, Information Technology, and external vendors to align financial systems capabilities with institutional objectives and operational requirements. Maintains functional governance and business ownership of enterprise financial systems while partnering with Information Technology on technical architecture, security, infrastructure, integrations, and application delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, and progressively responsible experience managing enterprise financial systems, ERP platforms, financial technology operations, systems integrations, and business process governance.
Experience leading enterprise applications, data governance, technology support teams, and ERP implementations.
A bachelor's degree may be substituted with four years of direct experience, subject to the stated employment eligibility requirements and degree equivalency provisions.
The position may be subject to a Level 1 or Level 2 criminal background check.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic direction for the University's financial systems portfolio, including FAST, future ERP platforms, and related enterprise applications.
Serve as the University's business owner for enterprise financial systems and related business processes, aligning technology decisions with financial operations, compliance requirements, internal controls, and institutional objectives.
Advise Finance Leadership on system modernization initiatives, technology investments, enterprise architecture decisions, and digital transformation opportunities.
Establish governance frameworks, strategic roadmaps, and operational priorities supporting evolving business needs, regulatory compliance, and long-term institutional goals.
Lead governance and oversight of integrations among financial, human resources, payroll, budgeting, procurement, facilities, student, research, and other enterprise systems.
Evaluate proposed system changes from an enterprise perspective, identifying impacts to business processes, data flows, reporting, internal controls, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
Establish standards, documentation, and governance processes for system interfaces, data exchanges, and integration architecture.
Lead impact assessments and change management activities for financial systems and interconnected business applications to ensure operational continuity and data integrity.
Provide leadership for future Finance ERP implementation, stabilization, enhancement, and ongoing support.
Align ERP capabilities with University business requirements in collaboration with functional stakeholders, technical resources, and implementation partners.
Oversee configuration, testing, deployment planning, issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Establish service delivery standards, performance metrics, and support processes for reliable and effective system operations.
Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve automation and data quality, reduce manual effort, and enhance operational efficiency.
Provide leadership for financial data governance, master data management, chart of accounts structures, financial hierarchies, and reporting frameworks.
Ensure consistency, integrity, security, and availability of financial information across enterprise systems.
Partner with stakeholders to develop reporting, analytics, and decision-support capabilities for operational and strategic decision-making.
Promote effective use of financial data and technology solutions throughout the organization.
Direct and manage the Financial Information Systems and Integrations team, including strategic planning, staff development, performance management, workload prioritization, succession planning, and resource allocation.
Serve as the primary liaison between Finance and Information Technology for financial applications, enterprise integrations, and technology initiatives.
Partner with Information Technology to coordinate infrastructure, security, architecture, development, and support while maintaining Finance's functional ownership and governance responsibilities for financial systems, business requirements, priorities, configurations, and process design.
Represent Finance's business interests in enterprise technology initiatives and ensure business requirements, internal controls, regulatory compliance, and operational continuity are reflected in technology decisions.
Foster collaboration among business, technical, and executive stakeholders to advance institutional objectives and technology-enabled transformation.