Director, Financial Systems

Life Care Services•Des Moines, IA

5h•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Financial Systems leads the enterprise vision, strategy, and execution for LCS financial applications, including Oracle E-Business Suite, Yardi, and several others. This role is accountable for defining the technology roadmap, governance framework, and business alignment for financial systems, ensuring platforms effectively support core financial operations, reporting, compliance, and decision-making. As a key liaison between Finance, Operations, and IT, the Director partners with business leaders to maximize the value of financial systems, improve process efficiency, strengthen data integrity, and enable scalable, standardized processes across the organization. This position reports directly to the VP, Business Applications. The following positions report to this role: IT Systems Support Analyst, IT Systems Analyst, IT Senior Systems Analyst, IT Systems Engineer, IT Senior Systems Engineer. This position partners closely with Finance and Operational leadership. Experience is Everything. At LCS, experience is everything. We provide you the opportunity to use your talents in a progressive, growing organization that makes a positive difference in the lives of the seniors we serve. If you are seeking an organization that gives back, you’ll love working here. Our principles and hospitality promises define our company culture. LCS employees can be found participating in volunteer activities, getting involved in our committees or collaborating with team members in our innovative workspace. You’ll find several opportunities to grow as a professional, serve the community, and enhance the lives of seniors. Position reports to the VP, Information Technology.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field; or equivalent experience
Minimum of 10 years of progressive IT experience with 5+ years focused on ERP platforms and a minimum of 3 years of leadership experience
Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills
Strong knowledge of financial operations and data management
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives that deliver measurable business value
Excellent organizational skills
Demonstrated skills in translating business needs into technical requirements and design
Experience with Jira or other work management platforms
Ability to analyze multiple solutions and weigh costs and benefits to choose an appropriate course of action

Nice To Haves

Experience in the senior living, healthcare, or real estate industry

Responsibilities

Define and lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for financial systems, aligning platform capabilities with enterprise wide financial and operational priorities.
Serve as the primary liaison between Finance, Operations, and IT, translating business needs into scalable technology solutions.
Partner with executive leadership to ensure that systems support financial reporting, forecasting, compliance, and decision-making.
Identify and evaluate opportunities to modernize and enhance financial platforms and supporting processes.
Oversee the design, configuration, integration, and ongoing support of financial applications to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance.
Ensure the integrity, accuracy, and confidentiality of financial and transactional data across all systems.
Establish and enforce governance, standards, and policies for financial systems and data management.
Drive standardization of financial processes across business lines, reducing complexity and improving consistency.
Oversee and optimize system integrations across the financial systems ecosystem to ensure efficiency, stability, and scalability.
Manage a portfolio of financial systems initiatives, including enhancements, integrations, and production support activities.
Provide leadership and oversight for production support, ensuring timely issue resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of system stability.
Lead cross-functional initiatives from requirements through implementation, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
Apply structured change management practices to ensure successful adoption and minimal disruption to financial operations.
Drive continuous improvement within the delivery lifecycle, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
Define and enforce data governance standards to ensure high-quality, reliable financial data.
Partner with Finance to deliver reporting, analytics, and insights that support operational visibility, forecasting, and decision-making.
Utilize system data and trends to proactively identify inefficiencies, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
Oversee relationships with vendors, consultants, and managed service providers supporting financial systems.
Drive operational excellence by improving service delivery, reducing manual processes, and optimizing financial workflows.
Manage team capacity, workload, and resource allocation to align with strategic and operational demands.
Responsible for the effective management and leadership of a team. This includes, but is not limited to: hiring, training, coaching, evaluating and managing performance, allocating compensation, effectively handling employee relations issues, managing terminations.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as needed.