Director of Finance Transformation and Data - Toccoa, GA

1st Franklin Financial Corporation•Toccoa, GA

38d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dir. of Finance Transformation & Data leads to the design, execution, and continuous improvement of the finance data and systems. This role is responsible for ensuring a single source of truth across accounting, FP&A, credit, and servicing, enabling faster close cycles, accurate regulatory reporting, and data-driven decision making. This role partners closely with Controllership, FP&A, Treasury, Risk/Credit, and Technology to drive data integrity, process automation, and finance systems modernization, with a strong focus on loan-level data and subledger integration.

Requirements

10--15+ years of experience in finance transformation, data, or finance systems leadership roles in the financial services industry
Deep understanding of accounting and close processes, FP&A and financial modeling and the loan life cycle (origination → servicing → charge-off)
Hands-on experience with loan origination and servicing systems, Concur, Data platform/warehouse, and ERP/GL
Proven track record with system integration across finance and lending platforms, data model standardization and government implementation, and automation of finance processes
Deep systems orientation with ability to "connect the dots" across platforms
Highly effective cross-functional influencer (Finance, Risk, Tech). Advanced interpersonal relationship skills at a variety of levels and greatly differing social and business settings
Demonstrate the ability to analyze relevant information and apply individual judgment
Ability to organize and lead multiple complex initiatives simultaneously through competing priorities
Strong attention to detail and action focused
Strong communication skills (verbal / written)
Basic understanding with MS Office Suite products

Nice To Haves

Experience designing data flows across Loan origination and servicing systems, General Ledger/ERP, data warehouse and FP&A reporting
Experience supporting CECL/credit loss modeling infrastructure, SEC and Regulatory reporting
Hybrid background across Finance (Accounting / FP&A), and Data / Technology (architecture, data platforms)

Responsibilities

Define and implement a finance data strategy aligned to business growth, regulatory requirements, and capital markets expectations
Establish and maintain data governance frameworks, including ownership, definitions, lineage, and controls across finance data
Ensure alignment of data definitions across all platforms including but not limited to ERP, Loan Servicing System and Origination system, Data warehouse, and Accounting and FP&A reporting
Sustain the finance systems roadmap, including ERP, Expense management, and Integration with loan subledger/serving platform, loan origination platform and enterprise data platform
Drive automation and integration between systems included in the Accounting and Finance technology stack
Partner with Technology to rationalize system architecture and reduce redundancy across platforms
Lead initiatives to reduce close cycle
Automate data integrations, journal entries and reconciliations, consolidations, and reporting workflows
Improve data readiness for SEC reporting, regulatory filings and Investor and securitization reporting
Enable fully reconciled product-level P&Ls across Accounting and FP&A
Support creation of standardized datasets in Snowflake for multiple use cases
Support improvement of FP&A self-service reporting capabilities and dashboarding
Identify and eliminate manual processes across accounting cycle and expense management
Implement automation solutions (reconciliation tools, workflow engines, data pipelines)
Standardize finance processes across systems and business lines
Collaborate with cross-functional process owners to translate business requirements into sustainable, scalable reporting solutions across systems
Lead a portfolio of transformation initiatives with clear prioritization, timelines, and ROI tracking
Serve as the central point of coordination across Finance, Risk, and Technology
Manage third-party vendors, system integrators, and implementation partners