EBS Business Support Sr. Director

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Findlay, OH

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The EBS Senior Director, Business Support leads governance, administration, and operational support for critical business systems, master data, reporting, and business support services that enable Finance, Supply Chain, and Enterprise Business Services operations. The role oversees financial and procurement system support, financial master data governance, government reporting, business controls, and access governance, ensuring integrity, compliance, and effectiveness of key business processes and technologies. Working closely with Finance, Supply Chain, EBS Process Owners, and IT, the Director aligns business requirements, system capabilities, and operational priorities, and ensures support services are executed consistently, efficiently, and compliantly across the enterprise. As a member of the EBS leadership team, this role advances operational excellence through stewardship of systems, data, controls, and stakeholder support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
Twelve or more years of progressively responsible experience spanning Accounting, Financial Reporting, Finance, enterprise business systems, or business operations support.
Five or more years of experience leading professional staff, building high-performing teams, developing succession and organizational capability, and delivering results across complex, cross-functional environments.
Proven leadership experience supporting enterprise ERP platforms, including SAP S/4HANA or comparable systems, master data governance, regulatory reporting, and large-scale business or technology transformation.

Nice To Haves

An accounting-focused degree or equivalent depth of accounting education.
Demonstrated experience applying accounting expertise to complex, cross-functional processes and technology-enabled solutions.
Experience leading leaders.
Subject matter expertise in U.S. GAAP, accounting and financial reporting processes, internal controls, and the accounting systems and data flows supporting financial close and external and management reporting.

Responsibilities

Lead the EBS Business Support function, setting its operating model, strategic priorities, service standards, and performance expectations.
Establish governance, standards, and operating practices for compliant, efficient, scalable, and resilient business operations.
Advise leadership, Finance, Supply Chain, EBS Process Owners, and Digital on accounting, financial reporting, systems, data governance, and risk; align business priorities, system capabilities, and cross-functional execution.
Oversee business-owned financial and procurement systems, including SAP S/4HANA and related applications, supporting operational reliability, accurate financial reporting, and effective internal controls.
Govern business system enhancements, access management, security roles, application ownership, and related decision rights.
Set expectations for day-to-day business process support, issue resolution, root-cause remediation, and operational resilience.
Lead cross-functional workflow improvements and system efficiencies, identifying process gaps and delivering scalable solutions.
Provide functional leadership during critical system incidents, business continuity events, and control-related matters, coordinating priorities, stakeholder communication, recovery, and remediation.
Lead enterprise governance and stewardship of financial master data, establishing ownership, decision rights, and accountability and maintaining data integrity, standardization, and alignment.
Provide subject matter leadership for accounting and financial reporting processes, including regulatory and government reporting.
Govern business controls, system access, segregation of duties, and compliance requirements in partnership with Internal Audit, Compliance, and Digital; identify risks, address control gaps, and support remediation.
Serve as the senior liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, resolving cross-functional priorities, clarifying accountability, and driving alignment across systems, data, controls, and support services.