Managing Director of Systems, Reporting, and Analytics (Immediate Opening)
About The Position
Managing Director of Systems, Reporting & Analytics Mission : The Managing Director of Systems, Reporting & Analytics provides enterprise leadership over financial systems, reporting architecture, data quality governance, reconciliation efficiency, and analytics enablement. This role develops and executes a multi-year strategy to advance data transparency, automated reporting, system integration, and analytical insight w hile maintaining continuous audit readiness. The position influences cross-functional data flows, embeds preventative controls, and enables scalable reporting solutions across the organization. Supervisory Responsibilities: Oversee the Financial Reporting & Data Systems Manager and Financial Reporting & Data Systems Specialist Location: This is a full-time remote position based in Texas, with preference given to candidates who live in Austin, El Paso, Houston, Permian Basin (Midland/Odessa), Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, and Tarrant County (Fort Worth), or who are willing to relocate . Travel Expectations: Up to 10% during the busiest times of the year
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree ; OR 10+ years relevant experience.
- 5+ years’ management experience in systems, reporting, or analytics teams.
- Experience in integrating and governing ERP environments (Workday preferred).
- Proficiency in Power BI, SQL, semantic modeling, and automation concepts.
- Strategic systems thinking and enterprise architecture leadership.
- Automation-first mindset with preventative control design experience.
- Expertise in reconciliation logic, data lineage mapping, and variance analysis.
- Ability to communicate complex concepts to executive audiences.
- Strong analytical problem-solving and documentation discipline.
Nice To Haves
- Masters Degree preferred
- Charter school experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Enterprise Reporting & Analytics Strategy Establish the analytics maturity roadmap, reporting automation strategy, and data governance standards.
- Define reporting hierarchies, semantic models, and dashboards scalable across business units.
- Lead advanced analytics initiatives including predictive modeling and exception-based reporting.
- Promote self-service analytics culture to reduce manual reporting dependency.
- ERP Systems Governance & Optimization Serve as business owner for financial ERP systems and ancillary platforms.
- Oversee module configuration, security controls, integrations, and upgrading cycles.
- Align workflow automation with audit, regulatory, and operational compliance.
- Implement preventative posting logic to reduce reconciliation defects.
- Data Quality, Validation & Controls Establish automated controls, validation rules, and lineage tracking.
- Deploy continuous cross-system data validations across ERP, sub-ledgers, procurement, and payroll systems.
- Implement remediation for recurring anomalies and coding variances.
- Govern metadata, naming conventions, taxonomies, and business dictionaries.
- Reduce manual reconciliation through automated matching logic and validation checkpoints.
- Reporting Architecture & Dashboard Governance Oversee reporting datasets, drill-through dashboards, and publishing framework.
- Reduce spreadsheet dependency with automated model refresh cycles.
- Define version control, certification workflows, and publishing standards.
- Surface risk through exception-based dashboarding.
- Automation, AI & Emerging Technologies Evaluate and deploy AI-assisted insight and anomaly detection tools.
- Automate compliance validations are tied to accounting and grant requirements.
- Replace repetitive manual processes with automated workflows.
- Continuous Control Monitoring (CCM) Deploy monitoring tied to fund, function, org, and grant compliance.
- Configure alert thresholds aligned to policy, materiality, and risk.
- Measure remediation velocity through CCM dashboards.
- Partner with auditors to va lidate p reventative control coverage.
- Audit & Compliance Enablement Maintain year-round audit-ready datasets and evidence repositories.
- Standardize documentation discipline with metadata and version control.
- Implement corrective action plans tied to audit findings.
- Support walkthroughs and cross-functional control documentation Organizational Leadership & Talent Developmen t Recruit, develop, and mentor analytics and reporting talent.
- Establish professional pathways, expectations, and performance standards.
- Foster a culture of transparency, continuous improvement, and scalability.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan
- IDEA may offer a relocation stipend to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
