Sr Director Finance Special Projects

ACI Worldwide•Omaha, NE

2h•Hybrid

About The Position

ACI powers the payments ecosystem – globally, and you power ACI. You’ll innovate, collaborate, and grow – in an energetic technology culture with decades of proven success. ACIers – in all roles and levels – are truly your colleagues and many are your friends. Our size and reach allow you to see the global impact of your work. You are visible, your talents are valued, and you are empowered to shape the future of payments. As a Senior Director of Finance Special Projects in Omaha (hybrid), you will join a diverse, passionate team, dedicated to powering the world’s payments ecosystem! Job purpose: The Senior Director of Finance Special Projects is a senior leadership role with direct accountability for accelerating the delivery of high impact business metrics, insights, and business cases across ACI. The role leads complex, enterprise-wide financial initiatives, including business unit analysis in support of Corporate Development, development of free cash flow and capital allocation analytics, and financial support for Investor Relations and Velocity, ACI’s GenAI initiative for Strategic Finance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years related experience.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex business models and to translate model inputs to understandable and actionable financial model outputs.
Strong P&L discipline with the ability to effectively manage the company’s global financial planning to maximize revenues and profits
Proven presentation skills to an executive and/or board-level audience.

Responsibilities

Define and articulate the key drivers of ACI’s long-term shareholder value and stock price performance. This includes ownership of enterprise level value creation analytics, peer benchmarking, and long-term financial modeling across scenarios such as organic growth, M&A, divestitures, and capital return strategies.
Serve as the finance lead for Board-level analytical support, preparing deep dive materials on strategy, capital allocation, and transformation topics at the request of the CFO and SVP Strategic Finance.
Act as a central coordinator for cross functional, timebound strategic initiatives that span business segments and functions and require independent financial judgment.
Partners closely with Corporate and Business Unit Finance leaders to provide strategic updates to ACI’s multiyear financial plan, ensure alignment with monthly forecasts, and deliver ad hoc analyses and financial insights to the CFO and executive leadership team. These insights support strategic decision making, identify risks, and surface opportunities to drive growth and profitability.
Supports the financial integration and value realization of acquisitions, divestitures, and corporate investments to enhance long-term shareholder value.