Description:
The Director, Financial Systems and Processes is responsible to provide leadership, expertise, and tangible solutions for financial systems, to improve service delivery, and to mitigate operational risk by optimizing critical business and financial processes. You will be responsible for the development, implementation, continuous improvement, and maintenance of the Taggart Group ERP systems including integration with operational systems.
Director, Financial Systems and Process
Major Responsibilities:
- Manage relationships with current ERP system service providers. Provide ongoing feedback and needs requirements to the service providers.
- Benchmark and evaluate current processes and systems identified for improvement and provide recommendations to define the future state.
- Lead the process to identify, prioritize, and recommend strategic direction and opportunities to the CFO on corporate system developments and improvements related to finance and administration for consideration by the Continuous Improvement Committee (CIC)
- Develop implementation strategy for improvement initiatives and ongoing maintenance support ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Review ERP system updates for impact on business processes and operational systems. Ensure development of a plan for testing ERP system updates and training plan(s) for users.
- Lead the integration of ERP software with other operational software used throughout the organization.
- Liaise with senior management and oversee the ERP Manager for each ERP system to build and document efficient business processes related to financial activity, including accurate reporting, general ease of accounting processes, and effectiveness in the organization.
- Review and approve the design and documentation of internal controls on the financial processes and ERP system.
- Create and document policies, procedures, and training for financial systems and processes, ensuring best business practices are followed.
- Ensure that business process and internal controls as designed are integrated into the day-to-day processes of the operational and accounting teams and reflected in the ERP systems processes.
- Monitor compliance with financial policy and process to ensure processes are operating as designed.
- Identify and resolve deficiencies in design effectiveness. Develop and implement resolutions for deficiencies to ensure operational effectiveness.
- Lead collaboration on the impact of systems integration with the IT department for infrastructure and connectivity issues relating to the ERP systems.
- Oversee the development of change management communication between the various Financial System Managers and all user departments to implement new financial processes, including user-friendly training, process documentation and troubleshooting.
- Ensure the efficient and effective design of the master data set up in ERP systems in accordance with established processes and policies, and to ensure appropriate internal controls are in place as designed.
- Oversee an efficient and effective storage system of all documents in the ERP or other systems supporting the business needs.
- Manage ERP system access and security.
- All other duties as required.