About this role
Opportunity Overview
Are you passionate about transforming financial reporting from a backward-looking exercise into an enterprise capability that drives insight and better decisions? Do you enjoy connecting business needs, process, data and technology to solve complex problems? Are you energized by influencing leaders across an organization and turning a future-state vision into sustainable results? If so, this may be the opportunity for you!
Finance is transforming how we operate, leveraging modern technology, stronger data capabilities and redesigned end-to-end processes to create a more scalable, insight-driven Finance organization. The Sr. Finance Global Process Owner – Reporting will play a critical leadership role in that transformation.
As the Global Process Owner for Reporting, you will establish the vision and strategic direction for the reporting process domain and help shape how Finance delivers meaningful information and insights across the firm. You will work across Finance, Technology and the business to build integrated processes that bring together systems, data, controls and organizational capabilities while driving standardization, simplification and continuous improvement.
What you'll do
- Set the vision for Finance reporting.
- Design reporting as an end-to-end capability.
- Connect business needs with technology.
- Create greater standardization and scalability.
- Make performance measurable.
- Lead across organizational boundaries.
- Build sustainable capabilities.
- Strengthen governance and risk management.
- Develop process leadership.
- Bring an outside-in perspective.
You’ll join Finance at a meaningful point in its transformation. You will have an opportunity to shape the future-state Reporting capability while new Finance processes, governance and technologies are being established.
Your early work will center on:
- Shaping the future-state vision and operating model for Finance reporting.
- Connecting reporting requirements across process, data, technology, controls and organizational design.
- Helping drive successful delivery and adoption of Oracle Fusion capabilities and associated business outcomes.
- Establishing governance and performance measures that support durable value after implementation.
- Identifying opportunities to simplify processes and policies and advance more standardized, scalable and insight-driven Finance operations
Position Requirements
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree
- 15+ years of related experience
- Deep expertise in end-to-end Finance process design, governance and performance management.
- Expert-level understanding of ERP/cloud platforms such as Oracle Fusion, SAP or Workday.
- Advanced knowledge of internal controls, compliance frameworks and risk management.
- Proven experience leading large-scale, multi-phase transformation initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive enterprise-wide alignment.
What Could Set You Apart
- Master's degree
- Experience with Oracle Fusion ERP, EPM, HCM or ICM.
- Management consulting or enterprise transformation leadership experience.
- Experience with shared-services, Center of Excellence and global operating models.
- In-depth understanding of Edward Jones' business model and strategic priorities.
Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week.
Company Description
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
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¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
Awards and Accolades
At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.
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EEO Statement
Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Salary Information
Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account.
Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.