Sonoco Products Co, Atlanta , GA 30301
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From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 - all while keeping the heart of "People Build Businesses" alive.
Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.
The Director
Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, the Director
The Director
Global Financial Systems & Analytics is responsible for collaborating across the Finance organization to plan and achieve multi-year plans and goals across a portfolio of products. This includes supporting the enterprise roadmap, ensuring technical and functional partnership, and driving initiatives that help the enterprise meet customer needs. Additionally, this role involves making proactive contributions and providing course corrections on the overall vision, strategy, goals, and roadmap for the finance functions IT strategy. The Director
Global Financial Systems & Analytics will guide others in both execution and professional development perspectives, ensuring alignment and successful outcomes across the organization.
A successful IT Director will have experience leading and managing teams, partnering with IT and business teams to understand priorities, and working with business clients to improve the overall IT solution capabilities. Adjusting to the speed and pace of business and technology change, this position will use various delivery approaches and methodologies to ensure the most critical initiatives are designed and delivered.
Primary Responsibilities:
50% Strategy & Planning:
Develops a strategy to evaluate, in some cases, and optimize in others, the various technology platforms currently used with respect to several finance organization domains, namely, AR/AP, Fixed Assets (including capital planning), global consolidation, account reconciliations, tax provisioning, chart of accounts, etc.
Develop strategy and roadmap to drive automation, leverage latest technology trends (machine learnings, AI, generative AI) within FP&A and Controllership organizations to drive efficiencies in month-end, and quarter-end close, and budgeting and forecasting processes.
Partners with functional and technical leaders to identify and plan requirements necessary to meet short and long-term, multi-year business needs
Develops and executes strategic plans in support of key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner
Informs and drives strategic alignment and partnerships with functional and technical peers and leaders
Connects the dots across multiple levels and related functions to understand the business holistically
Evaluates research and market analysis, including meeting with third party vendors, on industry innovations and technology platforms to understand demand; translates findings to inform the strategy
Establishes and nurtures strategic vendor relationships; influences vendors to align to domain, portfolio, and enterprise strategic objectives
Drives growth for the business by applying technical and domain expertise to provide thought leadership and translate vision into action
Contributes to a customer-centric, data-driven vision, strategy, goals, and pro-actively manages a Finance & IT project portfolio Suggests proactive changes and course corrections to drive alignment of vision, strategy, goals, and roadmap with organizational core values and industry trends by assessing effectiveness and course correcting as needed
Drive a strategy of decommissioning legacy technology wherever possible, particularly in line with any new technology investments
35% Delivery & Execution:
Defines and communicates value propositions, success metrics, and outcomes
Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
Develops, plans, and implements sustainable, repeatable, and reliable processes; oversees process improvement
Drives operational excellence to create internal customer satisfaction and meet operational metrics, simultaneously prioritizing external customer needs
Responsible for driving the annual budgeting and planning process to prioritize projects and establish budget targets to develop an Annual IT Budget. Translate the Annual IT Budget into a staffing plan, including flexible resource allocation models
Understands and articulates the value creation and business proposition to teams and functional partners
Defines, implements, and executes on a strategic initiative prioritization process
Responsible for leading teams to successfully deliver projects results on time and on budget
15% People:
Provides leadership, mentoring and coaching to direct reports
Manages and coordinates strategic direction for staff
Attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent
Drives the development of leaders by conducting performance reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing continuous feedback
Supports talent management efforts by monitoring the succession planning and selection process, as well as challenging and empowering leaders on individual development plans
Knowledge & Skills Required:
Experience delivering large, complex, multi-year, transformational ERP and EPM programs
Oracle or SAP ERP experience, specifically in inventory valuation, moving average cost, accounts payable, and financial reporting
Strong knowledge with the Oracle ecosystem of products, partners, and macro strategies
Deep experience and knowledge in evaluating various "bolt-on" technologies with regards to accounts receivables, accounts payable, payroll accounting, fixed assets, capital planning and budgeting, account reconciliations, among other things
Experience with OneStream or other CPM products with regards to evaluating chart of accounts, consolidation, budgeting and forecasting, among others
Deep experience and expertise in developing automation capabilities in the Finance function
CPA certification desired
General Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting principles and accounting standards
Possess a balanced combination of finance business process operations skills and technical architecture knowledge, necessary to operate effectively at the scale within a large global enterprise.
Working knowledge of IT General Controls (ITGC) and the Systems Development Life Cycle methodology
Expertise in leading at a Director level or above within a fast-paced, multi-division, global company
Expertise in defining, communicating, and driving value propositions, success metrics, and outcomes
Expertise in shaping, aligning, and guiding execution of strategic direction across a portfolio of products
Expertise in communicating, building influence, and developing relationships with functional and technical leaders, with high-level vendor partners, and across all levels in the organization
Expertise in selecting and leading strategic vendor relationships or acting as the primary point of contact for strategic partnerships
Expertise in managing and developing direct reports with their own span of control
Expertise in utilizing deep market and industry knowledge for a related portfolio segment or domain to achieve strategic objectives
Experience in the consolidation function for a global manufacturer
Flexible travel domestically and internationally
Education Required:
Bachelor's finance or accounting
Education Preferred:
Masters finance or accounting
Experience:
15+ years of relevant work experience
At Sonoco Products Company, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive pay and benefits.
*Benefits listed below are for employees located in the U.S. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary depending on your location (within the U.S. or global), or if you are a union employee.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
401(k) retirement plan with company match
Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
Tuition reimbursement
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.
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