Director - Finance Systems and Process Improvements

About the position

Acuity is seeking a Director - Finance Systems and Process Improvements who will be responsible for overseeing the development, implementation and maintenance of Acuity's financial systems, ensuring data integrity, compliance, smooth operation, future-readiness and ability to scale across a larger, more complex organization. In this role, you will work closely with Accounting leadership and staff to identify manual/time-consuming tasks and recommend process improvements and/or automated solutions. Also, be the finance/accounting financial systems subject matter expert working with dedicated Information Technology (IT) and Business Systems resources to successfully implement approved financial accounting projects. This will be a hybrid position.

Responsibilities

• Work with Accounting leadership and staff to identify, assess and document current state of or potential future needs for key financial systems and processes.
• Meet with functional Accounting users in key areas to understand current state and detailed requirements for relevant Accounting deliverables.
• Document issues in meeting key deliverables including manual processes that will not scale well.
• Create high level specifications and requirements for new or updated automated systems.
• Research possible software products, process improvements or other tools for key Accounting processes.
• Represent/lead Accounting/Finance interests and requirements on 3rd party software or other financial systems projects.
• Collaborate implementation efforts with Accounting team, dedicated IT and Business Systems resources.
• Plan, budget and assist with project plan development.
• Assist users in planning for key areas to be set up or updated.
• Help users with change management before, during and after installation.
• Monitor project against objectives, milestones and scope.
• Actively manage 3rd party financial systems vendor relationships.
• Lead continuous general automation and process improvement efforts for manual, time-consuming Accounting tasks.
• Evaluate other software tools, reporting solutions and/or integrations.
• Assist the staff in redesigning spreadsheets to be less complex.
• Track, monitor and work with appropriate internal Acuity teams to resolve errors/problems/incidents.
• Ensure financial systems and/or process improvements appropriately segregate duties and functions.
• Assist with questions from auditors/requests for information related to financial systems.
• Assist with disaster recovery/business continuity planning.
• Be a constant learner attentive to enhancements in financial systems products.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or information technology with a high degree of academic achievement.
• 7-10 years of accounting/finance and related project management experience preferably in the property and casualty insurance industry.
• Good understanding of statutory and/or GAAP accounting principles.
• Technical knowledge of and experience leading financial software systems installations/upgrades.
• Demonstrated project management skills with proven ability to successfully lead complex projects.
• Process improvement and workflow optimization experience.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills; proficient with Microsoft Office 365 Word and Teams.
• Excellent oral, written and collaboration skills.
• Strategic, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities with competing priorities.

Benefits

• Salary range: $172,300 - $207,200 annually.