Financial Systems Director
Company: MassMutual
Location: Hartford
Posted on: July 14, 2025
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Job Description:
Financial Systems Director Corporate Controller Full-Time
Boston, MA or Springfield, MA The Opportunity As a Financial
Systems Director, Finance APEX Transformation, you will be
responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of our Sub-ledger
and General Ledger modules (primarily SAP ERP ecosystem) to support
improvements to finance operations. Skillset should be a mix of
both finance acumen and system capabilities. This role will oversee
end-to-end business process design, documentation, requirements
finalization and technology solution design work. This role will
also partner with our Enterprise Technology and Experience (ETX)
business group in finalizing functional and technical
specifications, and accountable for end-to-end implementation and
testing work. The Team This role aligns under Head of Solutions,
Design and Implementation, which is part of the Controllers group,
and partners with Corporate IT, 3rd party Vendors and business
users/leaders across Close, Reporting, FP&A, Data Mgmt. etc.
The team is leading the charge to improve efficiency and operations
as they relate to the Ledger, Sub-Ledger and Allocation functional
capabilities. This team continues to evolve and will provide
candidates with growth opportunities. The Impact - Accountability:
Subject matter expert for workstreams in SAP S/4 HANA in
partnership with IT and offshore partners. - Business Acumen:
Understand the end-to-end processes, including cross functional
impacts and dependencies. - Inclusion: Lead Use Case formulation,
as-is/to-be analysis, product demos, joint application development
for processes & SAP capabilities. Share SAP and industry best
practices and knowledge, and personal expertise to educate our
business processes. - Resilience: Understand how data flows through
financial systems to accounting function, while planning
appropriately for changes with prioritizations. Establish and
enhance governance and internal control procedures. - Development:
Lead SAP centric process changes in alignment with accounting
policy for evaluation and implementation of new GAAP/Statutory
reporting requirements. - Leading Others: Collaborate closely with
other business areas, such as controllers and financial close teams
to support accounting of transactions/events. Lend tactical support
as needed peer teams. - Agility: Coordinate/Collaborate across
Finance, enterprise technology, internal audit, enterprise risk,
other business units & external audit, as appropriate. Guides the
team in establishing effective control/governance for
reports/dashboards with tight milestones for successful execution.
The Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Accounting,
Finance, IT, or another similar field - 8 years of experience - 5
years of hands-on experience with SAP ERP and/or SAP S/4 HANA
implementations and/or a Consolidations tool The Ideal
Qualifications - MBA or equivalent and/or Certified Public
Accountant preferred - Experience leading implementing an of SAP
General Ledger, FX Revaluation and Translation model, SAP
Allocations tools (such as COPA, Universal Allocation or PAPM)
and/or Financial Products Sub-Ledger (FPSL) - Experience in other
SAP products - SAP BW, BusinessObjects, SAP BPC, SAP Cloud, SAP
Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Analysis for Office (AO), Fiori -
Knowledge of US GAAP, insurance statutory accounting/reporting
and/or experience in Financial Institutions preferred - Ability to
proactively take ownership of projects and drive to completion
while reporting on status, risks, mitigation strategies. - Ability
to work with senior management, business, and IT areas to influence
decision making - Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt
to change - Experience working in a Finance transformation setting
& driving change. Operate as a change advocate, supporting business
users in testing, training and hand off of new functionality. What
to expect as part of MassMutual and the Team - Regular meetings
with your team - Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager -
Networking opportunities including access to Asian,
Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, Veteran and
disability-focused Business Resource Groups - Access to learning
content on Degreed and other informational platforms - Your ethics
and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable
ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits LI-DM2
MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer
Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with
Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply.
Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge
status. If you need an accommodation to complete the application
process, please contact us and share the specifics of the
assistance you need.
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