Director, Finance Systems Strategy & Optimization
Director, Finance Systems Strategy & Optimization
College Board - Finance
Location : This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have theoptionof being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). All CB employeesare required tooccasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.
Role Type : This is afull timeposition
About the Team
The Operational Excellence (OX) function at the College Board is a high-performing team, serving asa center of excellencein the Finance Division, led by the Executive Director, Operational Excellence. Situated directly under the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), OX brings deepexpertisein project management, processarchitecture, product strategy, data analytics, and strategic communications. We are committed to driving organizational excellence by designing andoptimizingintegrated systems, enhancing cross- functionalcollaboration, streamlining complex workflows, and fortifying policy and communication frameworks. Our mission is to empower every function within the Finance Division tooperateat peak performance—delivering exceptional value and measurable impact to the College Board .
About the Opportunity
As the Director, Finance Systems Strategy & Optimization, you will serve as the execution leader responsible for translating strategic vision into tangible system improvements across the College Board ’s core financial platforms—Workday Financials, Adaptive Planning, and Strategic Sourcing – Workday Financials, Adaptive Planning, and Strategic Sourcing. You will focus on driving end-to-end delivery of technical solutions, coordinating complex projects, and ensuring our financial systemsoperateefficiently, accurately, and in alignment with business needs.
You will partner with Accounting, Procurement, Strategic Finance, Investments, Technology, and Talent toensure these systems are fullyleveragedto deliver maximum value. You will play a critical role in owning thesystemroadmaps—taking full responsibility for executing both immediate and long-term action plans. You will lead the investigation and implementation of new functionality, ensuring alignment withthe needs and priorities of all major stakeholders. You will have a special focus on AI integration, ensuring our systemsutilizethe latest and greatest technologies to automate and innovate soFinance teamscan work faster and most efficiently and produce more critical insights with ease. Teams will rely on you to build custom dashboards in Workday Financials andmaintainfinancial data integrity tohelp todrive business decisions. You willbe responsible fordeveloping enhanced reporting solutions. You will create andmaintaina suite of staff-friendly resources to ensure system processes are clear and known to all users.
Our ideal candidate is passionate about technology, along with prioritizing and simplifying – implementing themost impactful things and finding powerful solutions for complexproblems. The ideal candidate has Workday Financialsexpertise, an excellent ability toanticipateuser needs, an obsession with data, and the ability to manage the technical and people components of projects with attention to detail and speed.
In this role, you will:
Prioritize and implement technical solutions in Workday Financials to meet business needs (40%)
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Translate functional needs into solutions, ensuring that our Workday Financials solutions meet business needs and are scalable, repeatable, automated,leverageAI and new and emerging technologies, etc.
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Project manage the implementation of new features and enhancements, overseeing configuration, testing, deployment, and change management
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Engage and manage external consultants, as needed
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Manage the intake and prioritization of product/systems requests, working closely with stakeholders to ensure we prioritize the most impactful work
Maintain andoptimizeWorkday Financials from a technological and usage perspective (25%)
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Own business p