Accounting Systems Director

About the Role

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. This role supports a multi-year technology development and implementation project, creating permanent openings to backfill leaders and subject matter experts in day-to-day accounting and finance activities. The Accounting Systems Director will lead teams responsible for overseeing the Oracle enterprise performance management (EPM) application and scheduling and running certain weekly and month-end Oracle enterprise resource planning (ERP) system processes. The role also involves cross-functional continual process improvement of business processes that involve technology usage and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Leadership & Team Development:
  • Maintain prioritization and focus of teams to support both day-to-day responsibilities and longer-term organizational goals, including continual improvement initiatives.
  • Build, inspire, and develop high-performing, resilient teams that achieve results with professionalism, collaboration, and trust.
  • Ensure clarity in team roles, responsibilities, and expected results, with key performance indicators (KPIs) to demonstrate outcomes.
  • Identify and implement strategic initiatives and special projects across accounting and finance to aid teams in adopting and using technology within their business processes.
  • Co-sponsor initiatives with relevant business process owners.
  • Challenge business process owners to consider alternative ways of accomplishing objectives through technology or process optimization.
  • Maintain team resilience through desktop procedures, cross-training, succession planning, and other tactics.
  • Lead with curiosity, openness, and a willingness to consider diverse perspectives and innovative solutions.
  • Navigate stressful situations with professionalism, composure, and respect.
  • Support and oversee additional shared service functions that utilize technology as a core component of service delivery.
• System Processing Team:
  • Utilize knowledge of HDR business processes, stakeholder needs, and system process dependencies to maintain quality control in alignment with business requirements.
  • Maintain KPIs to demonstrate whether system processes occur accurately, timely, and in alignment with stakeholder needs.
  • Proactively identify risks related to system processes and implement quality control checks, contingency plans, and process changes to mitigate these risks.
  • Oversee month-end system processing and quality control checkpoints to ensure financial data is produced accurately, timely, and with clear communication to stakeholders.
  • Utilize business acumen to oversee quality control through verification procedures.
  • Prepare risk and contingency plans for system processing issues during month-end close or other critical periods.
• EPM:
  • Oversee technical and functional support of Oracle EPM applications, including Planning and Budgeting (PBC), Profitability and Cost Management (PCM), Financial Close & Consolidation (FCC), Account Reconciliation System (ARC), Tax Reporting (TRC), and Enterprise Data Management (EDM).
  • Utilize knowledge of HDR operations and accounting and finance processes to align team prioritization with long-term application sustainability and stakeholder needs.
  • Maintain quality control by ensuring enhancements are developed with clear requirements, sufficient testing, and adequate communication and change management to support user adoption.
  • Provide thought leadership, collaboration, and resource support for tools, data sets, technologies, and processes that utilize data from EPM applications, including Snowflake.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, accounting and finance, or a directly related field.
• At least 10 years of corporate accounting, public accounting, ERP processing and administration, internal audit, or other directly related experience.
• 5+ years managing teams, preferably managing managers with multiple direct reports.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Oracle Cloud ERP, Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Computing Professional (CPP), or similar designation, or a master’s degree.
• Proven ability to balance strategic concepts and leadership with consistent execution of tasks, procedures, and technological or business changes.
• Strong ability to prioritize competing deadlines and lead teams through high-volume close, reporting, and audit cycles.
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic environment with evolving priorities, system changes, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Strong judgment and decision-making skills, with the ability to identify risks, evaluate alternatives, and escalate matters appropriately.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex accounting, system, or process matters to stakeholders with varying levels of technical and business acumen.
• Strong business acumen and ability to understand how accounting and system activities impact financial reporting, operational decisions, and stakeholder needs.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build credibility with senior leaders, peers, managers, and cross-functional partners.
• Highly analytical with a strong eye for detail.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Structured and organized approach.
• Excellent financial and management reporting skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle EBS experience.
• Architecture/Engineering/Construction (A/E/C) industry or similar professional services experience.
• Preference given to local candidates.

Location

United States-Nebraska-Omaha

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular