Director, Finance Business Systems
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
The posting includes:
- Summary: description of role (strategic leadership, operational management). Could be "About the role" or maybe "Summary". Use "About the role" heading.
- What You Will Do: list of duties. That's responsibilities.
- What You Will Bring: list of qualifications/experience/skills. Could be split into Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide.
The posting includes:
Deep expertise in Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle EPM Cloud.
Proficient in Oracle Reporting and analytic utilities (OTBI, BI Publisher, and Excel Smartview)
Strong understanding of financial accounting standards, budgeting/forecasting processes, and corporate organizational structures
Analytical problem-solving with the ability to navigate complex business workflows
Project Management skills to manage complex projects spanning multiple business units, ownership structures, intercompany relationships, system integrations, and other functions
Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
8+ years of management experience leading corporate systems or IT enterprise applications teams
5+ years of hands-on experience supporting, customizing, and managing Oracle ERP and EPM platforms
Demonstrated success in managing cross-functional projects and leading change adoption in standard office and remote environments
These are qualifications/requirements/skills. We can group: Requirements (education, years experience), Skills (technical proficiencies), Qualifications maybe overlapping. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine into one "Requirements" section that includes education, experience, skills. However guidelines: Use headings for each of those categories if content exists. But we should prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we have:
- About the role (summary)
- Responsibilities (What You Will Do)
- Requirements (What You Will Bring) - includes education, experience, skills.
- Benefits And Compensation: includes salary range and benefits description. So we need Pay and Benefits sections? The posting includes salary range and benefits. According to rules: Use for Pay and Benefits sections only if posting actually states them. It does state salary range and benefits. So we should have separate Pay and Benefits sections? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Could combine Pay and Benefits into one section? But they are distinct headings allowed. However we could have a Benefits section that includes both salary and benefits. But they said use headings for Benefits, Pay, Schedule. If we combine, we would not follow the heading usage? It says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't mandate we must use each; we can choose which to include. It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could have Benefits section that includes both salary and benefits details. That would be substantive. Pay alone would be thin (just salary range). So better to combine into Benefits.
Thus sections:
- About the role (h3)
- Responsibilities (h3)
- Requirements (h3) (or maybe Qualifications/Skills combined)
- Benefits (h3) (includes salary and benefits)
We should not include Schedule because not mentioned.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details like list of systems, specific tasks, etc.
We need to format lists with - . Use
for prose.
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO statement, How to Apply, Closing Date, Conditions Of Employment, etc. Also remove navigation/legal etc. Also remove the "Who We Are" paragraph? That's company description; is that substantive? It's about the company, not the role. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. "Who We Are" is not explicitly listed as boilerplate, but it's company overview. Might be considered not part of the job posting's substantive content about the role. However it's not EEO or legal. It's descriptive of the company. Could be considered part of the posting but not required? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." The "Who We Are" is substantive about the company, but maybe not needed for the role. However it's not explicitly excluded. I'd keep it? But it's not about the role. The sections we have are About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. The "Who We Are" could be placed under About the role? But About the role currently is summary of role. Could incorporate company description there? Might be better to add a separate section "About the company" but not in allowed headings. Since only allowed headings are those listed, we could not add a custom heading. So we could incorporate it into About the role paragraph as prose. That would preserve the info.
Thus About the role paragraph will include the summary plus the company description.
Now we need to ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO statement, How to Apply, Closing Date, Conditions Of Employment. Also remove duplicated lines.
Let's extract the content.
Summary paragraph:
"The Business Systems Director provides strategic leadership and operational management for the enterprise applications team, focusing on the continuous support, enhancement, and optimization of the cloud-based Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems. This role acts as a key liaison between IT, Finance, Accounting, and Business Operations, ensuring system configurations and reporting capabilities (including OTBI, BI Publisher, and Smart View) are fully aligned with corporate and regional objectives. Although this is a remote role, candidates must reside in CO, FL, IL, MA, MN, OH, OK, PA, or TX"
That's the summary.
Now What You Will Do (Responsibilities) list:
- Lead technical and functional support, administration, and strategic enhancement of the Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP (GL, FA, CM, AP & Expenses) and EPM Suites (EPRCS, EDM, ARCS)
- Oversee the planning, budgeting, timeline execution, and risk management of system upgrade releases and corporate system projects
- Partner closely with executive leadership to gather requirements, resolve gaps, and improve complex cross-functional business processes and integrations
- Design and manage change control, user acceptance testing (quarterly releases), training documentation and user adoption plans
- Direct, mentor and allocate resources across the team, including Senior Oracle Analysts, Consultants and external technical partners as required
- Collaborate closely with Oracle to manage vendor relations and contract renewals, ensuring alignment with emerging platform features and updates
- Design, implement, and maintain various key business system integrations and provide ongoing support and maintenance for various key business systems
- Work directly with key business system integration partners both internally and externally, such as banking institutions and other key business partners
- Manage the internal business systems core team
Now What You Will Bring (Requirements/Skills) list:
- Deep expertise in Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle EPM Cloud.
- Proficient in Oracle Reporting and analytic utilities (OTBI, BI Publisher, and Excel Smartview)
- Strong understanding of financial accounting standards, budgeting/forecasting processes, and corporate organizational structures
- Analytical problem-solving with the ability to navigate complex business workflows
- Project Management skills to manage complex projects spanning multiple business units, ownership structures, intercompany relationships, system integrations, and other functions
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
- 8+ years of management experience leading corporate systems or IT enterprise applications teams
- 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting, customizing, and managing Oracle ERP and EPM platforms
- Demonstrated success in managing cross-functional projects and leading change adoption in standard office and remote environments
Now Benefits And Compensation:
"The annual salary range is $140,000 - $170,000 + potential annual bonus of 15%. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to geographic location, education, work experience, time in role, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, the Company offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, 401k, as well as paid time off and select paid holidays (all benefits are based on eligibility). Please click the following link for more detailed information: www.mymedianewsgroup.com"
We should keep the link? It's a URL for more info. Might be considered application instruction? It's not exactly instruction to apply, but it's a link for more detail. Might be okay to keep. However the instruction says remove application instructions. This is not exactly an application instruction, but it's a link for more info. Might be considered part of benefits description. I'd keep it as part of benefits paragraph.
Now Who We Are paragraph:
"At MediaNews Group, our employees are our greatest asset. MediaNews Group (MNG) was established in 1985 and has over 4,000 employees nationwide including subsidiaries and other corporate affiliates. There are more than 100 different brands within our portfolio. In addition to our print products, we are a client-centric digital organization that brings scale, precision, and sophistication to digital marketing. Leveraging the belief that people matter as much as technology, our suite of products, including Adtaxi, helps advertisers solve complex marketing challenges with custom, performance-driven solutions. Readers turn to us for all the news and information that matters to them nationwide. Adtaxi is an exclusive program with the ability to reach 196M or 95% of the U.S. wired population that was established in 2010. Learn more at www.medianewsgroup.com. “4x Built In Best Places to Work Winner - 2023-2026”"
We can incorporate this into About the role paragraph after the summary.
Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings
and content.
Structure:
About the role
... summary + company description ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Requirements
- ... each requirement/skill ...
Benefits
... salary range, bonus, benefits description, link ...
We should not include Schedule heading.
Check for any duplicated lines: none.
Now ensure we preserve all substantive information: we included all duties, all requirements, salary, benefits, link, company description, location restriction (CO, FL, etc.) included in summary.
We must not invent or summarize away detail: we kept details.
Now ensure we didn't include boilerplate: we omitted EEO, How to Apply, Closing Date, Conditions Of Employment.
Check if any other boilerplate: "Please click the following link for more detailed information: www.mymedianewsgroup.com" - we kept that as part of benefits. It's not an instruction to apply, it's just a link for more info. Acceptable.
Now output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences.
Let's craft the HTML.
Be careful to escape any special characters? Not needed.
We'll write:
About the role
The Business Systems Director provides strategic leadership and operational management for the enterprise applications team, focusing on the continuous support, enhancement, and optimization of the cloud-based Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems. This role acts as a key liaison between IT, Finance, Accounting, and Business Operations, ensuring system configurations and reporting capabilities (including OTBI, BI Publisher, and Smart View) are fully aligned with corporate and regional objectives. Although this is a remote role, candidates must reside in CO, FL, IL,
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't mandate we must use each; we can choose which to include. It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could have Benefits section that includes both salary and benefits details. That would be substantive. Pay alone would be thin (just salary range). So better to combine into Benefits.
Thus sections:
- About the role (h3)
- Responsibilities (h3)
- Requirements (h3) (or maybe Qualifications/Skills combined)
- Benefits (h3) (includes salary and benefits)
We should not include Schedule because not mentioned.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details like list of systems, specific tasks, etc.
We need to format lists with - . Use
for prose.
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO statement, How to Apply, Closing Date, Conditions Of Employment, etc. Also remove navigation/legal etc. Also remove the "Who We Are" paragraph? That's company description; is that substantive? It's about the company, not the role. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. "Who We Are" is not explicitly listed as boilerplate, but it's company overview. Might be considered not part of the job posting's substantive content about the role. However it's not EEO or legal. It's descriptive of the company. Could be considered part of the posting but not required? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." The "Who We Are" is substantive about the company, but maybe not needed for the role. However it's not explicitly excluded. I'd keep it? But it's not about the role. The sections we have are About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. The "Who We Are" could be placed under About the role? But About the role currently is summary of role. Could incorporate company description there? Might be better to add a separate section "About the company" but not in allowed headings. Since only allowed headings are those listed, we could not add a custom heading. So we could incorporate it into About the role paragraph as prose. That would preserve the info.
Thus About the role paragraph will include the summary plus the company description.
Now we need to ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO statement, How to Apply, Closing Date, Conditions Of Employment. Also remove duplicated lines.
Let's extract the content.
Summary paragraph:
"The Business Systems Director provides strategic leadership and operational management for the enterprise applications team, focusing on the continuous support, enhancement, and optimization of the cloud-based Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems. This role acts as a key liaison between IT, Finance, Accounting, and Business Operations, ensuring system configurations and reporting capabilities (including OTBI, BI Publisher, and Smart View) are fully aligned with corporate and regional objectives. Although this is a remote role, candidates must reside in CO, FL, IL, MA, MN, OH, OK, PA, or TX"
That's the summary.
Now What You Will Do (Responsibilities) list:
- Lead technical and functional support, administration, and strategic enhancement of the Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP (GL, FA, CM, AP & Expenses) and EPM Suites (EPRCS, EDM, ARCS)
- Oversee the planning, budgeting, timeline execution, and risk management of system upgrade releases and corporate system projects
- Partner closely with executive leadership to gather requirements, resolve gaps, and improve complex cross-functional business processes and integrations
- Design and manage change control, user acceptance testing (quarterly releases), training documentation and user adoption plans
- Direct, mentor and allocate resources across the team, including Senior Oracle Analysts, Consultants and external technical partners as required
- Collaborate closely with Oracle to manage vendor relations and contract renewals, ensuring alignment with emerging platform features and updates
- Design, implement, and maintain various key business system integrations and provide ongoing support and maintenance for various key business systems
- Work directly with key business system integration partners both internally and externally, such as banking institutions and other key business partners
- Manage the internal business systems core team
Now What You Will Bring (Requirements/Skills) list:
- Deep expertise in Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle EPM Cloud.
- Proficient in Oracle Reporting and analytic utilities (OTBI, BI Publisher, and Excel Smartview)
- Strong understanding of financial accounting standards, budgeting/forecasting processes, and corporate organizational structures
- Analytical problem-solving with the ability to navigate complex business workflows
- Project Management skills to manage complex projects spanning multiple business units, ownership structures, intercompany relationships, system integrations, and other functions
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
- 8+ years of management experience leading corporate systems or IT enterprise applications teams
- 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting, customizing, and managing Oracle ERP and EPM platforms
- Demonstrated success in managing cross-functional projects and leading change adoption in standard office and remote environments
Now Benefits And Compensation:
"The annual salary range is $140,000 - $170,000 + potential annual bonus of 15%. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to geographic location, education, work experience, time in role, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, the Company offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, 401k, as well as paid time off and select paid holidays (all benefits are based on eligibility). Please click the following link for more detailed information: www.mymedianewsgroup.com"
We should keep the link? It's a URL for more info. Might be considered application instruction? It's not exactly instruction to apply, but it's a link for more detail. Might be okay to keep. However the instruction says remove application instructions. This is not exactly an application instruction, but it's a link for more info. Might be considered part of benefits description. I'd keep it as part of benefits paragraph.
Now Who We Are paragraph:
"At MediaNews Group, our employees are our greatest asset. MediaNews Group (MNG) was established in 1985 and has over 4,000 employees nationwide including subsidiaries and other corporate affiliates. There are more than 100 different brands within our portfolio. In addition to our print products, we are a client-centric digital organization that brings scale, precision, and sophistication to digital marketing. Leveraging the belief that people matter as much as technology, our suite of products, including Adtaxi, helps advertisers solve complex marketing challenges with custom, performance-driven solutions. Readers turn to us for all the news and information that matters to them nationwide. Adtaxi is an exclusive program with the ability to reach 196M or 95% of the U.S. wired population that was established in 2010. Learn more at www.medianewsgroup.com. “4x Built In Best Places to Work Winner - 2023-2026”"
We can incorporate this into About the role paragraph after the summary.
Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings
and content.
Structure:
About the role
... summary + company description ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Requirements
- ... each requirement/skill ...
Benefits
... salary range, bonus, benefits description, link ...
We should not include Schedule heading.
Check for any duplicated lines: none.
Now ensure we preserve all substantive information: we included all duties, all requirements, salary, benefits, link, company description, location restriction (CO, FL, etc.) included in summary.
We must not invent or summarize away detail: we kept details.
Now ensure we didn't include boilerplate: we omitted EEO, How to Apply, Closing Date, Conditions Of Employment.
Check if any other boilerplate: "Please click the following link for more detailed information: www.mymedianewsgroup.com" - we kept that as part of benefits. It's not an instruction to apply, it's just a link for more info. Acceptable.
Now output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences.
Let's craft the HTML.
Be careful to escape any special characters? Not needed.
We'll write:
About the role
The Business Systems Director provides strategic leadership and operational management for the enterprise applications team, focusing on the continuous support, enhancement, and optimization of the cloud-based Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems. This role acts as a key liaison between IT, Finance, Accounting, and Business Operations, ensuring system configurations and reporting capabilities (including OTBI, BI Publisher, and Smart View) are fully aligned with corporate and regional objectives. Although this is a remote role, candidates must reside in CO, FL, IL,
for prose. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO statement, How to Apply, Closing Date, Conditions Of Employment, etc. Also remove navigation/legal etc. Also remove the "Who We Are" paragraph? That's company description; is that substantive? It's about the company, not the role. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. "Who We Are" is not explicitly listed as boilerplate, but it's company overview. Might be considered not part of the job posting's substantive content about the role. However it's not EEO or legal. It's descriptive of the company. Could be considered part of the posting but not required? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." The "Who We Are" is substantive about the company, but maybe not needed for the role. However it's not explicitly excluded. I'd keep it? But it's not about the role. The sections we have are About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. The "Who We Are" could be placed under About the role? But About the role currently is summary of role. Could incorporate company description there? Might be better to add a separate section "About the company" but not in allowed headings. Since only allowed headings are those listed, we could not add a custom heading. So we could incorporate it into About the role paragraph as prose. That would preserve the info. Thus About the role paragraph will include the summary plus the company description. Now we need to ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO statement, How to Apply, Closing Date, Conditions Of Employment. Also remove duplicated lines. Let's extract the content. Summary paragraph: "The Business Systems Director provides strategic leadership and operational management for the enterprise applications team, focusing on the continuous support, enhancement, and optimization of the cloud-based Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems. This role acts as a key liaison between IT, Finance, Accounting, and Business Operations, ensuring system configurations and reporting capabilities (including OTBI, BI Publisher, and Smart View) are fully aligned with corporate and regional objectives. Although this is a remote role, candidates must reside in CO, FL, IL, MA, MN, OH, OK, PA, or TX" That's the summary. Now What You Will Do (Responsibilities) list: - Lead technical and functional support, administration, and strategic enhancement of the Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP (GL, FA, CM, AP & Expenses) and EPM Suites (EPRCS, EDM, ARCS) - Oversee the planning, budgeting, timeline execution, and risk management of system upgrade releases and corporate system projects - Partner closely with executive leadership to gather requirements, resolve gaps, and improve complex cross-functional business processes and integrations - Design and manage change control, user acceptance testing (quarterly releases), training documentation and user adoption plans - Direct, mentor and allocate resources across the team, including Senior Oracle Analysts, Consultants and external technical partners as required - Collaborate closely with Oracle to manage vendor relations and contract renewals, ensuring alignment with emerging platform features and updates - Design, implement, and maintain various key business system integrations and provide ongoing support and maintenance for various key business systems - Work directly with key business system integration partners both internally and externally, such as banking institutions and other key business partners - Manage the internal business systems core team Now What You Will Bring (Requirements/Skills) list: - Deep expertise in Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle EPM Cloud. - Proficient in Oracle Reporting and analytic utilities (OTBI, BI Publisher, and Excel Smartview) - Strong understanding of financial accounting standards, budgeting/forecasting processes, and corporate organizational structures - Analytical problem-solving with the ability to navigate complex business workflows - Project Management skills to manage complex projects spanning multiple business units, ownership structures, intercompany relationships, system integrations, and other functions - Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred). - 8+ years of management experience leading corporate systems or IT enterprise applications teams - 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting, customizing, and managing Oracle ERP and EPM platforms - Demonstrated success in managing cross-functional projects and leading change adoption in standard office and remote environments Now Benefits And Compensation: "The annual salary range is $140,000 - $170,000 + potential annual bonus of 15%. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to geographic location, education, work experience, time in role, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, the Company offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, 401k, as well as paid time off and select paid holidays (all benefits are based on eligibility). Please click the following link for more detailed information: www.mymedianewsgroup.com" We should keep the link? It's a URL for more info. Might be considered application instruction? It's not exactly instruction to apply, but it's a link for more detail. Might be okay to keep. However the instruction says remove application instructions. This is not exactly an application instruction, but it's a link for more info. Might be considered part of benefits description. I'd keep it as part of benefits paragraph. Now Who We Are paragraph: "At MediaNews Group, our employees are our greatest asset. MediaNews Group (MNG) was established in 1985 and has over 4,000 employees nationwide including subsidiaries and other corporate affiliates. There are more than 100 different brands within our portfolio. In addition to our print products, we are a client-centric digital organization that brings scale, precision, and sophistication to digital marketing. Leveraging the belief that people matter as much as technology, our suite of products, including Adtaxi, helps advertisers solve complex marketing challenges with custom, performance-driven solutions. Readers turn to us for all the news and information that matters to them nationwide. Adtaxi is an exclusive program with the ability to reach 196M or 95% of the U.S. wired population that was established in 2010. Learn more at www.medianewsgroup.com. “4x Built In Best Places to Work Winner - 2023-2026”" We can incorporate this into About the role paragraph after the summary. Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings
and content.
Structure:
About the role
... summary + company description ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Requirements
- ... each requirement/skill ...
Benefits
... salary range, bonus, benefits description, link ...
We should not include Schedule heading. Check for any duplicated lines: none. Now ensure we preserve all substantive information: we included all duties, all requirements, salary, benefits, link, company description, location restriction (CO, FL, etc.) included in summary. We must not invent or summarize away detail: we kept details. Now ensure we didn't include boilerplate: we omitted EEO, How to Apply, Closing Date, Conditions Of Employment. Check if any other boilerplate: "Please click the following link for more detailed information: www.mymedianewsgroup.com" - we kept that as part of benefits. It's not an instruction to apply, it's just a link for more info. Acceptable. Now output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences. Let's craft the HTML. Be careful to escape any special characters? Not needed. We'll write:About the role
The Business Systems Director provides strategic leadership and operational management for the enterprise applications team, focusing on the continuous support, enhancement, and optimization of the cloud-based Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems. This role acts as a key liaison between IT, Finance, Accounting, and Business Operations, ensuring system configurations and reporting capabilities (including OTBI, BI Publisher, and Smart View) are fully aligned with corporate and regional objectives. Although this is a remote role, candidates must reside in CO, FL, IL,