Senior Director - Finance Strategy & Operations

About the role

Overview Hines is a privately owned global real estate investment manager, owner, and developer operating across major markets worldwide. We bring together investment management, development, operations, and enterprise capabilities to create long-term value for our investors, clients, partners, employees, and ownership. Our culture is grounded in integrity, excellence, collaboration, accountability, and a long-term perspective.

At Hines, we believe the built world is ultimately about people. As one of the world’s largest privately held real assets firms, we bring nearly seven decades of investment, development, and management experience to work that shapes cities and communities around the world. Our people make that possible. Across 29 countries, more than 4,600 colleagues bring different perspectives and expertise to Hines, with opportunities to take on meaningful responsibility, learn from leaders across the business, and build a career with room to evolve. We support that journey through professional development, competitive rewards, comprehensive benefits, and a culture grounded in trust and high standards. Hines is proud to be named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2024.

Responsibilities

• Define the agenda Partner with Finance leadership to define the target operating model, business case, and multi-year roadmap.Align priorities across Accounting, Finance Operations, Capital Markets, Tax, Technology, and the business.
• Modernize Finance delivery Standardize end-to-end processes, clarify global process ownership, and optimize shared services and centers of excellence.Accelerate ERP alignment, automation, data and AI capabilities that simplify work and improve insight.
• Govern execution, value, and risk Establish governance, manage dependencies, resource constraints and risks, and track delivery, adoption, and benefits against KPIs.
• Build lasting capability Build adaptability, change leadership, process ownership, and digital fluency across Finance; use project and interim expertise where needed to accelerate delivery without disrupting day-to-day priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years in Finance transformation.
• Enterprise operating-model and process redesign experience.
• ERP and data modernization experience.
• Shared services experience.
• Demonstrated rigorous value realization and benefits tracking.
• Proven executive stakeholder influence and partnership capability.
• Large-scale change leadership and transformation execution capacity.
• Strong Finance and controls foundation with deep understanding of Finance operations.
• Excellent communication, judgment, and influencing skills with ability to operate at executive level.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on operational execution.

Pay

Compensation: Chicago - $162,000 - $218,000; Houston - to be determined based on experience.