Sr Director, Global Process Owner, Record Thru Report (Finance)

About the role

We are PCI. Our investment is in People who make an impact, drive progress and create a better tomorrow. Our strategy includes building teams across our global network to pioneer and shape the future of PCI.

The Record to Report (R2R) Global Process Owner is responsible for designing, standardizing, and governing the end-to-end global R2R process across all three business units. Reporting directly to the Business Process Optimization (BPO), this position owns the R2R workstream within the company’s JDE ERP global blueprint. The role partners closely with business unit finance leaders, operational stakeholders, and regional teams to collaboratively define future-state process and system requirements, translate those requirements into detailed JDE configurations, develop comprehensive test scripts, lead user acceptance testing (UAT), and drive organization-wide training and change adoption.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business unit finance leaders, operational stakeholders, and regional teams to define future-state process and system requirements.
• Translate requirements into detailed JDE configurations for General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Consolidation, and Period-End Close modules.
• Develop comprehensive test scripts and lead user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Drive organization-wide training and change adoption during the ERP transformation.
• Work in close partnership with the selected System Integrator (SI) to ensure a high-quality, business-aligned rollout—one business unit at a time.
• Harmonize previously site-specific master data, customizations, and processes into a unified global design.
• Design and implement strong, system-enabled financial controls within the JDE environment to establish a robust internal control framework.
• Ensure readiness for SOX 404 compliance, external audit scrutiny, and sustained regulatory reporting obligations.
• Deliver faster, more accurate, compliant, and publicly company-ready financial close, consolidation, reporting, and governance capabilities.

Requirements

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration required; MBA or Master’s preferred.
• Professional certification strongly preferred (CPA, CMA, or equivalent).

Experience

• 10+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 years in a global R2R or Controllership leadership role.
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with major ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or JDE), with a strong preference for JD Edwards, including configuration of General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Consolidation, and Period-End Close modules.
• Proven track record leading or heavily supporting at least one full-cycle ERP implementation (greenfield or global template rollout) in a multi-site, multi-business-unit environment.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with business stakeholders to gather, document, and validate detailed process and system requirements.
• Hands-on experience developing test scripts, leading user acceptance testing (UAT), managing defect resolution, and driving go/no-go decisions.
• Proven success delivering large-scale finance training programs and supporting organization-wide change adoption during ERP transformations.