Finance Technology Development & Implementation Lead - Vice President

Role Summary & Role Description

State Street Corporate Finance IT team is leading a Cloud Transformation Program to modernize and redesign entire finance technology and process landscape globally, incl. North America, APAC and EMEA regions.

We are looking for strong Technology Development and Implementation Leader to lead large scale Finance Transformation Program that includes Oracle Cloud Finance, EPM, FP&A and related projects

Role Summary & Role Description

As Finance Technology Development and Implementation lead, you will

• Have 20+ years of overall experience in supervising a team of finance technology professionals through all phases of the technology lifecycle, including requirements definition, architecture and functional design, testing, and implementation while maintaining strong business relationship.
• Deliver quality project execution by successfully monitoring project/program team economics, performance against the job requirements and budgets, and proactively adjust scope, timing, and resources as appropriate or necessary as per Agile guidelines
• Perform and drive strong SDLC requirements and implementation, including Code Reviews, participation in technical architecture and design decision-making and application resiliency requirements.
• Execute transition from transformation projects to BAU, track the delivery of issue resolutions to meet the SLAs and KPI’s, escalation & issue Management, Weekly/Monthly delivery metrics reporting
• Establish and execute ‘Technology with Operations’ model, identifying efficiency initiatives via automation and/or better use of platform capabilities
• Manage and mentor a team of Oracle Finance and related technology professionals, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Integrate and supervise team members from our technology partners and service vendors to ensure seamless delivery
• Assess forward-looking skills requirements, develop and track cross-skilling and upskilling plans amongst team members and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development

Core/Must have skills

Must have project implementation experience managing full life-cycle projects in Oracle Cloud Financials Development on large scale in consulting/IT services environment

High level functional knowledge of end-to-end integration of Financial Modules with other modules like Projects, Procurement / Order Management and HCM, EPM, FP&A

Strong leadership in Talent Management, Skills Management, SLA and KPI on delivery

Excellent Communication Skills to demonstrate a structured and clear approach to communicate potentially complex solutions to less technical stakeholder, team members and business sponsors

Vendor resource management, fair knowledge on overall financials of the program

Analytical skills to understand operational challenges and estimate efficiency book of work

Good to have skills

Technical proficiency on one or more Oracle Financial modules

Why this role is important to us

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We’re driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.

We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We’re looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.

Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.