Director, Finance Systems [T500-20996]

About McDonald’s :

One of the world’s largest employers with locations in more than 100 countries, McDonald’s Corporation has corporate opportunities in Hyderabad. Our global offices serve as dynamic innovation and operations hubs, designed to expand McDonald's global talent base and in-house expertise. Our new office in Hyderabad will bring together knowledge across business, technology, analytics, and AI, accelerating our ability to deliver impactful solutions for the business and our customers across the globe.

Project Role : Director, Finance Systems (RTR-ERP)

Level : Director - [G6]

Location : India

Workstream : Functional Solutions

Role Summary :

McDonald’s has an exciting opportunity for a finance transformation professional.

Global Finance Modernization (GF Mod) is a multi-year transformation to enable Global Finance to achieve its vision of being a strategic advisor to the business where Finance is shaping and leading critical strategic initiatives across the enterprise, driving growth and enterprise value. This program focuses on all aspects of Finance, including transformation across our people, processes, operating model, and technology. GF Mod will improve the employee experience and allow Finance to deliver a more seamless and consistent experience to its customers.

This role will serve as the Finance Systems Director for RTR – ERP and will be responsible for liaising with the business to understand and translate their requirements into technology needs. This role will form part of our ‘sustain wave’ of GF Mod. You will partner with our technology experts and global process leads to develop and test solutions, while also analyzing, defining, and improving finance related processes and systems to support key organizational capabilities. Additionally, you will ensure that Global Finance solutions align with business goals and optimize Global Finance operations.

The candidate is expected to reside within Hyderabad, India.

Key Responsibilities :

As the RTR-ERP SME, within the functional solutions team, in addition to following McDonald’s policies and procedures, principal accountabilities include, but are not limited to :

Strategic Execution :

Execute on the strategy and roadmap; and partner with teams who understand and can interpret the technical requirements.

Advise leaders on how to optimally leverage technical capabilities to align with their strategic objectives.

Execute on the design, implementation, and optimization of RTR-ERP and related systems, ensuring they meet business needs and global finance strategies.

Cross-functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Management :

Serve as an RTR-ERP functional expert, coordinating on questions, solutions and tools, transactional and reporting capabilities, interfaces, testing, and any related communications or training support related to that functional capability

Oversees deployment of changes, providing support in implementation, execution, and adoption of products in the business

Collaborate with global finance stakeholders to collect and document their requirements related to RTR, related systems, processes, and data.

Partner with the technology experts and global process leads for configuration.

System Optimization, Evaluation, & Management :

Partner on the evolution of global finance processes with global process leads

Assess the effectiveness and suitability of existing global finance software, tools, and recommend enhancements or replacements as needed.

Partner effectively with Finance stakeholders, our technology experts, and 3rd party vendors to improve system integration between solutions

Adhere to global finance systems and processes comply with regulatory requirements and maintain data security and privacy standards.

Change Management, Documentation, & Adoption :

Partner on change management execution to facilitate the successful adoption of new finance processes and technologies.

Oversee support of user acceptance testing

Ensure any changes to solutions go through the appropriate audit and control reviews.

Execute the comprehensive documentation of business requirements, functional specifications, data models, and process maps

Knowledge and Skill Requirements :

Qualifications and experience

A degree in Business, Finance or Technology preferred

Experience working with Oracle Fusion

English Proficiency (written and verbal IRL Level 4)

Skills :

Ability to understand finance and business requirements for RTR-ERP and translate those into prioritized, executable solutions

Ability to effectively communicate and work with management both within and outside of Finance

Ability to develop / maintain strong business relationships

Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills

Strong knowledge of ERP Cloud solutions. Oracle ERP experience is a plus

Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills

Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training