Vice President, Head of Finance Systems

Join a great place to work with MissionSquare, a financial services corporation with approximately $79 billion in assets under management and administration and over 600 employees. Founded in 1972, MissionSquare is dedicated to the retirement needs of public sector employees. We focus on delivering results-oriented retirement and retiree health savings plans, education, investment options, personalized guidance, and related services to public sector participants in more than 9,200 plans and nearly 2 million participant accounts. We strive to make the administration of retirement programs as easy and cost-effective as possible. We have an extraordinary talent base and invite you to consider joining MissionSquare.

The Vice President, Head of Finance Systems serves as the senior leader responsible for defining and delivering the systems, data, and capabilities that enable a faster, more scalable, and more strategic finance function. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, this role owns the finance systems roadmap and partners closely with Finance leadership, Corporate IT, and the business to modernize how finance operates, delivers insight, and builds capacity for higher‑value work. The position translates finance strategy into a sequenced technology and operating model roadmap while balancing near‑term delivery with long‑term capability building. This leader oversees the development, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of finance‑specific technologies and serves as Finance’s primary interface with Corporate IT. The role also leads and develops the finance systems delivery team while fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Essential Functions for this role include:

• Own the end‑to‑end finance system strategy and multi‑year roadmap aligned to Finance transformation phases.

• Remain accountable for ERP, planning, reporting, data, analytics, automation, and AI‑enabled finance systems.

• Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend future investments.

• Lead the evolution of finance workflows by standardizing and simplifying processes before automation.

• Build and scale the Finance Systems organization, defining structure, roles, skills, development paths, and near‑term hiring or redeployment needs informed by skills and capacity assessments.

• Develop and lead a prioritized, iterative transformation roadmap and translate Finance priorities into sequenced initiatives balancing foundational and high‑impact use cases.

• Validate, refine, and govern the multiyear roadmap through a consistent operating cadence, including prioritized reviews, progress reporting, and communicating tradeoffs and outcomes to senior stakeholders.

• Assess the current‑state Finance landscape—including strategy, priorities, pain points, systems, data foundations, and inflight initiatives—in partnership with Corporate IT.

• Establish and maintain engagement and decision rights with Corporate IT, including RACI, governance, escalation paths, and coordination across architecture, security, integration, master data management, and data platforms.

• Lead finance technology portfolio reviews and manage cross‑functional dependencies to ensure system compatibility, integration, and timely resolution of end‑user challenges.

• Identify, pilot, and scale automation, analytics, and AI use cases supported by governed data, defined processes, and change management.

• Retire or rationalize low‑value, high‑cost, duplicative, or underutilized tools and solutions.

• Optimize run‑costs for finance systems—including licenses, vendors, and cloud usage—using a FinOps mindset.

• Oversee vendor relationships, contracts, and performance management across finance technology providers.

• Drive adoption of new tools through training, enablement, and role‑based self‑service while championing disciplined, data‑driven ways of working.

• Balance delivery, support, and innovation capacity across the team while fostering continuous improvement, collaboration, and experimentation.

• Confirm and launch high‑impact near‑term initiatives that reduce manual effort, stabilize processes, and improve insight, ensuring early initiatives are grounded in standardized workflows, governed data, and change management.

• Performs other duties as assigned

If you have the following skills, we encourage you to apply:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, finance, or a related field.

• Master’s degree or relevant certifications preferred.

• 10+ years of experience in finance systems, technology, or transformation roles, including senior leadership responsibility.

• Experience in finance systems strategy and roadmap development aligned to business priorities and measurable outcomes.

• Experience with modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake‑class environments), including data modeling concepts, integration patterns, and access controls.

• Experience governing analytics and semantic models (e.g., Power BI semantic models; standardized metrics and definitions).

• Scaled automation leadership using Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate/Power Apps/Copilot Studio), including lifecycle management and governance.

• Code‑enabled analytics/automation literacy (Python) to accelerate insight, validation, and repeatable analysis workflows.

• Strong understanding of core finance processes, data requirements, and internal controls (close, reporting, planning, treasury/tax/pricing operations).

• Experience in technology portfolio financial management, business cases, vendor/license strategy, and run‑cost optimization.

• Experience partnering with IT/security to meet governance and audit requirements, including identity/SSO considerations.

• Experience managing vendors and stakeholders across Finance, IT, and business leadership.

• Knowledge of risk, controls, and compliance requirements in partnership with IT/security.

• Knowledge of effective stakeholder management and communication strategies for senior leadership audiences.

• Strong business partnering and cross‑functional collaboration skills to ensure goal alignment across Finance, IT, and the business.

• Strong stakeholder management skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to nontechnical audiences.

• Ability to build and mentor a Finance Systems team spanning systems, data/analytics, automation, and enablement.

• Ability to create role clarity, standards, and a culture of continuous improvement.

• Ability to collaborate across multiple functions and levels.

• Ability to communicate effectively with senior management and other stakeholders.

 To benefit your career and support your wellbeing, we offer:

• Competitive Total Rewards package, including base pay, incentive programs, benefits, and a 401(k) plan with matching contributions

• Flexible and hybrid work schedules to support work-life balance

• Tuition reimbursement to support continued education

• Professional and career development opportunities, including courses and certifications

• Comprehensive wellness programs promoting physical, mental, and emotional health

• Volunteerism initiatives to encourage community engagement

Click here to learn more about MissionSquare’s benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

As a company, MissionSquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create an environment that reflects the value and diversity of our employees and fosters respect among them. We believe that talent from diverse backgrounds will further enhance our ability, and mission, to serve those who serve their communities.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected classifications under any applicable law.

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