Director, Finance Transformation (Project Delivery)

Overview

Are you looking to take your career from good to great? As an employee of PenFed, every day is an opportunity to thrive, and be part of a team working to ensure our organization is providing world class service to our members, employees, and our communities. We exist to help our members realize their full potential, educate and encourage their dreams, and make every effort to follow our mission and help our members "do better." Joining PenFed is more than being an employee; it's about being a part of the PenFed family.

PenFed is hiring a (Hybrid) Director, Finance Transformation (Project Delivery) at our Tysons, Virginia location. The primary purpose of this job is to oversee the Finance Transformation Data Team leading data governance, data quality, and data transformation change management. This role will define the strategic vision of data for the finance department through data utilization mapping, identifying opportunities to standardize and simplify data, define the business data architecture for projects and initiatives and document data risk and controls. The individual must have job experience with Business Process Analysis, Data Mapping, Change Management, Risk Management/Control and Data.

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and the position will perform other duties as assigned.

• Act as the strategic leader by directing the execution of data to transform the utility of the Finance team to a modernized scalable state that aligns with department and project goals.
• Lead and take ownership of data accuracy and adherence to data governance practices, as well as align with enterprise data standards and policies.
• Direct relevant stakeholders on data related matters with a focus on the business use of the data, and own the supporting documentation for data standards, business rules and policy.
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert on organizational data flows and interfaces into business processes, models and reporting to drive consistency and quality throughout the organization and be able to communicate that vision through advanced storytelling and data analytics.
• Proactively engage and collaborate with functional leaders, process owners, system users, and business leaderships across the department to ensure assessment, requirements-gathering, design, and implementation data activities are developed, implemented, and validated with stakeholder input and align with the Enterprise Data Governance standards, governance processes, and overall best practices.
• Maintain the process of creating and updating data source systems.
• Direct the team performance expectations and manage team, including managers', delivery of requirements, yielding consistent results.

*This role is responsible for ensuring business continuity.*

Qualifications

Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

• Minimum of twelve (12) years' relevant work experience with related data design, extraction and analysis in a Finance specific domain, associated processes, involved systems and data usage.
• Minimum of five (5) years' experience in a management role.
• BA/BS degree in finance, accounting, business, or related field. Working knowledge of financial systems and controls.
• Collaborate across organizations to propose and influence solutions that meet business and functional objectives.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, and SQL.
• Proficient with data visualization/BI tools, such as PowerBI and Tableau.
• Experience as a leader in data management fundamentals, including concepts such as data dictionaries, data models, validation, analytics, and reporting; prior experience designing business data architecture structures.
• Proficient in Data Engineering and ability to direct the manipulation of raw data within visualization tools (e.g., Power BI and Tableau) to create effective dashboards and data analytics that visually communicate end-to-end data results.
• Experienced project management skills must include Agile, Communication Strategy and Management, Delivery Excellence and Requirements management.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will directly supervise employees.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

*Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.*

Travel

Ability to travel to various worksites and be on-call may be required.

About Us

Established in 1935, PenFed today is one of the country's strongest and most stable financial institutions with over 2.8 million members and over $36 billion in assets. We serve members in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Guam, Puerto Rico and Okinawa. We are federally insured by NCUA and we are an Equal Housing Lender. We are available to members worldwide, via the web, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.

We provide our employees with a lucrative benefits package including robust medical, dental and vision plan options, plenty of paid time off, 401k with employer match, on-site fitness facilities at our larger locations, and more.

Equal Employment Opportunity
PenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same.

PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at 402-639-8568.