Head of Finance Technology

The Opportunity  

As the Head of Finance Technology , you'll create and align a technology vision, strategies, objectives, and roadmaps with business strategy in Corporate Finance and a variety of strategic programs which continue to foster and drive a digital transformation. You will be accountable for ensuring successful execution of those strategies and delivering strategic, operational, and BAU business outcomes. You will lead highly complex, cross-functional initiatives across various departments, manage multiple work cells and delivery teams, and ensure cost-effectiveness and transparency for business partners. You will be instrumental in helping Corporate Finance achieve its future vision at MassMutual. This includes leveraging technologies such as automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to transform finance functions, improve processes, redefine the financial close process, and provide key insights for more rapid decision-making that has enterprise-wide impact. You will also engage with the industry and bring relevant insights to MM. 

Leveraging your deep technology leadership and program management expertise, you will collaborate with other Corporate Technology and Enterprise Technology & Experience (ETX) leaders to align technology strategies, value propositions, and strategic imperatives for growth that can help reduce costs, increase speed-to-market, modernize, optimize, and transform capabilities for Corporate Finance. You will be accountable for delivering projects on time, within budget, and with expected functionality per business partners' requirements. The role will regularly interact with business executives and technology leaders to ensure optimal collaboration, communication, and delivery. You will also collaborate and support the delivery of projects by other delivery leaders within Corporate Technology to ensure adequate leadership backup and succession planning. 

The Team  

This role reports to the Head of Corporate Technology. The Corporate Technology Team provides essential platforms that enable strategic capabilities for the Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Enterprise Risk Management, HR & Employee Experience, Law, Procurement, Compliance, and Audit organizations. Our mission is to propel corporate functions to new heights through innovation, collaboration, and achieving excellence in all we do. Our culture emphasizes engineering and operational excellence, transforming our business, and achieving enterprise objectives. 

The Impact   

As the Head of Finance Technology , you will: 

·        Play a pivotal role on the Corporate Technology leadership team by creating and driving strategic initiatives that identify improvement opportunities, reduce costs, and deliver exceptional technical solutions that enhance business capabilities while fostering innovation. 

·        Will have significant impacts on the future vision and strategy for finance, including the utilization of automation and artificial intelligence to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, and provide real-time insights. Provide recommendations for technologies that will enable more efficient and improved decision-making capabilities while driving the long-term growth and sustainability of the finance strategy. 

·        Be accountable for the creation and execution of long-term technology strategies, roadmaps, delivery, quality, continuous improvement, and budget management, ensuring alignment with Corporate Finance and Corporate Technology business objectives to enable business growth and expansion. 

·        Deliver large-scale initiatives that align with and support strategic goals of the division and Enterprise on time and within budget.  

·        Align short to medium term technology strategy with business-based decisions and foster consensus at all levels of the organization to ensure the achievement of business objectives.  

·        Be fully accountable for planning, prioritization, and delivery for all Finance Technology teams.  

·        Collaborate with business executives to influence and shape technology direction and broad, longer-term strategy.  

·        Have knowledge on how to leverage automation and artificial intelligence to support the long-term strategic vision. 

·        Influence creation of roadmaps at the division and business unit (BU) level that enable business growth and future business needs. 

·        Work with technology and business teams to address financial, operational, and strategic challenges, ensuring implementation of security, privacy, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans.  

·        Establish KPIs and service level agreements with partners, ensuring compliance and improving service levels.  

·        Attract, retain, and develop diverse talent in an inclusive, data-driven, agile, and collaborative environment.  

·        Provide thought leadership and strategic counsel to senior leaders on leveraging technology.  

·        Evaluate vendors and technology options including ROI, total cost of ownership, and tradeoffs and share recommendations with ETX and business executives. 

·        Collaborate with Corporate business partners and technology teams to develop and maintain sustainable technology platforms that allow for a cost-effective, compliant, and seamless customer experience.  

The Minimum Qualifications  

·        Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a similar technical discipline. Commensurate experience with degree considered. 

·        Highly seasoned leader with 15+ years proven success leading and managing teams across multiple domains and ensuring delivery of large-scale, cross-functional initiatives.  

·        Skilled in defining vision, strategies, roadmaps, leading and inspiring teams to create high-value products, and driving large-scale initiatives that deliver significant value to internal customers.  

·        Effectively balances strategy with tactical execution in ambiguous settings.  

·        Expert in change management, technology transformation, and innovative problem-solving.  

·        Proven in strategic thinking, planning, and execution with strong analytical skills.  

·        Excellent track record of leading technology teams that support complex critical financial systems e.g., SAP, Kyriba, Anaplan, Moody’s Axis, FIS/Prophet Enterprise, etc.  

·        Effective collaborator and influencer, excelling in innovation, budget management, software engineering, agile, and DevOps practices.  

·        Strong understanding of software engineering/development, architecture design, operational and analytical data stores, and implementing enterprise applications to meet business strategy and business requirements. 

·        Ability to successfully balance operational management and strategic leadership, doing what it takes to get the job done. 

·        Ability to develop people and teams while placing value on developing and maintaining positive relationships with team, peers, and customers. 

·        Strong knowledge of agile, DevOps, and large, complex program management oversight. 

·        Experienced in managing technology for financial institutions.  

The Ideal Qualifications  

·        Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a similar technical discipline. 

·        Experience with cloud platform migration and implementation for improved efficiency, e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or similar private clouds. 

·        Extensive IT experience including Application Teams, Information Security, Business Process Management, Program and Portfolio Management, IT Partner and Supplier Management, IT Architecture Management, Digital Platforms, IT Infrastructure and Operations, and business intelligence (BI) tools such as Tableau and MicroStrategy. 

What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team  

·        Regular collaboration with the Corporate Technology Leadership Team, key stakeholders from corporate functions, and other Engineering Teams across Enterprise Technology & Experience (ETX) 

·        Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager 

·        Access to mentorship opportunities  

·        Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQIA+, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups 

·        Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms 

·        Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits 

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