Associate Director - Financial Systems

Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services in the following sectors: health, tax & accounting, corporate performance & ESG, financial corporate compliance, and legal & regulatory. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in the Netherlands. The Company serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,400 people worldwide. Every day, our customers make critical decisions to help save lives, improve the way they do business, and build better judicial and regulatory systems. Our deep impact when it matters most, helps them get it right!

The Global Finance Shared Service (FSS) is a new organization that is part of the finance function; bringing finance and accounting experts togother so they can share their expertise and collaborate to standardize and enhance processes and tools. Included in this organization is the Finance Center of Excellence (CoE) in Pune, India which is a unified team comprised of Finance Professionals and Data Scientists driving centralized Financial and Analytical support across all of the Wolters Kluwer global divisions. The diverse capabilities of the team are focused on Finance Reporting Harmonization (Data Governance), Technology Enablement (Simplify, Standardize, Automate), Reporting and Analytic Enhancements (BI Dashboards).  The Finance CoE has established skill-based training programs (Knowledge sharing forums) encouraaging continuous learning while fostering strong engagement and belonging.

We are seeking an experienced Financial Tools Integration leader to manage the implementation and support of financial systems across various Wolters Kluwer businesses. This role will focus on Corporate Performance Management (CPM) tools such as Tagetik, working closely with implementation partners and internal finance stakeholders to optimize critical processes such as  financial reporting, planning, and analysis and financial close and consolidation. The candidate will have experience managing the consolidation of multiple Accounting and ERP systems and a strong track record of leading financial tool implementation projects.  The candidate will identify improvement opportunities leveraging advanced technology to simplify and enhance Financial reporting, planning, and analysis (incl. BI data visualization).  This role has people management responsibilities.

Essential Duties and responsibilities

• Financial Tools Implementation: Lead the integration and consolidation of financial CPM tools, including Tagetik, SAP, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals and financial processes.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with Finance, IT, and division leaders, maintaining regular communication to ensure the integration project aligns with the company’s financial reporting needs.
• Financial System Administration and Integration: 
  • Data loading from  multiple accounting ERP source systems such as SAP into Tagetik required for Corporate reporting along with annual Budget and Strategy planning scenarios
  • System Logic – mapping rules, cost center creation, account hierarchy, allocations, etc.)
  • Finance User Support - Problem solve issues reported by business teams
  • System Monitoring and Maintenance - Monitor system functions to ensure availability and perform maintenance/corrections when needed.  Partner with Business Unit Finance team’s, application support, to resolve any functional and technical issues
• Financial System Enhancements:
  • Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes and optimize the financial tools to enhance the company’s financial reporting and planning capabilities.
  • Gather user requirements (Production and Development) and documentation of business needs (changes/enhancements). With an understanding of system capabilities, translate those requirements into functional and technical design for workflows, forms, reports, interfaces, conversions, and system enhancements -- conducting system validation and testing
• Project Management: Manage project timelines, budgets, and deliverables for financial systems consolidation, ensuring completion within scope and deadlines.
• Training & Support: Train and support divisional teams in using Tagetik and other financial tools to ensure optimal adoption and utilization..

Job Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in financial systems implementation with a focus on ERP and Accounting systems consolidation.
• Proven experience in managing financial tool integrations, ideally with Tagetik/SAP and other systems.
• Experience consolidating multiple financial tools and ERP systems into a unified platform.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting, planning, and accounting processes.
• Experience working with external implementation partners.
• Proficiency in JIRA/similar tools for managing project tasks and requests.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to handle complex, multi-system integration projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in large-scale financial systems migration projects.
• Familiarity with data integration tools and methodologies.
• Proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and other reporting tools.
• Certification in project management (e.g., PMP) or financial systems is a plus.