CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.

CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.

About the role:

CLA is seeking a Financial Systems Director. This role works directly with the Director of Financial Systems to support key Finance stakeholders and develop and deliver best-in-class finance systems solutions.

As a Financial Systems Director you will be responsible for:          

Financial Systems Management: Oversee Workday Security, Business Processes and Reporting. Provide technical and functional expertise in supporting Workday financial features, including accounts payable/receivable management, General Ledger Functions, budgeting forecasting, and reporting capabilities. Identify trends or root cause behaviors for issues and errors and manage potential solutions. Resolve escalated user issues and ensure delivery of high-quality customer service. Serve as a strong consultative partner to functional leaders, providing process and technology solutions to meet complex business needs. Actively contribute to delivering, maintaining and improving Workday services, procedures and processes. Lead and oversee the review, design, development, testing, training and deployment of new functionality, including biannual releases. Oversee the design, development, testing and implementation of dashboards and audits to ensure data integrity and improve firm performance through the enhanced use of Finance systems. Support the implementation of new systems and/or integrations as they relate to Workday.Supervisory: Direct team members to perform enthusiastically, innovatively, and diligently. Coordinates personnel schedules and team workload in alignment with CLA business demands. Coordinates team members’ work in accordance with applicable laws and policies. Coaches, disciplines, and trains team members as may be required. Takes corrective action in a constructive manner with employees as needed. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships to promote the success of established short- and long-term objectives and goals.Project Management: Provides effective project management on select projects, leading customer-focused project teams to achieve desired outcomes on time and within budget. Leads projects with communication, outcome, process, resource, schedule, and budget management.Administrative: Develop and maintain quality relationships with appropriate vendor technical resources. Directs and assists team with user requests for support and information. Calculates test cases based on enhancements to be implemented from vendor or internally generated changes.Training and Documentation Development: Collaborate with Finance Innovation team members to design and develop documentation and training content, where applicable, for all finance processes.

What you will need:

Bachelor's degree is required. Combination of relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree.Accounting, Finance, or related degrees are preferred.5 years of accounting, finance, ERP, or related experience required.Experience leading a team and Workday experience is a plus.

The wage range for this position in Illinois is: $123,000– $184,000

The wage range for this position in Minnesota is: $118,000 – $178,000

Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range.  

Our Perks:

Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)Up to 12 weeks paid parental leavePaid Volunteer Time OffMental health coverageQuarterly Wellness stipendFertility benefitsComplete list of benefits here

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Wellness at CLA

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.

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