Senior Director, Finance Technology, Greater China

JOB SUMMARY

As the Senior Director of Finance Technologyyou will serve as the strategic partner between Finance Procurement and T&D. You will spearhead the end-to-end tech design & implementation of the Greater China finance & enterprise procurement transformation in close partnership with other discipline partners. You will act as the key liaison to the global Finance and Procurement technology team ensuring that local technical architecture aligns seamlessly with global standards.

The Senior Director of Finance Technology is responsible for:

Strategic Leadership & Vision

Define thecontinent Finance & Enterprise Procurement technology strategy and roadmap(multi-year) tied to business priorities and measurable outcome

Set thetarget architecture(applications integrations data) and principles (standardization vs. localization).

Establish governance: demand intake prioritization portfolio planning and value realization.

Stay abreast of the latest and emerging technologies including AI/ML agentic servicesautomation and assess their applicability for the hotel landscape in the relevant domains

Delivery Deployment and Operation

Leadthe major transformation program in the Finance & Enterprise Procurement domain as the tech lead in partnering with discipline stakeholders. Key programs will include but not limit t

Finance Shared Service Middle Platform Deployment

Enterprise Procurement

Own major programs end-to-end: business case vendor selection design build testing cutover hyper-care and BAU support as well as the lifecycle management

Drive process re-engineering and re-design with respective discipline partners leveraging the tech expertise and AI enabled technology

Be the key liaison with Global Technology Corporate System and EA teams to drive the architectural alignment global system integration in the adjacent domains

Leadership and Collaboration

Act as thestrategic partnerto Finance Enterprise Procurement .Translate business needs into actionable tech outcomes.

Build and lead a high-performing team (product owners architects analysts delivery leads). Develop talent set goals establish ways of working and foster cross-functional collaboration.

Manage key vendors : performance contracts commercials delivery quality

Own therespective technology budgetfor build & run: project funding run costs vendor spend benefits tracking

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Working Experience

12 years of progressive experience in enterprise technology delivery and/or product ownership with significant focus on Finance and Enterprise Procurement technology in a large complex organization.

Proven leadership of large-scale transformation programs (multi-workstream) across Finance and Enterprise Procurement including planning governance and delivery.

Strong functional understanding of Finance processes (Record-to-Report Procure-to-Pay Order-to-Cash Treasury Tax) Enterprise Procurement processes and practices and ability to translate business requirements into scalable solution designs.

Hands-on experience with core Finance and Enterprise Procurement platforms and ecosystems including integration patterns and data management.

Demonstrated ability to engage and influence executive stakeholders; excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to drive decisions in steering committees.

Strong program and change leadership skills including process re-engineering operating model design training and adoption planning.

Solid understanding of controls risk and compliance for Finance/Enterprise Procurement systems (e.g. SOX/internal controls segregation of duties audit readiness privacy/PII).

Strong vendor and partner management experience (SIs SaaS providers) including RFP/selection contract management delivery governance and performance management.

Proven ability to operate in a matrixed global environmentaligning local requirements with global standards architecture and platform roadmaps.

Strong people leadership experience including building and developing teams across product delivery architecture and operations; ability to lead through ambiguity and change.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable using data to prioritize a portfolio measure benefits and drive continuous improvement.

Fluent in English and Mandarin; able to document and communicate architecture process and program status clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.

Demonstrated ability to balance speed and controls manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes in a fast-changing environment with high stakeholder expectations.

Education

Bachelors degree required (Information Systems Computer Science Engineering Finance or related)

Masters degree (MBA/MS) and relevant certifications (e.g. PMP/Prince2 ITIL SAP/Oracle/Workday certifications) are preferred.

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