Senior Director, Finance Data Strategy

Realty Income aims to be a globally recognized leader in the S&P 100 committed to creating long-term value for all stakeholders. These stakeholders include our dedicated team members who embody our purpose: building enduring relationships and brighter financial futures. This guiding principle serves as a beacon for our team influencing every action we take.

Our employees consistently invest their time commitment and dedication into the company and in turn they receive investment returns in the form of purpose belonging and opportunities for advancement.

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We are looking for an experienced Senior Director of Finance Data Strategy who will be responsible for defining and executing the finance data strategy and multi-year roadmap serving as the business owner for finance data analytics and governance. This highly strategic role leads the design and adoption of governed finance data products and scalable data foundations that support accurate public-company reporting audit and SOX controls automated dashboards and advanced analytics/AI readiness. This position will partner closely with Finance Internal Audit and Technology to translate business requirements into trusted data solutions manage a prioritized portfolio of initiatives and drive change management to ensure consistent delivery and organization-wide adoption.

The Senior Director Finance Data Strategy is specifically responsible for:

Finance Data Strategy & Leadership

• Define execute and continuously evolve the Finance Data Strategy in alignment with Finance objectives SOX requirements and enterprise priorities.
• Serve as the senior Finance leader accountable for Finance data architecture data governance and data product outcomes.
• Partner with the SVP Finance Operations to develop and maintain a multiyear Finance data and analytics roadmap.
• Act as a strategic advisor to Finance leadership on data analytics automation and AI enablement.
• Own the Finance data initiative portfolio including intake prioritization sequencing and alignment to Finance priorities.

Finance Data Lakehouse & Data Products

• Lead the business design governance and adoption of governed Finance Data Products (GL Close AR/AP Cash Property Tenant Tax Consolidation).
• Serve as a key liaison with Corporate Finance and RIIM to enable Investor Relations dashboards and analytics including the development and management of historical and realtime KPI dashboards such as WACC metrics BudgetvsActual (BvA) variance analysis and fundlevel and portfoliolevel performance analytics used in executive and investor reporting.
• Define Finance data models canonical definitions hierarchies and certification standards.
• Translate Finance and Accounting requirements into clear data and reporting specifications.
• Ensure Finance data assets support both management and external reporting needs.
• Own the full lifecycle of Finance Data Products including design delivery adoption and ongoing improvement.

Data Governance Quality & Controls

• Partner with Technology on Finance data governance frameworks including ownership stewardship quality lineage and access controls.
• Design and implement Data Quality Indicators (DQIs) as operational controls.
• Ensure Finance data meets audit regulatory and publiccompany compliance requirements.
• Partner with Internal Audit and Accounting to ensure control effectiveness.
• Proactively identify and assess Finance data risks including data quality access and reporting risks.

Analytics Reporting & AI Enablement

• Define and track KPIs related to Finance analytics adoption automation benefits and reporting efficiency.
• Drive the transition to automated reporting and dashboards.
• Champion AIready data foundations for future analytics and automation use cases.

CrossFunctional Collaboration & Change Management

• Serve as the primary Finance liaison to Technology and Data Engineering teams.
• Partner across Finance to ensure data solutions meet business needs.
• Lead comprehensive change adoption strategies for new Finance data platforms standards and reporting solutions.
• Serve as escalation point for cross-functional alignment challenges related to Finance data initiatives.
• Mentor and develop Finance team members engaged in data initiatives.

Skills you will need to be successful:

• Proven seniorlevel leadership experience driving Finance data analytics or transformation initiatives within complex regulated organizations.
• Strong ability to translate Finance and data strategy into executable roadmaps and outcomes across matrixed Finance Technology and Analytics teams.
• Effective executive communicator with the ability to clearly articulate Finance data strategy risks and progress to senior Finance leadership and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success leading change influencing crossfunctional partners and driving adoption of new data platforms standards and ways of working.
• Finance Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of Finance and Accounting processes including general ledger subledgers financial reporting and periodend close within a real estate or publiccompany environment.
• Finance Data Strategy & Analytics: Strong understanding of modern Finance data platforms data governance analytics and datadriven operating models with the ability to apply them pragmatically to Finance use cases.
• SOX & Controls: Solid experience working within SOXregulated environments including internal controls audit requirements and controlaware data and reporting design.
• Technology & Architecture Literacy: Working knowledge of ERP systems (Yardi preferred) cloud data platforms data warehousing ETL/ELT concepts BI tools (e.g. Power BI) and emerging analytics and AI concepts as applied to Finance.
• Business Acumen: Ability to align Finance data strategy analytics and governance with enterprise objectives risk posture and reporting requirements.

• Executive Communication & Influence: Ability to communicate complex Finance data and analytics topics clearly and credibly to Finance leadership and crossfunctional stakeholders.
• Strategic & Critical Thinking: Demonstrated ability to synthesize Finance operational and data insights into practical strategies and solutions that improve decisionmaking and operational effectiveness.
• Relationship Building & Stakeholder Management: Proven capability to build trusted partnerships across Finance Technology Internal Audit and Operations to enable alignment and execution.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to mentor team members foster collaboration across functions and operate effectively in matrixed environments.
• Judgment & Problem Solving: Sound judgment with a practical riskaware mindset when addressing complex ambiguous or regulated challenges.
• Ethical Integrity: Strong commitment to ethical standards confidentiality and compliance expectations within a publiccompany environment.
• Program & Change Leadership: Ability to manage multiple interrelated initiatives while balancing delivery discipline governance rigor and stakeholder engagement.
• Resilience & Adaptability: Comfortable leading through change managing competing priorities and operating effectively in evolving environments.

• Microsoft & Productivity Platforms: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools including Excel (advanced modeling) PowerPoint Teams and SharePoint to support analysis communication and enablement.
• ERP & Core Finance Systems: Strong working knowledge of ERP systems and Finance source systems (Yardi preferred); experience partnering with system owners and administrators.
• Analytics Automation & Data Enablement: Familiarity with analytics and visualization platforms (e.g. Power BI) and an understanding of how automation and datadriven workflows can improve Finance processes.
• Data Architecture Literacy: Understanding of cloud platforms data warehousing ETL/ELT processes and modern data architecture (including Lakehouse concepts) sufficient to provide business direction and governance oversight.
• Controls & Development Practices: Familiarity with data access controls auditability change management and delivery practices (e.g. Agile) with an emphasis on SOX compliance and data integrity.

Qualified candidates are expected to have:

• Bachelors degree in accounting finance economics technology or a related field.
• 10 years of progressive experience in finance and technology.
• Public company experience
• Strong background in finance data reporting governance and controls.
• Available for occasional business travel

Additional preferred qualifications:

• Masters degree
• REIT experience
• Professional certifications such as CPA CMA
• Data and analytics certifications

This position is based in our San Diego (Del Mar Heights) headquarters. Monday through Friday are in-office for collaboration.

The pay range for this role is $139161 - $188326 - $228126

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Offers near the high end are uncommon but may be considered for candidates with exceptional experience and skills and are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. You may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and an annual discretionary stock award to be discussed during the interview process. An annual pay rate and total compensation package is generally determined by the candidates experience knowledge education skills performance and abilities as well as internal equity company performance and alignment with market data.

We offer a best-in-class benefits package that includes healthcare dental and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents. Our 401(k)-retirement plan has a company match of 50% up to 6% of eligible compensation. Realty Income also offers other wellness financial and work/lifestyle-specific benefits along with a generous PTO accrual; in addition to 12 paid holidays and paid volunteer time. Realty Incomes purpose is to build enduring relationships and brighter financial futures and this starts with you!

This role is subject to enhanced compliance and disclosure requirements comparable with those of a regulated financial services organization including conflict of interest disclosures and personal trading policies.

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