Position Summary
The Platform Owner, Finance Technology is responsible for the strategy, governance, lifecycle, and performance outcomes of Guardian's financial technology ecosystem. This includes Oracle ERP, Oracle EPM, Kyriba, and a suite of supporting financial applications that enable accounting, FP&A, treasury, tax, procurement, and controllership functions. This leader ensures that Guardian's financial systems are reliable, scalable, well-governed, and continuously evolving to support both the company's current operations and the Journey to '30 growth and transformation agenda. The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on oversight of system architecture, process optimization, and cross-functional enablement and coordination. Serves as the decision owner for platform architecture, configuration standards, and major design tradeoffs across the Oracle financial ecosystem, optimizing enterprise outcomes over individual functional preferences.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Support the Head of Finance Technology to define and execute the multi-year roadmap for Guardian's financial systems, aligned with Finance's modernization strategy and enterprise technology standards.
Own the platform architecture vision and guardrails (configuration patterns, integration standards, data controls) to ensure scalable, reusable solutions across Finance functions.
Serve as the escalation point for complex platform decisions and systemic risks (e.g., cross-module design tradeoffs, integration failures, environment/release constraints), driving resolution and long-term remediation.
Serve as the primary technology advisorand decision owner for platform architecture, configuration standards, and integration guardrailstothe Head ofFinanceTechnologyon system capabilities, process redesign opportunities, and emerging technologies.
Establishgovernance frameworks for financial systems, ensuring compliance, data integrity, and strong internal controls.
Systems Ownership & Delivery
Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of Oracle ERP,Oracle EPM, Kyriba, and related financial applications, including architecture, configuration, integrations, and upgrades.
Establish and run platform governance routines (architecture/design reviews, release readiness, change controls) to ensure consistency, auditability, and quality of platform changes.
Define and track platform health metrics (availability, incident trends, integration reliability, change failure rate, performance, and security posture) and regularly communicate insights and actions to stakeholders.
Drive root-cause resolution for recurring issues by prioritizing systemic fixes (standardization, automation, simplification) over one-off workarounds.
Partner with IT, Cybersecurity, Data,Internal Audit,and Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure system reliability, security, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including automation, workflow enhancements, and analytics enablement.
Team Leadership & Vendor Management
Manage and develop a high-performing team of financial systems professionals, including functional leads, analysts, and administrators.
Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer-centricity within the team.
Oversee relationships with key technology partners, including Oracle, Kyriba, and implementation/support vendors(Deloitte and others).
Stakeholder Engagement
Act as the primary liaison between Finance and Technology teams, ensuring clearcommunication, platformintake, governance-based prioritization, and coordination of delivery of platform capabilities.
Partner closely with Controllership, FP&A, Treasury, Procurement, and Tax to understand needs and translate them into scalable system solutions.
Support Finance leadership with insights on system performance, risks, and opportunities.
Provideshared platform capabilities, standards, and guardrails to enable Finance technology teams and downstream products-while functional/domain teamsretainaccountability for business outcomes and product delivery.
Platform Governance & Operational Excellence
Establish and run platform governance routines (architecture/design reviews, release readiness, change controls) to ensure consistency, auditability, and quality of platform changes.
Define and track platform health metrics (availability, incident trends, integration reliability, change failure rate, performance, and security posture) and regularly communicate insights and actions to stakeholders.
Drive root-cause resolution for recurring issues by prioritizing systemic fixes (standardization, automation, simplification) over one-off workarounds.
Qualifications
15+ years of experience in financial systems leadership roles, with deepexpertisein Oracle ERP and Oracle EPM.
Strong understanding of Kyriba or comparable treasury management systems.
Proven experience leading mid-sized teams and managing complex system landscapes.
Demonstratedsuccess driving process transformation and system modernization in a large or matrixed organization.
Strong knowledge of financial processes, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Experience in insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.
Background in cloud ERP/EPM implementations or major system upgrades.
Familiarity with integration platforms, data governance, and analytics tools.
Project management or change management certification (PMP,Prosci, etc.).
Location:
Three days a week at a Guardian office in New York, NY; Stamford, CT, Bethlehem, PA or Holmdel, NJ.
Salary Range:
$152,290.00 - $250,195.00
The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.
Our Promise
At Guardian, you'll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
Inspire Well-Being
As part of Guardian's Purpose - to inspire well-being - we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits . Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Accommodations
Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MyHR@glic.com. Please note: this resource is for accommodation requests only. For all other inquires related to your application and careers at Guardian, refer to the Guardian Careers site.
Visa Sponsorship
Guardian is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment visas. In order to be a successful applicant. you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship.
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Every day, Guardian helps our 29 million customers realize their dreams through a range of insurance and financial products and services. Our Purpose, to inspire well-being, guides our dedication to the colleagues, consumers, and communities we serve. We know that people count, and we go above and beyond to prepare them for the life they want to live, focusing on their overall well-being - mind, body, and wallet. As one of the largest mutual insurance companies, we put our customers first. Behind every bright future is a GuardianTM. Learn more about Guardian at guardianlife.com .
Visa Sponsorship:
Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment visas. In order to be a successful applicant, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship.
