ERP Architect & Configuration Lead

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Company Overview

With $5 billion in revenue and 3,500+ employees in the U.S. and Mexico, TBC Corporation is a leader in the mobility industry and one of North America’s largest marketers of automotive replacement tires through wholesale and franchise operations. TBC serves wholesale customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico through TBC Brands, NTW, TBC International, and TBC de Mexico. Additionally, TBC responds to the needs of consumers in search of total car care at more than 465 franchised tire and automotive service centers under Big O Tires®. TBC is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

TBC markets on a wholesale basis to regional tire chains and distributors serving independent tire dealers throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. TBC has 20 proprietary brands of tires specializing in passenger, commercial, farm and specialty tires. In 2005, TBC Corp. was purchased by Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA). SCOA is the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of Japan’s major integrated trading and investment business enterprises. In 2018 Michelin, the largest tire manufacturer in Europe, invested in the company which is now a 50:50, privately held joint venture between Sumitomo and Michelin.

Our values are the foundation of our work, how we interact with each other, and the strategies we employ to fulfill our purpose. These are the practices we use every day – in everything we do:

• Integrity - We act honestly because nothing is more important than our reputation.

• Teamwork - We are better together.
• People-Focused - We put people first – our Associates, customers, franchisees, and partners – and cultivate a respectful, collaborative, and inclusive culture, top to bottom, inside and out.
• Accountability - We own our actions and decisions; we do what we say we are going to do.
• Leave Everything Better - We innovate to improve everything we touch, and we take actions now to protect the future.

Description

The Director of Enterprise Finance Software Configuration Architecture Management will oversee the entire lifecycle of financial software configurations, from initial setup to ongoing maintenance and audits.  The role involves managing change control, ensuring configuration baselines  and all software modifications are documented and validated. They will be responsible for meeting business requirements, remain compliant with regulations, controls and function consistently across the organization.  The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both financial processes and software configuration management and will act as a bridge between the finance department and IT development teams.

This project will begin December 2025 and will end March 2027.  Length of assignment for this role is the duration of the project.

Job Responsibilities

• Configuration management strategy: Develop and implement configuration strategies, plans and procedures specifically for financial software systems.
• Leadership: Provide thought leadership to skilled software configuration engineers that execute the build and deployment and utilize their skills and experience to execute the strategic architecture roadmap.
• Configuration identification and baselining:  Identify and define financial software configurations items; reports, business rules and access controls.  Create and maintain formal configuration baselines, ensuring meeting business requirements.
• Change control:  Manage the change request process for all financial application configurations.  This includes evaluating requests for business impact, obtaining approvals and ensuring all approved changes are correctly implemented.
• Process Improvement:  Partner with the business and departments to design and support company efficiency by implementing operation improvements, process enhancements and technical solutions.
• Project Execution: Devise project plans to manage projects from inception to execution, meeting project timelines, stage gates and development of KPIs to ensure process changes and improvement is proven, stable and sustainable.

Additional Job Responsibilities

• Change Management:  Assist with change management development, communication and execution plans. 
• Cross- functional collaboration with development, finance teams and IT operations to ensure smooth integration of Configuration Management processes and to support software deployment activities.
• Focus on innovation by evaluating new features and offerings from software updates, identify and define roadmap for enabling features that drive efficiency in finance business processes.
• Focus on ownership of managing the implementation of automation and process improvements defined in the team’s overall strategic architecture roadmap with the goal of becoming best in class.
• Other duties as assigned.

Continued Responsibilities

Added Responsibilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance accounting, Computer Science , or related field
• Experience:
• Finance Systems Architect with strong experience in Oracle Financials- minimum of seven years’ experience
• Proven experience in software configuration management, with a focus on enterprise financial software (Oracle), accounting platforms and financial reporting tools
• Strong understanding of financial business processes and regulatory requirements
• Familiarity with standard Software Configuration Management methodologies and practices
• Hands-on experience with configuration management and version control tools
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, for interacting with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong organizational and problem- solving abilities with keen attention to detail
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, employees, business and government agencies
• Must cope successfully with diversity and complexity
• Ability to work well under pressure, handle multiple tasks, set and meet project timetables
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Bilingual in Spanish /English is a plus

Benefits

• Market competitive compensation
• 401(k) and Roth with company match. Immediate 100% vesting
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental and vision
• Company paid short term disability and employer subsidized long term disability
• Company paid life insurance
• Discounted tire purchasing
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Generous paid vacation and paid time off
• Customizable voluntary benefits
• and More!!!

Mission Critical Competencies

TBC seeks team members who excel in demonstrating our critical competencies to drive organizational capability. In this spirit we view the following as mission critical for this role:

• Strategic Mindset: seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals.
• Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Instills Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Change Management: effective Sponsorship, Change Agent and influencing skills. Adaptive, agile, flexible, open minded. Proven ability to build cross-functional commitment, lead, simplify and scale complex dynamic organizations through transformational change.