Director of Business Technology, Okta
Core Financials
$200-300k
Salary applicable for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington, other locations may vary + Bonus
Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground
Open for applications
Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$200-300k
Salary applicable for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington, other locations may vary + Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve the connections between people and tools to make companies more productive and secure.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Administration or in a related field
- Excellent communication, problem solving/analytical and interpersonal skills
- 15+ years of experience in architecting and designing solutions using ERPs such as Netsuite/Oracle/SAP S/4 HANA in a high speed, global technology organization
- 8+ years in a leadership position within an IT organization of which 2+ years as a Director, with demonstrated experience driving change and improving operations
- Have multiple ERP(S/4 HANA or Oracle or Netsuite) full cycle implementation experiences; Have led multiple Finance transformation initiatives
- Deep understanding of the ERP Finance business process areas – Order to Cash, Record to Report, Source to Pay, Revenue Recognition, and Subscription Billing
- Experience partnering and communicating with teams and partners in diverse roles at all levels
- Experience training and developing teams and being an effective coach
- Experience managing vendor relationships and ability to partner with them to conduct business and technical discovery
- Experience working and presenting proposals to executives in a clear and compelling way
- Experience working with Agile development methodologies
- Experience with developing and implementing key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success and impact of initiatives, focusing on tangible and measurable outcomes
What the job involves
- Business Technology is on a mission to accelerate Okta’s scale and growth
- We bring world-class business acumen and technology expertise to every interaction
- We also drive cross-functional collaboration and are focused on delivering measurable business outcomes
- In this role, you will be responsible for building and managing scalable and sustainable architecture, organizational strategy, and solution designs and serve as a thought leader for ERP platform in the Finance domain including Order to Cash, Record-to-Report, and Procure-to-Pay business functions
- As a Director, you will be responsible for the overall design and maintenance of our ERP platform, including data architecture, feature roadmap, and integrations
- You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and lead the efforts to deliver solutions based on a deep understanding of business requirements
- You will lead a dynamic and geographically distributed team responsible for constantly evolving the systems and processes that support our Finance and Accounting functions
- You’ll work closely with business leaders, partners, and our Business Technology teams to prioritize, then align resource plans and schedules
- Partner with senior business leaders on their strategic roadmap, understand their operational issues and opportunities(business processes) and create technical solutions to grow business operations and ensure compliance
- Manage the entire product lifecycle, from ideation to end-of-life, ensuring products meet needs and remain competitive
- Identify and recommend creative solutions to improve business operations, business engagement and project delivery
- Oversee the portfolio of projects, and lead projects to achieve desired goals and benefits in consideration of planned timelines and budgets
- Analyze current state needs and challenges, identify improvement and automation opportunities, portfolio planning and tool rationalization
- Liaise and resolve audit queries with Internal and External auditors on SOX controls
- Develop a collaborative organization and culture highly focused on providing efficient and timely solutions to key business challenges in multiple, sometimes overlapping, functional areas
- Hire, develop and retain a highly flexible and culturally diversified team which constantly engages with the business to ensure IT is focused on the right priorities and meeting business goals
- Have the ability to understand, translate business needs and drive out-of-box adoption to industry standard/best-in-class platforms
- Represent Finance processes in technology assessments, solution design, and implementations
- Work with business partners on prioritization and proactively anticipate gaps and overlaps within the Finance portfolio
- Serve as a delivery lead for the projects and provide best practices and strategic platform direction
- Establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization at all levels, and be viewed as a team player with exceptional communication, analytical, and leadership skills
- Stay abreast of technology trends and industry best practices and influence others to seek best-in-class solutions/technology to resolve business challenges
- Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
- Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses
- Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals
- Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
- Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies
Our take
Okta started off as an identity company where organisations, large and small, could tap into the company to have a single sign-on interface to access all cloud applications now centralised. Okta has since expanded to provide identity management at the device as well as the server level.
The new approach towards network security is increasingly based on identification and authentication, and Okta is on track to become the go-to vendor in the space. They aim to do so by developing products that enable people to access applications and other tools more smoothly and securely than ever before.
Okta has taken strides towards expansion through significant employee growth and shuffling executive leadership. The company has also made lateral moves such as tackling governance concerns, opening up new paths for revenue.
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Company Specialist
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2015
$75m
SERIES F
Jun 2014
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $229.3m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Health + Wellness
- Financial Benefits
- Pay + Incentives
- Time Off
- Everyday Living
- Resources
Company values
- Love our customers
- Never stop innovating
- Act with integrity
- Be transparent
- Empower our people
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Todd McKinnon
(CEO)VP of Development at Salesforce.com and has nearly a decade of experience in various engineering and leadership roles at PeopleSoft.
Frederic Kerrest
(Vice Chairman)Worked in Sales and Business Development at Salesforce.com, and previously co-founded high-tech consulting firm Meridian Global Solutions.
People progressing
Joined as Senior Manager, Recruiting EMEA and promoted to Director, Recruiting EMEA after 3 years. Promoted again to Senior Director, Recruiting EMEA after another 3 years.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Okta
- Workforce: We believe in recruiting diverse talent to create balanced teams
- Workplace: We support and empower employees to be authentic and grow through open conversations and education
- Marketplace: We go to market and sell to diverse audiences
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