Senior Director, Finance Process & Systems

At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values – radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win – or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.

With a product portfolio as expansive as it is innovative, an obsessive commitment to quality and excellence, and a global presence, we’re all about getting stuff done, so we can win.

How do we make it happen? Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It’s what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.

Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.

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Tenneco is one of the world’s leading designers, manufacturers and marketers of automotive 

products for original equipment and aftermarket customers. Through our DRiV, Performance

Solutions, Clean Air and Powertrain business groups, Tenneco is driving advancements in

global mobility by delivering technology solutions for light vehicle, commercial truck, offhighway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.

We are seeking a Finance–Technology Partner with strong finance process expertise and ERP knowledge to modernize finance operations, optimize liquidity, and enable advanced analytics. This role will connect Finance and IT to streamline data flows, reporting, and insights across ERP, consolidation, and analytics platforms, with a focus on process efficiency, data governance, and scalable, standardized solutions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Finance Process Optimization

• Partner with Controllership, FP&A, and Treasury to assess and improve end-to-end finance processes.
• Identify opportunities within SAP (and related systems) to automate, standardize, and streamline processes, reducing manual effort and close cycle times.
• Management consulting approach to end to end process design, controls embedment
• Ideally have understanding of SAP or ERP charts of Accounts and ability to build approaches to integrate data from multiple ERP’s, facilitate M&A activity
• Ensure process designs meet management reporting needs.
• Provide thought leadership on best practices in finance operating models, embedding governance and compliance.

Liquidity & Financial Insights

• Collaborate with Treasury and FP&A to improve liquidity forecasting, cash flow visibility, and working capital optimization.
• Integrate ERP and consolidation data to enable real-time monitoring of liquidity and profitability.
• Design and implement KPIs and reporting frameworks that improve financial transparency across business units.

Data Modernization & Architecture

• Partner with IT and enterprise data teams to optimize data pipelines into the data warehouse/lake (AWS, Azure).
• Strong understanding of AI applications and use cases in Finance – can manage integration of AI applications to drive Finance productivity
• Define and enforce data governance and stewardship frameworks for finance, ensuring high-quality, standardized data across ERP, consolidation, and reporting layers.
• Enable integration between SAP, OneStream, and analytics tools to provide a single source of truth.

Analytics & Reporting Enablement

• Lead the design and delivery of Power BI dashboards and analytics solutions for Finance leadership and business partners.
• Enable self-service analytics while ensuring robust governance, accuracy, and control.
• Build frameworks for predictive and scenario-based reporting to support decision-making in liquidity and financial planning.

Minimum Requirements

Education:  Bachelors in finance, Accounting, or Information Systems; MBA/CPA preferred

Experience: 10+ years of experience in Finance Transformation, ERP Finance Process Optimization, or Finance Systems leadership.

Skills

• Experience with management consulting Finance Transformation positions -e.g. Big 4 Consulting companies
• Strong knowledge of core finance processes (R2R, P2P, O2C, FP&A, Treasury).
• Proven experience with ERP systems and consolidation platforms.
• knowledge of data visualization tools like Power BI or similar tools for reporting and analytics is preferred.
• Familiarity with data governance, stewardship, and master data frameworks.
• Exposure to data lake/warehouse environments (AWS, Azure).
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to partner with senior Finance leaders to drive adoption of process and technology changes.

Core Competencies

• Finance Process Design & Optimization
• ERP Enablement & Modernization
• Treasury & Liquidity Management Insights
• EPM/Consolidation Understanding
• AI Use Cases in Finance
• Data Governance & Stewardship
• Analytics & Power BI Reporting
• Business Process Re-engineering
• Change Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities