Staff Manager, Finance ERP Systems (Record‑to‑Report)

Company:

Qualcomm Incorporated

Job Area:

Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Management

General Summary:

We are seeking a highly experiencedSenior Manager / Staff Manager to lead ourRecord‑to‑Report (R2R) Finance ERP Systems capability. This is a senior IT leadership role requiring deep functional expertise inAccounting, Financial Close, and Consolidation, paired with strong experience leading enterprise‑scale financial systems.

This role serves as theprimary IT leader for global R2R systems, with accountability for strategy, delivery, and operational excellence acrossGeneral Ledger, Actuals & Consolidations, HFM, Fixed Assets, and Project Accounting. The ideal candidate brings a strong accounting mindset, has supported complex financial close cycles, and has led ERP and EPM programs in large, global, multi‑entity environments.

Key Responsibilities

Record‑to‑Report (R2R) Strategy & Leadership

• Own and evolve theRecord‑to‑Report systems strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with accounting policy, financial reporting, and enterprise transformation goals.  This includes serving as a point of escalation and IT decision authority for R2R systems.
• Act as thefunctional and technical IT lead for Qualcomm’sCloud Financials strategy.
• Lead execution of R2R initiatives including system enhancements, close optimization, ERP/EPM upgrades, and large‑scale transformation programs.
• Serve as theprimary IT executive partner to Corporate Accounting, Controllership, and Financial Reporting leadership.Financial Close, Consolidations & Actuals
• Act as the IT systems owner forfinancial close and consolidation platforms, including:
  • Actuals processing
  • Legal entity and management consolidations
  • Intercompany accounting and eliminations
• Provide hands‑on leadership and oversight formonth‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end close from a systems and data perspective.
• Partner with Finance leadership to reduce close cycle time, improve data quality, and increase automation and controls.

HFM & EPM Ownership

• Lead IT ownership ofHyperion Financial Management (HFM) , ARM, and DRM solutions supporting actuals, consolidations, and financial reporting.
• Oversee system design, metadata, hierarchies, security, and integrations impacting financial reporting accuracy.
• Support statutory and management reporting requirements across global entities.

Core R2R Modules & Accounting Domains

Provide leadership, direction, and system ownership across core R2R domains, including:

• General Ledger (chart of accounts, ledgers, calendars, accounting configurations)
• Fixed Assets Accounting (capitalization, depreciation, disposals, reporting)
• Project Accounting (capital and expense projects, cost tracking, capitalization)
• Accounting rules, controls, and audit support as they relate to system design and data integrity

Mergers, Acquisitions & Financial Integrations

• Serve as theIT Finance lead for M&A activities impacting R2R, including:
  • Financial system integrations
  • Alignment of charts of accounts, calendars, and accounting structures
  • Consolidation of acquired entities into ERP and HFM
• Partner with Accounting and Finance to ensure rapid, compliant post‑merger reporting.

Global Team & Delivery Leadership

• Build, lead, and mentor a global R2R IT organization, including both direct and matrixed resources (internal and external), supporting ERP and related platforms.
• Establish strong operating models, governance, and delivery standards for financial systems.
• Provide clear accountability for production support, close readiness, and audit‑critical processes.

Cross‑System Integration & Data Integrity

• Partner with upstream and downstream systems impacting R2R, ensuring data completeness and accuracy.
• Drive best practices for finance data integrations, reconciliations, and controls across platforms.

Required Qualifications

• Proven track record of successfully migrating on-premise ERP and EPM solutions to the cloud across finance and accounting functions, with minimal disruption to financial close and reporting cycles."
• 10+ years of progressive IT leadership experience supportingAccounting and Finance systems.
• Deep functional expertise inRecord‑to‑Report processes, including GL, close, consolidations, and statutory reporting.
• Strong hands‑on experience supportingfinancial close cycles (month‑end, quarter‑end, year‑end).
• Proven experience leadingHFM and/or enterprise consolidation platforms.
• Solid understanding ofFixed Assets and Project Accounting from both business and systems perspectives.
• Demonstrated success leadingERP and EPM transformations, upgrades, or large‑scale enhancements.
• Experience leadingglobal teams and operating in complex, multi‑entity, multi‑currency environments.
• Strong executive communication skills and ability to partner effectively with senior Accounting and Finance leaders.
• Experience supporting internal and external audit requirements for financial systems.

Preferred / Nice‑to‑Have Qualifications

• Experience supporting additional finance modules such as:
  • Accounts Payable (AP)
  • Accounts Receivable (AR)
  • Revenue Recognition
  • Cost Accounting
• Exposure tomultiple ERP platforms over the course of a career.
• Familiarity with adjacent finance systems including:
  • Treasury management systems
  • Expense management platforms
  • Additional EPM or reporting tools
• Experience supporting Finance systems inpublic company, SOX‑regulated environments.
• Background in high‑tech manufacturing or similarly complex global operating models.

Why This Role

This is ahigh‑impact leadership role with direct ownership of systems critical tofinancial accuracy, close confidence, and external reporting. You will partner closely with Accounting and Finance leadership, influence enterprise‑wide transformation initiatives, support M&A‑driven growth, and shape the future‑stateRecord‑to‑Report systems landscape for a global organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
OR
10+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.

• 5+ years of supervisory or leadership experience.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Motivates direct team to accept change and adapt priorities in order to meet changing demands.
•    Develops, coaches, and mentors experienced members and managers of the team and provides development assignments.
•    Manages a team in assigned business area to ensure project and/or program objectives and business needs across multiple business domains (e.g., Engineer, IT, Finance) are being met by ensuring that high-level business requirements are thoroughly and accurately documented in accordance with company standards.
•    Communicates performance expectations and monitors and evaluates performance of members and managers of team to ensure plans are met.
•    Evaluates existing IT resources to determine coverage of the necessary skills and knowledge required to meet ongoing business demands.             
•    Identifies and promotes a unifying vision throughout the team with associated day-to-day goals and creates a climate in which people want to contribute.
•    Manages the performance of team members and managers by meeting regularly with each member to discuss current and future state of key projects, identifies developmental opportunities, and evaluates performance based on key metrics.
•    Allocates workload (which includes key decisions, project management, and resource allocation) among team members and managers by taking into consideration employee availability, skill set, and current workload when making assignments.
•    Communicates plans, roadmaps, strategies, initiatives, and directions across IT domains, verbally and in writing.
•    Provides guidance and input into the management of requirements and/or solutions throughout key stages of the project or initiative.
•    Advises and teaches experienced members and managers of the team on how to achieve effective job performance.
•    Networks with colleagues within domain to gain insight, ideas, and connections.
•    Develops creative solutions to problems, and leverages new technology in order to more effectively meet business needs.
•    Supports IT teams by facilitating the implementation and maintenance of standardized tools, templates, and processes.

Level of Responsibility: 

•    Working independently with little supervision.
•    Providing supervision to other supervisors/managers who are direct reports.
•    Making decisions that are significant in impact, influencing overall program or project success, finances, and/or the ability to meet objectives; Errors are not readily apparent due to the complexity of work process/product or time between decisions and results; Errors typically result in significant expenditure of time, resources, and funds to correct. 
•    Using verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. May require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents.
•    Some financial accountability (e.g., manages a small budget, has input into P&L).
•    Having a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is making or directly making key decisions that have substantial impact on the organization).
•    Completing tasks that require multiple steps that can be performed in various orders; tasks require simultaneously executing multiple cognitive abilities and maintaining information in short or long-term memory.
•    Using deductive and inductive problem solving is required; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or incomplete; intermediate data analysis/interpretation skills may be required.
•    Exercising substantial creativity is needed to innovate new processes, procedures, or work products within guidelines or to achieve established objectives.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$177,500.00 - $266,300.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm.  We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus).  In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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