Director of Financial Systems and Processes

Hughes is the world’s leading provider of satellite broadband for home and office, delivering innovative network technologies, managed services, and solutions for enterprises and governments globally. HughesNet® is the #1 high-speed satellite Internet service in the marketplace, with over 1 million HughesNet subscribers as of Q2 2014 in North America, and offerings to suit every budget.

EchoStar Corporate, in Englewood, CO, is seeking an experienced and exceptionally talented individual to fill the role of Director, Financial Systems and Processes. The Director, Financial Systems and Processes is a highly visible position responsible for all systems, processes and procedures in the CFO organization. This position reports to the Sr. Vice President & Corporate Controller for EchoStar.

* Provide leadership and direction for all change management and process improvement within the CFO function. * Regularly interact with EchoStar’s senior management and its legal, business and functional group personnel around the world, as well as various professional service providers. * Ensure system security and data integrity for all financial systems. * Lead the Financial Systems function for the CFO Organization. * Take a strategic view of all financial systems and working with the IT organization on developing and implementing a long term strategic plan for the financial systems of the Company. * Oversee and analyze all the major workflows on the CFO Organization – Record to Report, Procure to Pay and Order to Invoice – in order to ensure optimal performance in all of these work streams. * Work across many organizations and with numerous senior level people. * Ensure integrity and accuracy of financial records buy maintaining oversight of all compliance functions relative to financial systems. * Manage access, structure, and changes to all financial systems. * Maintain and monitor corporate and department compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures. * Contribute to the professional development of staff and provide direction and leadership within the assigned functional areas * Supervise direct reports involving staffing, performance appraisals, training and developing, promotions, salary increases, terminations, disciplinary actions, etc.

**Basic Requirements:** * Bachelor’s Degree with an emphasis either in Finance or Systems, with a minimum of 15 years of experience * 5 years project management experience * 5 years project experience with ERP, CRM, Hyperion or other packaged applications * 5 years experience with process improvement **Preferred Qualifications:** * Experience in managing diverse teams made up of client, consultant and third party participants * A successful track record of leadership and the ability to build teams * Experience with organizational transformation, business consolidation, acquisition integration * PMP Certification * Understanding of the concepts of project management tools and standards including MS Project, requirements management tools, risk & issue management, documentation standards, test data management tools, etc. * Solid presentation skills – ability to present status and issues to project and executive management * Comfortable in discussing issues, strategy and negotiating with Company executives * Excellent communication and relationship building skills, problem solving and analytical skills Strong communication skills and a demonstrated ability to work effectively across multiple functional and business groups * A proven ability to be decisive, resolve issues and deliver on commitments and deadlines * Prior experience working with large ERP systems (Oracle or SAP) and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM/FDM). * Travel for business purposes, international and/or domestic, may be required but it should be less than 30% of the time.