VP, Sr Director, Finance Technology

Description The VP, Sr Dir, Finance Technology reports to the CIO, Corporate Technology and leads the technology strategy, portfolio, and organization supporting Global Finance. Global Finance Technology (GFT) enables the mission-critical processing and analysis of Liberty Mutual's ~$50B in annual revenue, and this leader will shape the modern platforms, data capabilities, and AI-enabled experiences that support Liberty's Finance transformation through 2030 and beyond. This is an opportunity to join Liberty Mutual at a pivotal moment in its Technology transformation, with the mandate, scale, and executive visibility to help modernize how we operate, makes decisions, and create enterprise value.

The role is accountable for both transformation and execution, modernizing and simplifying the Finance technology landscape across general ledger, accounting, treasury, tax, reinsurance, data, and enterprise risk and actuarial, while maintaining secure, stable, and resilient operations. The leader will oversee an organization of approximately 220 employees and 300 contractors, with an annual technology investment of approximately $200M, and partner closely with the Liberty’s Office of the CFO community to translate business priorities into measurable outcomes.

This is a senior technology leadership role requiring credibility across engineering, enterprise platforms, data, architecture, and AI, at a scale and breadth spanning multiple core financial ecosystems and global business units spanning ~29 countries. Equally important is the ability to influence and challenge executives, navigate complexity, make difficult tradeoffs, and lead teams through sustained, multi-year transformation. The successful candidate will build a high-performing, inclusive organization and create clarity, accountability, and momentum across a broad ecosystem of internal teams and external partners. The role requires a holistic leadership approach and breadth of perspective, drawing on enterprise and industry trends, to enable a high-performing, adaptable technology function and a data-first culture, led with an inclusive culture that fosters innovation, trust, people development, and integrity.

1. Transformation Through Technology Execution

Lead the modernization and simplification of the end-to-end Finance technology ecosystem: general ledger, accounting, treasury, tax, reinsurance, enterprise risk and actuarial, data, integration, security, and the Finance vendor landscape Drive transformation across central and business-unit-specific financial ecosystems in a mixed legacy and modern environment, balancing large 3rd-party software partnerships (SAP experience a plus) with custom, cloud-native solutions Make durable platform decisions that reduce structural risk, improve resilience, and compound value through 2030 and beyond, balancing near-term delivery with multi-year modernization Ensure Finance system, technical, and product architectures stay aligned with business objectives

2. Strategic Partnership & Constructive Challenge

Act as a trusted technology and transformation partner to Liberty's CFO community and Finance leadership, co-owning outcomes, not just delivery, and shape how leaders think about technology, data, AI, and operating models Challenge functional leaders constructively and directly, bringing clarity to tradeoffs, sequencing, and change absorption across a multi-year Finance transformation Build partnerships with Finance leaders, vendors, and technology peers, and move leaders forward even amid ambiguity or resistance

3. Outcome-Driven Delivery & Accountability

Own execution and results across the Finance technology investment portfolio (~$200M annual) and a technology organization of ~220 employees plus ~300 contractors Jointly set financial targets with Finance partners and ensure programs, including multiple multi-year initiatives, deliver to plan Ensure investments translate