Senior Manager, Finance Transformation

Key Responsibilities

• Bring a deep understanding of accounting guidance and operational experience to identify areas for optimization within the hire-to-retire and record-to-report cycles
• Develop detailed project plans, gather business requirements, track performance against objectives and ensure project requirements are delivered on time
• Ownership of the relevant business process/system improvement roadmap and ensure that it aligns with the CAO vision
• Execute on new projects, solutions and deliverables for the rapidly changing finance operations environment, including, but not limited to, business process improvement, shared services implementation, post-acquisitions integration, finance automation, transformations, and compliance
• Oversee the development of business requirement documents (BRDs) and the execution of user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure solutions are moving into production in a SOX compliant manner.
• Work closely with cross functional teams to develop their plans to support planned enhancements and run cross functional project alignment and reporting

Qualification & Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA or MBA preferred
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in a public accounting, consulting firm providing consulting, accounting services, or relevant financial operations experience
• 1-2 years of project management best practices related experience, PMP Certification a plus
• Expertise, knowledge and aptitude for developing and delivering accounting and technology services solutions, including system selection, implementation management or application optimization experience
• Successful track record delivering diverse / complex finance related solutions
• Leadership experience to align project goals with organization and sponsor goals
• Provide mentoring and motivate diverse teams while fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment
• Proactively manage risk, anticipate potential issues and implement appropriate mitigations
• Collaborate with business and system partners (e.g., IT teams, external partners) to define customization needs to drive successful transformation initiatives
• Ability to provide effective communication to partners and project team
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially the ability to break down complex structures and processes into digestible and relevant business requirements/steps across organizations

Benefits

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.