Director, Enterprise Finance Transformation

Vertiv Group • Westerville, OH

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About The Position

The Director of Enterprise Finance Transformation leads the finance organization’s transformation agenda in alignment with strategic business objectives. The role reengineers finance processes, implements best practices, and leverages technology to improve efficiency, accuracy, and decision-making. The Director works with senior leadership, finance teams, and shared service centers in Cluj, Romania, and Manila, Philippines, and travels around 15%–20%.

The Director leads the development and execution of the finance transformation strategy, including roadmaps, milestones, success metrics, and governance. The role oversees process optimization across financial reporting, financial close, credit and collections, and purchase-to-pay; leads finance technology selection, implementation, integration, and optimization; and manages large-scale transformation projects and change management.

The position ensures regulatory and internal policy compliance, tracks outcomes through KPIs, and reports progress to the CFO and senior leadership. It collaborates with finance leaders on financial stewardship and risk mitigation while leading, mentoring, and developing a five-person transformation team, including global process leads for Record to Report, Credit and Collections, and Accounts Payable, a Finance Project Manager, and an Automation and Solutions Architect.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 12 or more years of experience in finance, including 5 or more years in a leadership or transformation role.
• Proven track record managing and delivering large-scale finance transformation initiatives, including process optimization.
• Deep understanding of finance systems, process improvement methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma, and financial technologies.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to drive change, manage cross-functional teams, and influence senior leaders across the organization.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to balance short-term priorities with long-term strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the Enterprise Finance Transformation strategy in alignment with business goals and priorities.
• Define transformation roadmaps, milestones, and success metrics for the finance function.
• Provide strategic direction to the finance leadership team and establish the transformation governance structure and KPIs.
• Reengineer financial processes to streamline workflows, increase automation, and improve data accuracy.
• Improve financial reporting, financial close, credit and collections, and purchase-to-pay processes to promote consistency and timeliness.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs and improve quality and customer experience.
• Lead selection, implementation, integration, and optimization of finance technology solutions, including robotic process automation and AI tools.
• Monitor emerging finance technology trends and encourage continuous learning and adoption of digital tools.
• Manage large-scale finance transformation projects, including stakeholder engagement, risk management, and cross-department communication.
• Develop and implement change management strategies for new systems, processes, and ways of working.
• Work with business leaders to support successful adoption and alignment with broader business goals.
• Ensure transformation initiatives comply with regulatory standards and internal governance policies.
• Establish frameworks to monitor process and system performance, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing transformation team of five direct reports.
• Foster collaboration, innovation, and accountability within the finance function.
• Implement metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness and progress of transformation initiatives.
• Report progress, outcomes, challenges, and improvement opportunities to the CFO and senior leadership.
• Collaborate with finance leaders to support sound financial management and risk mitigation.
• Ensure new processes and systems preserve financial data integrity and minimize operational risk.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director