Finance Transformation Manager (Versant Media)

Versant•Englewood Cliffs, NJ

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Versant is seeking a Manager, Finance Transformation, to support the controllership and finance workstreams of the company’s finance transformation agenda. Reporting to the Senior Director, Finance Transformation, this role partners with Finance and Technology and contributes to the design, implementation, and adoption of next-generation finance processes, data, controls, and systems, including the ERP modernization program. The role helps translate business and reporting requirements into scalable, fit-to-standard solutions; establishes governance and execution discipline across the transformation portfolio; and supports a future-state operating model designed for accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, efficient close processes, and sustainable growth. The Manager serves as a key connection among Finance, Technology, business units, and external partners, translating finance requirements and strategic priorities into scalable processes, systems, data, and ways of working. The position covers transformation strategy and program execution; finance process, data, and systems design; controls, reporting, and close enablement; and delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement. It includes coordinating ERP implementation activities, designing and improving finance processes, supporting data readiness and system integration, embedding reporting and control needs, and promoting adoption and measurable outcomes. The role also partners with Finance and enterprise AI governance to identify and adopt AI and agentic solutions in finance processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
At least 12 years of progressive experience in finance transformation, controllership, finance systems, accounting operations, or related roles, including significant leadership responsibility in a large, complex organization.
Significant experience leading enterprise ERP or finance-system transformation programs.
Strong understanding of end-to-end finance processes, including Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, and master data governance.
Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, public-company reporting, internal controls, and SOX requirements, with the ability to translate them into scalable process and system designs.
Demonstrated experience with business-process redesign, data conversion and reconciliation, testing, cutover, organizational change management, and post-go-live stabilization.
Experience working effectively with technology organizations, system integrators, and third-party implementation partners in a matrixed environment.
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, lead and develop teams, manage competing priorities, and drive execution in a fast-paced environment.
Strong analytical, organizational, communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
Experience managing BPO or managed-services relationships and integrating outsourced operations into a transformed finance operating model.
Experience applying AI, automation, analytics, or emerging technologies within Finance.
Strategic, enterprise-minded leadership combined with strong execution discipline and practical ERP and transformation delivery experience.
Ability to build alignment across Finance, Technology, business units, and external partners while navigating ambiguity and competing priorities.
A continuous-improvement orientation focused on simplification, standardization, automation, and scalable operating models.
High integrity, sound judgment, and commitment to financial stewardship, strong governance, and sustainable change.
Collaborative leadership style focused on developing talent, building accountable teams, and fostering an inclusive, performance-driven culture.

Nice To Haves

CPA, MBA, or comparable advanced finance, accounting, or technology credential.
Experience with SAP S/4HANA or another modern cloud ERP platform.
Experience in media, entertainment, digital, advertising, networks, streaming, technology, or another complex, high-volume industry.

Responsibilities

Help lead the finance transformation roadmap and workstreams, aligning priorities, sequencing, operating-model decisions, and delivery plans with strategic, financial reporting, and control objectives.
Serve as the finance liaison to the ERP core team, O&T, system integrator, business-unit finance teams, and other transformation partners from design through deployment and stabilization.
Facilitate alignment on design principles, fit-to-standard decisions, and the future-state finance operating model; identify and resolve cross-functional dependencies and escalations.
Drive digital enablement, automation, AI, and continuous improvement in Finance, and support transformation savings and efficiency targets.
Translate finance, accounting, reporting, and control requirements into ERP process, master data, and reporting designs across Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, and related processes.
Participate in workshops covering process analysis and redesign, chart of accounts and code block design, organizational structures, master data, and workflows.
Identify opportunities to simplify and standardize processes and ensure business-critical needs are included in future-state technology-enabled processes and organizational structures.
Guide data conversion, validation, reconciliation, and readiness across legacy and future-state environments to support data completeness, accuracy, and integrity.
Support integration architecture decisions between the ERP and boundary systems, including billing and revenue management systems.
Ensure future-state solutions accommodate complex revenue models spanning advertising, subscriptions, content licensing, and ancillary revenue.
Embed financial reporting, SOX, and internal-control requirements in process and system designs with Controllership, Technical Accounting, Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance, and external auditors.
Support timely, accurate, and efficient close, account reconciliations, journal entry governance, consolidation, management reporting, and external reporting.
Design documentation, test plans, control evidence, and operating procedures that support audit readiness and effective ownership after implementation.
Help teams understand and adopt new processes, controls, and standard ways of working, and build long-term capability.
Define and monitor transformation KPIs, adoption measures, and business outcomes to assess whether initiatives achieve their intended objectives.
Support relationships and service integration with third-party partners, aligning operations with the future-state operating model during and after the ERP transition.
Act as the key Finance counterpart to the system integrator throughout implementation, managing scope, deliverables, and quality expectations on behalf of finance leadership.
Partner with Finance teams and enterprise AI governance to identify, prioritize, and adopt AI and agentic solutions within Finance processes.