Manager, Finance Continuous Improvement
About The Position
As Finance Manager – Continuous Improvement, you will lead initiatives that simplify, optimize, and elevate our global finance processes. You will drive a continuous improvement culture, embedding efficiency and standardization across the function. Leveraging technology, data, and emerging AI capabilities, you will enable smarter decision-making, better insights, and greater business value. This is a hands-on and strategic role requiring collaboration with finance leaders, IT, and automation partners globally. You will also manage and mentor a Senior Analyst, ensuring alignment between day-to-day analytical delivery and broader transformation objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, analytics, or a related field, or comparable experience
- Proven experience leading continuous improvement initiatives with measurable business impact.
- Strong understanding of finance processes and systems (ERP, BlackLine, Concur).
- Experience working with BI and analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, SQL) and familiarity with AI/ML concepts.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical/analytical outcomes to non-technical collaborators.
- Strong leadership, organizational, and collaborator management skills.
Nice To Haves
- A Master’s degree or equivalent experience is considered a plus.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification or an equivalent credential is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end continuous improvement projects, employing Lean Six Sigma or comparable approaches to optimize global finance processes.
- Partner with finance leaders to review, redesign, and standardize end-to-end processes for efficiency, scalability, and compliance.
- Embed a culture of continuous improvement, training and mentoring staff to identify inefficiencies, remove bottlenecks, and adopt guidelines.
- Establish metrics and benchmarks to measure and track efficiency gains, cycle time reductions, and quality improvements.
- Act as a liaison between Finance and IT to drive ERP (D365, Concur, Blackline) and reporting system improvements.
- Increase the use of self-service BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) to provide actionable insights.
- Partner with automation teams to identify and implement RPA and intelligent automation use cases that reduce manual work and improve accuracy.
- Explore and apply AI/ML capabilities in forecasting, anomaly detection, and narrative reporting.
- Champion data quality and governance initiatives to strengthen the reliability and value of financial insights.
- Manage and develop a Senior Analyst, providing mentorship, guidance, and performance management.
- Promote curiosity and experimentation with new technologies (e.g., AI-enabled finance tools, generative AI for reporting).
- Build cross-functional collaboration between Finance, IT, and business units to improve the impact of transformation projects.
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- paid time off
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
