Senior GBS Financial Operations Manager

CoreWeave•Dallas, TX

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Global Business Services (GBS) function is a new and critical team designed to centralize and standardize CoreWeave's foundational business processes across Finance, HR, and Procurement. This role will lead the GBS function, driving efficiency and excellence across core business processes. The responsibilities include defining and optimizing global end-to-end business processes, ensuring compliance, and delivering measurable improvements in efficiency and service quality across worldwide operations. This involves leading a global team, championing process automation, and acting as a key partner to executive stakeholders to support CoreWeave's hyper-growth. The role is directly responsible for establishing robust controls and metrics-driven service delivery for critical back-office functions.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive experience in Finance, Operations, or Shared Services, with at least 3 years in a management role leading a Global Business Services or Shared Services organization.
Experience working in a publicly traded company environment, with a strong, practical understanding of SOX 404 compliance, internal controls, and financial reporting requirements.
Demonstrable track record of scaling global shared service centers, including experience managing teams across different geographies and time zones.
Deep expertise in business process analysis, design, and implementation, specifically related to procure-to-pay, record-to-report, and Hire-to-Retire.
Proven ability to manage significant departmental budgets and invoicing processes, with an eye toward cost optimization and control.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee) or eligible to access export controlled information without required authorization, or eligible and likely to obtain required authorization.

Nice To Haves

Experience within the technology, cloud, or high-growth startup sector.
Proficiency with major ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite), Procurement systems (Coupa, Netsuite) and HRIS systems (e.g., Workday).
PMP, Six Sigma, or similar certification.

Responsibilities

Define, map, and implement global, standardized, and best-in-class end-to-end processes for Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Hire-to-Retire (HR), Order-to-Cash (OTC) and Record-to-Report (R2R).
Drive continuous process improvement initiatives leveraging lean methodologies to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
Define, track, and report on Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for all GBS functions.
Use data analytics to identify bottlenecks, drive continuous improvement, and measure service delivery effectiveness across the globe.
Partner with each of the GBS shared services functions, ensuring timely and accurate execution of tasks related to managing departmental budgets and invoices, vendor management, training and financial closing procedures.
Establish robust internal controls and processes to ensure GBS complies with SOX 404 requirements.
Manage operational risk, third-party providers, and ensure business continuity for GBS operations.
Identify, pilot, and scale AI tooling across processes to automate manual accounting and shared services.
Build the operating model for responsible AI adoption, including use case prioritization, human-in-the-loop review, data governance, and change management, while upskilling the team to design and maintain their own AI-enabled workflows.
Champion the implementation and optimization of GBS technology platforms (e.g., ERP, workflow automation tools like RPA) to maximize efficiency, data quality, and scalability.
Act as a key strategic partner to global functional leaders (Finance, HR, Procurement) to manage SLAs and align GBS strategy with CoreWeave's objectives.
Own and drive large-scale, cross-functional projects, such as system implementations (e.g., ERP upgrades, HRIS rollouts), M&A integrations to the GBS processes, or process re-engineering efforts.
Demonstrate strong project management skills to deliver projects on time and within budget.