Senior Manager Finance Business Transformation, PMO

Zscaler•Santa Clara, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Zscaler is seeking a Senior Manager, Finance Business Transformation to serve as a strategic lead for finance transformation, partnering with senior Finance leadership and cross-functional teams. The role also supports post-merger finance integration in a PMO capacity in the event of an acquisition. It is a hybrid position based in Santa Clara, California, reporting to the Vice President, Business Transformation in the Finance department. The role leads strategic initiatives across finance processes and systems, supports AI-enabled transformation, and develops PMO practices, roadmaps, business cases, budgets, communications, and change-management materials to help build a scalable Finance function.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience supporting Finance Process and Systems Transformation.
Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance workflows and problem-solving.
Deep technical knowledge of end-to-end Finance processes, including Record-to-Report, Source to Pay, Supply Chain, demand planning, FP&A, Quote to Cash, Tax, and Treasury in a fast-paced corporate environment.
Proficiency in PMO and workflow tools such as Asana, JIRA, Confluence, and ServiceNow.
Functional knowledge of enterprise finance systems such as NetSuite, Coupa, Salesforce, and Snowflake.
Proven program management expertise, including managing multiple complex workstreams and stakeholders simultaneously.
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to drive change and facilitate alignment across cross-functional leadership teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the technology or SaaS industry supporting cloud-based service offerings, with understanding of industry-specific business and finance processes.
An AI-first mindset and ability to build and implement end-to-end AI-enabled processes.
Demonstrated success leading large-scale finance technology rationalization and system implementation projects, and collaborating with internal and external auditors.

Responsibilities

Manage strategic finance transformation initiatives across Record to Report, Source to Pay, Quote to Cash, Hire to Pay, and Asset Management.
Partner with stakeholders across Finance, IT, CloudOps, Security, GTM, People & Culture, Legal, and other functions to deliver large transformation initiatives.
Assess the current technology stack and partner with IT on implementation of systems and architecture to achieve operational excellence.
Work with leadership to implement an AI-enabled transformation strategy that enhances customer, vendor, and employee experience.
Lead development of PMO playbooks and artifacts, and use them to manage and track initiatives, program plans, RAID logs, and project documentation.
Work with leadership to develop and manage the Transformation Roadmap.
Develop business cases for large initiatives, track achievements, and support benefits realization.
Support transformation budget management, including monthly forecasting and scenario analysis.
Build a communications strategy and support change-management efforts, including development of training materials and communications.
Support post-merger finance integration in a PMO capacity if an acquisition occurs.