Senior Manager, Finance Process Improvement

Cox Communications • Atlanta, GA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Finance Process Improvement & Automation leads the strategy, roadmap, governance, and execution of Finance process improvement across the Finance organization. The role partners with Finance leaders to diagnose business-process issues, prioritize opportunities, redesign work, and deliver sustainable improvements. Automation and AI are considered solution options rather than starting points; the role selects interventions based on the business problem, intended outcomes, controls, data, user needs, and delivery feasibility.

This senior individual contributor leads through influence, governance, and expertise, coordinating initiatives across Finance, technology teams, centers of excellence, vendors, and contractors. The role retains Finance process ownership while defining decision rights, accountability, and escalation paths. It advises Finance leadership on emerging technologies, industry trends, opportunities, risks, and strategic recommendations.

The position is hybrid, with the ability to work remotely part of the week, requires travel 5% of the time, and is a day-shift role. The stated base salary range is $122,600–$204,400, with potential eligibility for additional incentive compensation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; alternatively, 12+ years of experience may substitute for a degree.
• At least 8 years leading cross-functional business process improvement, transformation, automation, or technology-enabled change initiatives; alternatively, at least 6 years with an MS degree, or 12+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Finance or Accounting experience is required.
• At least 5 years leading portfolios of complex business initiatives from diagnosis and root-cause analysis through process redesign and solution delivery, with responsibility for prioritization, governance, resource planning, risk management, and executive communications.
• Working knowledge of automation, AI, controls, testing, deployment, and change adoption.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and lead cross-functional teams, contractors, and vendors without formal authority.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Finance and Accounting process expertise across close, reporting, budgeting and forecasting, procure-to-pay (P2P), order-to-cash (O2C), and treasury.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, design thinking, Agile, change management, or similar continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience developing business cases and measuring efficiency, quality, controls, cycle time, adoption, and business outcomes.
• Proven partnership with Technology, Data & Analytics, Intelligent Automation, Financial Systems, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, and external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Own and advance Finance process improvement, automation, and AI strategy, roadmap, and portfolio in alignment with business priorities and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with Finance leaders to identify pain points, diagnose root causes, and define target-state outcomes.
• Lead process redesign from assessment through implementation, including process mapping, standardization, controls, requirements, testing, and adoption.
• Establish governance for intake, prioritization, funding, and delivery based on business value and priority, risk, capacity, and cost.
• Translate business needs into actionable requirements, delivery plans, milestones, risks, and success criteria.
• Evaluate and recommend solution approaches, including process and system changes, automation, analytics, AI, or a hybrid solution.
• Lead solution design, development, testing, pilots, and deployments, ensuring solutions are secure, controlled, scalable, and sustainable.
• Measure portfolio performance, adoption, and value realization; conduct post-implementation reviews and drive continuous improvement.
• Champion process excellence, automation, and responsible AI adoption through coaching, enablement, and change leadership.
• Advise Finance leadership on emerging technologies, industry trends, opportunities, risks, and strategic recommendations.
• Build cross-functional partnerships and drive execution through cross-functional teams and vendors, aligning on outcomes, requirements, and success criteria.
• Define decision rights, accountability, and escalation paths while retaining Finance process ownership.

Benefits

• Flexible paid vacation, consistent with duties, company needs, and obligations.
• Seven paid holidays per calendar year.
• Up to 160 hours of paid wellness time annually for the employee’s or family members’ wellness.
• Bereavement leave.
• Time off to vote.
• Jury duty leave.
• Volunteer time off.
• Military leave.
• Parental leave.
• Health care insurance may include medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement planning, including a 401(k), may be offered.
• Paid days off may include sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation or wellness days, and/or PTO.

What This Job Offers

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