Senior Manager, Finance Process Improvement
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 identify and diagnose business-process issues, prioritize opportunities, redesign work, and deliver sustainable improvements. Automation and AI are considered as possible solutions rather than starting points; the role selects interventions based on the business problem, desired outcome, controls, data, user needs, and delivery feasibility. This senior individual contributor leads through influence, governance, and expertise, coordinating initiatives across business partners, technology teams, centers of excellence, vendors, and contractors. The role establishes decision rights, accountability, and escalation paths while Finance retains process ownership.
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; candidates with an MS degree may qualify with 6+ years of experience.
- Finance or Accounting experience is required.
- At least 5 years leading portfolios of complex business initiatives from diagnostic 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 the 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 hybrid solutions.
- 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 initiatives through 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, as consistent with duties and company needs and obligations.
- Seven paid holidays annually.
- 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, and parental leave.
- Potential health care insurance, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Potential 401(k) retirement planning benefits.
- Potential paid sick leave and flexible vacation, wellness days, and/or PTO.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
