VP, Finance & Transformation

Fortinet•Sunnyvale, CA

20h•$350,000 - $450,000

About The Position

We are seeking an exceptional finance executive to help shape the future of our global Finance organization. Reporting directly to the CFO, this role will serve as a strategic partner to the CFO and Finance leadership team, with a mandate to transform how Finance operates through AI, automation, advanced analytics, technology, process redesign and new organizational models. This executive will help build a Finance organization designed for the future—one that increasingly automates transactional work, delivers predictive and actionable business insights, leverages AI-enabled tools and products, and directs more Finance capacity toward improving enterprise decision-making. The role will initially operate with a lean structure and significant influence across Finance rather than a large dedicated team. The successful candidate must therefore be comfortable moving between strategy and hands-on execution, personally driving transformation initiatives while building alignment across Finance, IT, Data, AI and the business. This is not simply a Finance technology or transformation position. The successful candidate will be a highly credible finance executive with the business judgment, leadership potential and breadth to grow into increasingly significant responsibilities across the CFO agenda over time.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience within large, complex global organizations.
Significant experience in FP&A, controllership, business finance, finance transformation or similarly broad finance leadership roles.
Strong financial judgment and credibility with CFOs, CEOs and senior operating executives.
Solid understanding of the balance of business needs and compliance requirements.
Demonstrated success leading significant transformation across Finance or other complex enterprise functions.
Deep understanding of how AI, automation, data and emerging technologies can reshape Finance work and operating models.
Ability to translate technology opportunities into measurable financial and business outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to lead through influence without relying on a large direct organization.
Strong understanding of public-company financial requirements, controls and operating disciplines.
Ability to move fluidly between enterprise strategy, organizational design and hands-on execution.
Exceptional analytical, communication and change leadership capabilities.
Bachelor’s degree required.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA or other relevant advanced qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and execute a multi-year roadmap for the Finance organization of the future.
Assess Finance’s current capabilities, processes, organizational structure and technology and identify the highest-value opportunities for transformation.
Help evolve Finance from traditional functional and task-based ways of working toward a more agile, capability-oriented operating model.
Determine where work should be performed by people, AI, automation or combinations of each.
Simplify organizational processes and decision-making where unnecessary complexity or layers slow execution.
Establish clear measures of success for Finance transformation, including productivity, decision speed, forecast accuracy, insight quality and business impact.
Identify and scale high-value applications of AI and automation across Finance.
Redesign workflows rather than simply automating existing manual processes.
Develop an approach for incorporating AI agents, automation and advanced analytics into Finance operations and decision support.
Partner with technology and data teams to strengthen Finance’s data, systems, tools and AI infrastructure.
Establish appropriate governance, controls and human accountability for AI-enabled Finance processes.
Build organizational capability and confidence to continuously adopt new technologies as they emerge.
Help shift Finance from primarily reporting historical performance toward providing forward-looking, predictive and actionable insights.
Advance the use of enterprise modeling, scenario analysis, simulation and advanced analytics to improve business decisions.
Develop scalable tools and analytical products that enable business leaders to better understand performance drivers, tradeoffs and potential outcomes.
Work with FP&A and business Finance leaders to improve the speed and quality of enterprise decision support.
Identify opportunities to make financial insights increasingly self-service and technology enabled.
Identify opportunities to automate and simplify high-volume, repetitive and transactional Finance activities.
Help redesign Finance workflows around automation and AI-enabled execution.
Reduce manual reconciliations, reporting, data manipulation and other low-value activities.
Partner with Finance functional leaders to improve scalability while maintaining strong financial controls and operational discipline.
Establish mechanisms for continuously maintaining and improving automated Finance processes.
Define the capabilities Finance will need across technology, data, AI, automation and process engineering.
Partner with IT, Data and AI organizations to build and maintain Finance technology capabilities.
Evaluate where Finance should develop dedicated expertise in areas such as AI agents, workflow engineering, data engineering, modeling and finance technology.
Promote a tools-first approach in which Finance increasingly delivers services through scalable technology rather than manual processes.
Help establish ownership models that ensure Finance tools and capabilities continue to evolve after initial implementation.
Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CFO on enterprise performance, transformation and major business decisions.
Translate company strategy into Finance capabilities, priorities and transformation initiatives.
Lead or support high-priority cross-functional initiatives requiring strong financial, strategic and transformation leadership.
Establish disciplined governance, prioritization and accountability for major Finance transformation initiatives.
Help Finance play a broader role in improving the quality and speed of enterprise decision-making.
Assess how Finance roles and capabilities will need to evolve as automation and AI change the nature of Finance work.
Increase the emphasis on finance professionals with deep financial, analytical, technology and problem-solving capabilities.
Help create a flatter, more agile organization that can rapidly assemble expertise around complex business problems.
Develop new career experiences and capabilities that prepare Finance talent for increasingly technology-enabled work.
Partner with Finance leadership and HR to build the talent strategy required to support the future Finance organization.