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Senior Manager, Finance Transformation
Location
California
Posted
22 days ago
Salary
$169K - $237K / year
Bachelor DegreeEnglishERP
Job Description
• Lead Finance Process Transformation: Identify, design, and deliver scalable improvements across key global finance processes (Revenue, Billing, Payables, Reporting, etc.), balancing innovation with strong control and compliance.
• Help embed AI-enabled ways of working, drive adoption and education, help teams identify problems and expected outcomes - focusing on efficiency, accuracy, repeatability, and standardisation.
• Project, Program and Change Management: Lead transformation programs of varying scale, ensuring cross-functional stakeholder alignment, governance, and smooth change adoption across teams.
• Coordinate project activities, dependencies, and timelines to ensure alignment between teams.Help unblock, remove ambiguity, and support smooth project execution.
• Drive Technology Enablement: Partner with Finance Systems, Data, and Engineering teams to implement automation, system integrations, and AI-based solutions that streamline end-to-end workflows.
• Help shape the Transformation Roadmap: Collaborating with finance and business leaders to define the strategic direction for the Finance Technology stack and transformation priorities.
• Data, Insight & Automation: Champion data-driven decision-making - ensuring finance data is leveraged effectively for reporting, analytics, and automation.
Job Requirements
- Significant experience in Finance Transformation, or Process Improvement roles (experience in fast-scaling tech, SaaS, or global environments strongly preferred).
- A background in Finance with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field is a big plus.
- Experience with driving process redesign.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to break down ambiguity into actionable steps.
- Familiarity with finance ERP, billing and reporting systems (e.g., Workday, Netsuite, Zuora, Salesforce, Anaplan) and an understanding of data and automation and AI platforms.
- Proven ability to lead large scale transformation programs end-to-end from strategy and design to implementation and embedding.
- A balance of big-picture vision and detail orientation, with a strong understanding of finance processes and data flows.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; able to work cross-functionally without effort, translating between finance, technical and business teams.
- Growth mindset.
- Passion for continuous improvement and leveraging new technologies (AI, automation, analytics) to elevate finance impact and scale finance operations.
Benefits
- Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
- Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally