The role
The Director, Finance Transformation is an important leadership role within the Controllership organization reporting to the VP, Accounting. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Finance Transformation to drive strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing our organization's financial processes, systems, and capabilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance and accounting combined with expertise in transformational change management. This role requires exceptional leadership, change management skills, and a deep understanding of finance operations to lead successful transformation efforts.
What you’ll do:
- Lead the development and implementation of the finance transformation strategy, in alignment with the organization's overall objectives and goals.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and key stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and optimization within the finance function.
- Assess current finance processes, systems, and controls to identify areas for enhancement and standardization.
- Lead cross-functional teams to execute finance transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with project timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
- Drive change management efforts to ensure successful adoption of new processes, systems, and ways of working within the finance organization.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to finance team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
- Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the effectiveness of finance transformation initiatives.
- Partner with IT and other functional areas to integrate finance systems and technologies, ensuring seamless data flow and interoperability.
- Stay informed about emerging trends, best practices, and technologies in finance and transformational change management, and incorporate relevant insights into strategy and execution.
What you’ll need:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in finance, accounting, business administration or related field
- 10+ years of progressive experience and a proven record of leading high performing diverse teams
- Public company experience in a fast-growing global company
- Systems experience with large GL applications (e.g., NetSuite, Workday)
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage complex projects, multitask, and prioritize competing demands effectively.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools (e.g., Jira).
- Ability to tailor communication and key messages to the audience.
- High initiative and a self-starter who operates with a sense of urgency and is highly process-driven and detail-oriented
- Change agent with the ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams
- Strategic thinker capable of translating a vision into tactical execution
Nice to have:
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and/or Masters of Business Administration (MBA) preferred
- System implementation experience
- Strong knowledge of public company best practices
- Certification in project management or change management
- Experience integrating to any of these 3rd party tools is a plus: Workday, Concur, IBM Planning Analytics, FloQast, Kyriba
- Experience with Tableau, Alteryx and SQL