Senior Business Process Manager - Finance Transformation

About the role

The Finance Transformation & Strategy team is looking for a Senior Business Process Manager who combines deep finance expertise with structured process improvement methods. The role leads finance process optimization and transformation initiatives, from root-cause analysis and future-state design through implementation, adoption and benefits realization. It is a strategic, high-visibility individual contributor role with regular exposure to senior finance leadership and influence over globally distributed teams.

Key responsibilities

• Lead finance process optimization and transformation from problem definition and root-cause analysis through future-state design, implementation, adoption and benefits realization.
• Assess processes, controls, data inputs and outputs, handoffs and risks across close and consolidation, management and regulatory reporting, planning and forecasting, revenue and billing.
• Map current state, identify root causes, quantify opportunities, define future state and sustain improvements using structured process improvement methods.
• Design stronger controls and standardized ways of working that improve accuracy, transparency, scalability, accountability and compliance.
• Establish process governance and ownership, including decision rights, roles, policies, performance measures, documentation standards and continuous-improvement routines.
• Lead stakeholder alignment and change adoption across Finance, Accounting, Data, Technology, Risk and other partners, resolving competing priorities.
• Track and communicate outcomes such as control effectiveness, quality, cycle time, capacity, cost, adoption and realized benefits.
• Coach teams in process excellence, problem solving, process ownership, controls, measurement and continuous improvement.
• Apply technology and AI solutions where they enable an approved future-state process, partnering with technical teams on requirements, controls, delivery and adoption.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 to 8 years of experience leading process transformation, excellence or operating-model improvement, mostly in Finance or finance-adjacent functions such as controllership, shared services, audit or finance advisory.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt (with a portfolio of completed, quantified improvement projects) or equivalent.
• Proven track record of end-to-end process improvement, from diagnosis and design through implementation, change adoption and benefits realization.
• Experience establishing process governance, ownership, performance measures, control frameworks, documentation standards and continuous-improvement routines.
• Ability to influence senior finance leaders and align globally distributed, cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Preferred: additional credentials in change management, project management, accounting or finance transformation; experience across global organizations; familiarity with enterprise finance platforms such as SAP, OneStream, Power BI or Microsoft Fabric.