Finance Manager, Cross Border

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance partner to — providing strategic financial counsel on investment decisions, cost optimization, vendor economics, and program scalability
• Own the financial planning cycle including annual operating plans, long-range forecasts, and quarterly business reviews with a focus on purchasing spend, savings targets, and program ROI
• Deliver insightful variance analysis, bridge walks, and executive narratives that connect business performance to broader P&L and cash flow outcomes
• Proactively identify financial risks and opportunities — surfacing trade-offs and recommendations to leadership
• Partner cross-functionally with program managers, product, and Category teams to ensure financial alignment on initiatives
• Influence program prioritization and resource allocation through rigorous financial frameworks and business case development
• Support due diligence and financial evaluation of new programs and initiatives

AI-First Finance Transformation

• Define the AI Vision: Develop and execute a roadmap to embed AI/ML capabilities across finance processes — from spend forecasting and savings tracking to automated vendor financial assessments
• Build & Deploy AI Solutions: Identify, pilot, and scale AI-powered tools that reduce manual effort and improve decision quality
• Champion an AI-First Mindset: Evangelize the use of AI across the finance function; lead training sessions, create playbooks, and establish best practices for AI adoption
• Automate & Optimize: Identify repetitive, low-value tasks and design AI/automation solutions to eliminate them — freeing up capacity for strategic business partnering
• Data Strategy & Governance: Partner with data engineering, global finance solutions, and analytics teams to ensure clean, accessible, and well-governed data pipelines that power AI models
• Measure AI Impact: Define success metrics for AI initiatives (e.g., forecast accuracy improvement, hours saved, cycle time reduction in financial reviews) and report progress to leadership

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
• 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
• 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
• 6+ years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits) experience
• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL
• Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)
• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results