Manager, Transformation Performance and Finance
About the role
The Manager of Transformation Performance and Finance will establish the financial, performance-management and benefits-realization disciplines required to ensure that the Wealth Management transformation portfolio delivers its commitments.
Reporting to the Head of Transformation Enablement, the manager will oversee data and financial analysts and partner with Finance, Strategic Planning, Capital Management, Procurement, Technology, Product, Program Management and initiative leaders.
Responsibilities
Design and own the integrated performance-management framework for the transformation portfolio, covering delivery, financial performance, client outcomes, advisor and employee impact, adoption, service, risk, controls and benefits realization.
Define standard KPI dictionaries, calculation methods, baselines, targets, data sources, owners, reporting frequency and escalation thresholds.
Create portfolio dashboards and executive reporting that distinguish activity, outputs, adoption, outcomes and realized benefits.
Establish a disciplined monthly performance review process and surface initiatives requiring intervention, additional evidence, reforecasting, scope change or discontinuation.
Ensure reporting is decision-oriented, concise and traceable to authoritative financial and operational data.
Create and maintain benefits records for each transformation initiative, including expected client, field, growth, revenue, expense, productivity, capacity, risk and service outcomes.
Partner with initiative and business owners to define corrective actions when benefits are delayed, overstated or not supported by evidence.
Coordinate post-implementation reviews and maintain a clear line of sight from approved business case through realized value.
Lead annual and multi-year financial planning for the Transformation Office, including capital, operating expense, software, vendors, consulting, data, technology and internal resource requirements.
Maintain initiative-level and portfolio-level budgets, forecasts, commitments, actuals, accruals, variances and estimate-at-completion views.
Develop scenario analyses and recommendations to support sequencing, funding tradeoffs, capacity decisions and portfolio reallocation.
Ensure financial plans reconcile across Transformation, Finance, Technology, Procurement and business records.
Monitor approved capital, release schedules, capitalization eligibility, utilization, in-service timing and forecasted carryover in partnership with Finance and Accounting.
Identify underutilized, delayed or stranded capital early and recommend acceleration, reallocation, reforecasting or release.
Ensure initiative teams understand approved funding boundaries and provide timely evidence supporting capitalization and financial controls.
Prepare capital-governance materials and maintain a transparent record of funding decisions, conditions, changes and accountable owners.
Track the relationship between capital consumed, capabilities delivered, adoption achieved and benefits realized.
Manage the transformation portfolio view of software licenses, subscriptions, data expenses, external services, contractors and consulting arrangements.
Coordinate statements of work, purchase orders, contract financials, rate cards, milestones, invoices, accruals, renewals and termination dates with Procurement, Legal and initiative owners.
Assess consulting and vendor utilization against contracted deliverables, internal capability transfer, budget and measurable value.
Identify duplicate tools, unused licenses, overlapping consulting scopes and other opportunities to reduce or redirect expense.
Maintain forward visibility into contractual commitments, renewal decisions and exit costs.
Establish the authoritative portfolio dataset and controls required for consistent reporting across finance, delivery, adoption and benefits.
Partner with source-system owners to improve data definitions, completeness, timeliness, reconciliation and lineage.
Automate recurring reporting and analysis where practical while maintaining appropriate review and control points.
Ensure assumptions, manual adjustments and data limitations are transparent in management reporting.
Produce targeted analyses that identify performance drivers, emerging risks and opportunities for resource or funding reallocation.
Qualifications
8+ years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, capital management, portfolio management, transformation performance, management information, consulting or related disciplines.
At least 3 years of people-management or substantial team-leadership experience, including responsibility for developing analysts and reviewing complex work products.
Proven experience managing capital and expense budgets, forecasts, vendor or consulting spend, accruals, variances and executive financial reporting.
Experience defining KPIs, managing benefits realization and integrating financial, operational and delivery data into decision-oriented reporting.
Strong analytical and data-management capability, including advanced spreadsheet skills and experience with financial, portfolio, visualization or business-intelligence tools.
Ability to challenge assumptions, reconcile inconsistent data, explain complex financial information clearly and influence senior stakeholders.
Experience in wealth management, banking, asset servicing, financial services, technology or another highly regulated environment preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, data analytics or a related field required; MBA, CPA, CFA or other relevant advanced credential preferred.