Principal Analyst, AI Transformation (Controllership)

Primary Function of the Position

The Finance Transformation team is an innovative, results-oriented team within the Corporate Accounting Department. In this role, you will partner with Accounting Functional teams, IT, Finance peers, and cross-functional stakeholders to identify high-value opportunities to simplify, standardize, and optimize end-to-end finance processes. This position is focused on applying artificial intelligence, automation, and data-driven approaches to redesign workflows, improve decision quality, strengthen controls, and reduce manual effort across accounting and reporting processes, laying the groundwork for AI transformation within Controllership, executing AI use cases and early pilots within Controllership leveraging self-service models on enterprise platforms and new opportunities or early-stage development.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Evaluate end-to-end finance and accounting processes to identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, automation, and AI-enabled optimization
• Lead the design of future-state workflows that leverage artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and automation to improve cycle time, accuracy, scalability, and user experience
• Translate business pain points into clear requirements, use cases, business process documentation, test scenarios, and implementation plans for AI and process optimization initiatives
• Possess strong analytical, problem-solving, and structured thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex issues into actionable solutions
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, manage projects, and present recommendations, roadmaps, and project updates to management and cross-functional teams to drive alignment, adoption, and prioritization of AI initiatives
• Deliver process optimization projects for the Controllership organization that reduce manual work, improve transparency, enhance compliance, and enable more intelligent decision-making through AI and automation
• Build AI literacy within Controllership through examples, demos, and practical education

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in finance transformation, process optimization, accounting operations, or related fields
• Strong experience across end-to-end finance and accounting processes, with the ability to identify root causes, redesign workflows, and improve operational performance
• Demonstrated experience of implementing AI, automation, or advanced analytics solutions that improved efficiency, controls, insight generation, or decision support
• Practical understanding of how to apply AI in a controlled business environment, including data quality considerations, risk awareness, testing discipline, and change management
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project leadership skills
• Strong written documentation skills, including business requirements, process maps, testing documentation, and executive-ready summaries
• Ability to handle ambiguity, evaluate emerging technologies thoughtfully, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment