Senior Manager, Finance Transformation, Expense & Operational Finance

About the role

Join a high-impact finance leadership role at the center of operational excellence and transformation. The Senior Manager, Finance Transformation, Expense & Operational Finance is a strategic and hands-on leader who will help shape the future of finance operations by leading core functions such as Accounts Payable, expense operations, process optimization, finance systems transformation, and data-driven decision support.

Responsibilities

• Lead modern finance operations with a focus on scalability, service excellence, and strong financial controls.
  • Oversee day-to-day operational finance functions, including Accounts Payable and key elements of expense management.
  • Ensure accuracy, timeliness, compliance, and a strong control environment across transactional finance processes.
  • Establish, monitor, and continuously improve service levels, KPIs, and operational performance metrics.
  • Identify and resolve process bottlenecks, control gaps, and inefficiencies that affect service delivery and business outcomes.
  • Drive process improvement, standardization, and continuous optimization across finance operations.
  • Lead process reengineering efforts that reduce cycle times, improve quality, and create more efficient end-to-end workflows.
  • Standardize policies, procedures, and operational workflows across teams, functions, and geographies.
  • Implement automation and streamline manual processes to improve productivity, scalability, and user experience.
  • Partner with stakeholders to elevate service delivery, strengthen operating discipline, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Partner with FP&A and business leaders to strengthen insight, planning, and decision support.
  • Collaborate with FP&A to support budgeting, forecasting, expense management, and financial planning activities.
  • Translate operational drivers into financial insights, recommendations, and business cases that inform better decision-making.
  • Analyze cost drivers, headcount trends, vendor spend, and operating metrics to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Improve visibility into financial performance through enhanced reporting, dashboards, and actionable analytics.
  • Lead targeted finance transformation initiatives from strategy through execution.
  • Own and execute finance transformation initiatives with a focus on practical, measurable outcomes and sustainable business value.
  • Drive RFP processes for finance systems, tools, and service providers, including requirements gathering, vendor evaluation, scoring, recommendation development, and executive presentations.
  • Oversee end-to-end implementation of new tools, systems, and workflows, ensuring delivery against scope, timeline, budget, and business requirements.
  • Manage external vendors and implementation partners to drive accountability, execution quality, and alignment to transformation goals.
  • Support development of scalable operating models, including shared services, centralized support structures, and global process alignment.
  • Drive change adoption across teams by building readiness, communication, and engagement around new processes and technologies.
  • Advance technology, analytics, and data enablement across the finance organization.
  • Partner with IT and Finance teams to implement and enhance finance systems, reporting tools, and digital workflows.
  • Help define and maintain a finance operations technology roadmap aligned to business priorities, transformation objectives, and future scalability.
  • Leverage analytics, reporting, and data insights to improve decision-making, transparency, and operational performance.
  • Build trusted partnerships across Finance, Operations, and executive leadership.
  • Act as a strategic finance partner to operational leaders, business owners, and executive stakeholders.
  • Provide proactive insights that support cost management, investment prioritization, budgeting decisions, and operational planning.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Procurement, IT, HR, and other business teams to align priorities and deliver enterprise-wide improvements.

Qualifications

• We are looking for a leader who combines strong operational finance and finance transformation experience with the ability to influence across functions and levels of the organization.
• The ideal candidate brings a strategic mindset, strong execution discipline, and a track record of improving finance operations through process redesign, automation, systems implementation, analytics, and change management.
• Success in this role will require executive presence, excellent communication skills, strong business partnership capabilities, and the ability to translate complexity into clear actions and measurable outcomes.
• Preferred strengths include expertise in operational finance, Accounts Payable, expense management, procure-to-pay processes, FP&A partnership, financial analysis, vendor management, KPI development, process optimization, finance systems, reporting and dashboarding, and leading cross-functional transformation initiatives in complex organizations.
• The successful candidate is a collaborative people leader who develops talent, embraces innovation, and thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.
• Preferred Education: Master's degree in Business Administration or related field.
• Minimum Years Of Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in finance transformation, operational finance, FP&A, controllership support, shared services, procure-to-pay, or related finance leadership roles, including experience leading large-scale initiatives, cross-functional programs, process improvement efforts, systems implementations, and stakeholder-facing transformation work.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• No immigration sponsorship is available for this position.
• The firm’s expected hiring range for this position is $149,276 - $237,355 per year depending on the candidate’s geographic market location.
• The compensation offered for employment will also be dependent on other factors including the candidate’s experience, skills, educational and professional background, and overall qualifications.