Lead Program Manager, Finance Transformation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Costa Rica.

📋 Description

• Oversee the implementation of one or more Finance Transformation projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, milestones, deliverables, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration.

• Establish and uphold program governance, which includes executive status updates, materials for steering committees, RAID logs, and portfolio dashboards.

• Recognize, monitor, and proactively address risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies related to Finance, Corporate Technology, and external implementation partners.

• Collaborate with Functional Transformation Leads in FP&A, Controllership, Treasury, Tax, and other Finance divisions to ensure business requirements are consistently aligned.

• Work in conjunction with Corporate Technology teams and System Integrators on Finance systems, data platforms, and enterprise application deployments.

• Assess program health, benefit realization, and strategic outcomes to ensure measurable business value is achieved.

• Aid in change management via communication strategies, training, adoption initiatives, and stakeholder engagement.

• Lead governance meetings, executive reviews, decision-making sessions, and cross-functional workshops involving senior leadership.

• Standardize governance procedures, templates, reporting frameworks, and best practices in program management.

• Promote collaboration, accountability, and transparency among program stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

• Over 5 years of experience in program or project management, specifically in delivering Finance Transformation, ERP, Enterprise Planning, or Data Platform initiatives within intricate, matrixed organizations.

• Proven experience in managing enterprise-level implementations involving technologies such as Oracle Cloud ERP, SAP, NetSuite, Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Databricks, Snowflake, or similar platforms.

• Strong understanding of project governance methodologies, including RAID management, RACI/DACI frameworks, executive reporting, and portfolio governance.

• Capability to manage multiple cross-functional projects while juggling competing priorities and executive expectations.

• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive stance on risk management.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to present program updates and recommendations to senior leadership.

• Experience collaborating with Finance organizations, Corporate Technology teams, and third-party implementation partners.

• Proficiency in operating effectively in fast-paced environments with changing priorities and unclear requirements.

• Preferred certifications include PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or equivalent project management credentials.

• Experience in supporting Finance organizations through digital transformation or enterprise modernization projects is preferred.

• Familiarity with SOX controls, audit readiness, or IPO environments is preferred.

• Knowledge of Tableau or Power BI is preferred.

• Background in SaaS, enterprise software, or rapidly growing technology companies is preferred.

• Understanding of Finance functions such as FP&A, Accounting, Revenue Recognition, Treasury, Tax, and Financial Reporting is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Confidential management of applicant information.

• Access to the Recruiting Privacy Notice and personal data processing protections.