Senior Manager, Finance Transformation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as a trusted collaborator across Accounting, Business Systems/IT, FP&A, and external consultants.

• Organize cross-functional meetings to foster alignment and identify decisions and conflicts.

• Serve as the main Accounting liaison for IT triage, translating incidents, enhancement requests, and defects into scoped tickets, severity assessments, and business impact statements.

• Collaborate with Business Systems on defining requirements, prioritization, testing, and release readiness for NetSuite and related finance tools such as Zip, FloQast, and Workiva.

• Create triage and escalation protocols for closing, reporting, and control-impacting issues.

• Coordinate with external consultants and implementation partners.

• Oversee project management for the Finance Transformation portfolio, including planning, milestones, dependencies, RAID tracking, decision logs, and escalation processes.

• Develop dashboards and tracking tools for enhanced leadership visibility.

• Integrate transformation, systems, and process improvement initiatives into a prioritized portfolio.

• Prepare leadership updates focused on decisions, trade-offs, blockers, and required actions.

• Establish and monitor operating metrics such as cycle times, remediation progress, and portfolio health.

• Transform control gaps, significant errors, and audit observations into prioritized remediation strategies.

• Conduct root-cause analysis and collaborate with control owners regarding SOX Year 1 readiness and public company reporting requirements.

• Lead initiatives to enhance close cadence, reconciliation quality, and period-end risk visibility across various entities.

• Create repeatable processes for tracking close blockers, identifying root causes, and monitoring remediation progress.

• Achieve first-year objectives including a unified prioritized portfolio, SOX/control readiness, and measurable enhancements in close execution, control quality, or cycle time.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 9 years of progressive experience in finance transformation, accounting operations, internal audit, finance systems, or process improvement, with experience leading cross-functional projects.

• Strong project/program management capabilities, including integrated planning, dependency management, risk/issue escalation, and executive reporting; PMP or equivalent certification is a plus.

• Proficient accounting knowledge in areas such as closing, reconciliations, journal entries, and controls.

• Proven ability to translate business requirements into system and process specifications.

• Experience working with IT/Business Systems on intake, incident triage, prioritization, and release management tasks.

• Familiarity with SOX, internal controls, or financial reporting risk mitigation in a public company or late-stage pre-IPO setting.

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, hyper-growth environment.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities; skilled in facilitating meetings and adjusting communication styles based on the audience.

• Practical experience with NetSuite.

• Exposure to multi-entity, international operations, including intercompany, foreign exchange, and consolidation, is advantageous.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or Information Systems.

• CPA qualification is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity packages.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, along with mental health resources.

• An Ōura Ring for personal use and employee discounts for friends and family.

• 20 days of paid time off, plus 13 paid holidays, and 8 days of flexible wellness time off.

• Paid sick leave and parental leave.