Position Summary
This positions serves as a strategic finance leader responsible for financial operations, revenue assurance, financial controls, business process optimization, and systems integration across a complex service-delivery organization. This role partners with Finance, Operations, Treasury, Shared Services, Payroll, and senior business leaders to ensure financial accuracy, operational efficiency, compliance, and scalable business processes.
The position combines traditional finance responsibilities with operational leadership, financial systems expertise, and transformation initiatives to support business growth and organizational effectiveness.
Essential Functions
Financial Leadership
- Lead monthly financial operational activities, reconciliations, and reporting processes.
- Oversee complex account reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and financial analyses.
- Partner with business leaders to support financial decision-making and operating performance.
- Monitor financial results and identify operational or financial risks requiring escalation.
Revenue Assurance & Financial Controls
- Own revenue reconciliation processes between operational and financial reporting platforms.
- Analyze billing, invoicing, and revenue variances and drive timely resolution.
- Design and maintain internal controls supporting financial reporting integrity.
- Support internal and external audits by ensuring appropriate documentation and control execution.
- Lead root-cause analysis of financial discrepancies and recommend corrective actions.
Finance Operations
- Oversee accounts payable governance, vendor onboarding support, payment tracking, and financial posting processes.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting requirements, and approval workflows.
- Improve operational efficiency through standardization and process enhancements.
- Maintain visibility over key operational finance metrics and performance indicators.
Business Process & Systems Leadership
- Serve as the finance subject matter expert for SAP, PSA, workflow tools, and financial reporting solutions.
- Lead process improvement initiatives focused on automation, controls, scalability, and efficiency.
- Support acquisitions, legal entity integrations, and finance transformation projects.
- Collaborate with technology teams to enhance reporting, data quality, and system functionality.
Knowledge Management & Training
- Develop process documentation, training materials, operating procedures, and knowledge-transfer plans.
- Train and mentor business users and finance personnel on financial processes and controls.
- Ensure continuity of critical finance operations through effective documentation and cross-training.
Leadership Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional projects involving Finance, Operations, Treasury, Payroll, and Shared Services.
- Influence stakeholders at multiple management levels without direct reporting authority.
- Drive organizational adoption of process improvements and operational best practices.
- Provide direction and guidance to project teams and process owners.
- Act as a trusted advisor for finance systems, controls, and operational governance matters.
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
- CPA, CMA, MBA, or equivalent advanced credential is a plus.
Experience
- 8+ years of progressive finance, accounting, operational finance, or business transformation experience.
- Experience supporting financial systems, operational processes, and cross-functional initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience leading projects and influencing business stakeholders.
- Experience with financial controls, audit support, and process improvement initiatives.
Preferred Technical Skills
- SAP
- Financial reporting and reconciliation processes
- Professional Services Automation (PSA) platforms
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Power Query
- Workflow management solutions
- Financial analysis and variance investigation
- Internal controls and audit support
- HFM
Key Performance Indicators
- Revenue reconciliation accuracy
- Timeliness of month-end deliverables
- Audit and compliance results
- Vendor payment cycle performance
- Reduction in manual processes
- Automation adoption
- Process documentation completeness
- Stakeholder satisfaction
- Successful completion of finance transformation initiatives
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