Finance Transformation & Enablement Director

RELX

Surrey

On-site

CAD 140,000 - 210,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in Canada seeks a Director of Business Transformation & Enablement to lead modernization of the Finance function. Reporting to the CFO, this role drives multi-year strategy, adopts AI, automation, analytics, and governance to deliver measurable business value.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of leadership in Finance or related, deep expertise in process redesign, operating models, and change management, and a proven track record influencing senior stakeholders across

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
8+ years of progressive leadership experience in Finance, Transformation, Consulting, Operations, Technology, or related disciplines.
Proven experience leading large-scale organizational transformation and change initiatives.
Strong understanding of business processes, operating models, organizational effectiveness, and process improvement methodologies.
Demonstrated experience implementing technology-enabled business solutions and productivity improvements.
Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a multi-year Finance Transformation Strategy aligned with Finance and business objectives.
Partner with Finance Leadership Team members to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and business impact.
Establish and govern a prioritized portfolio of transformation initiatives based on business value, organizational readiness, cost, complexity, and risk.
Define future-state operating models, capabilities, and organizational structures to support Finance’s evolving needs.
Develop business cases and investment recommendations for transformation initiatives.
Evaluate Finance processes, workflows, reporting, systems, and organizational capabilities across all Finance functions.
Identify sources of manual effort, inefficiency, duplication, and low-value activities.
Lead process redesign initiatives that improve scalability, standardization, and productivity.
Assess organizational maturity and establish benchmarks to measure progress over time.
Promote continuous improvement methodologies and best practices across Finance.
Lead adoption of AI, automation, analytics, and productivity technologies across the Finance organization.
Identify and prioritize use cases that deliver measurable business outcomes and employee productivity gains.
Partner with Technology, Data, and Enterprise AI teams to leverage existing platforms and capabilities.
Drive implementation of tools including Copilot, workflow automation, analytics, reporting, and business intelligence solutions.
Ensure all initiatives comply with governance, security, compliance, and enterprise standards.
Develop and execute change management strategies for major transformation initiatives.
Lead communication, training, and enablement efforts to accelerate adoption and value realization.
Establish networks of transformation champions and subject matter experts across Finance.
Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, learning, and continuous improvement.
Support leaders and employees in adopting new ways of working and technology-enabled processes.
Govern the Finance transformation portfolio and ensure alignment to strategic priorities.
Establish project governance, milestones, success metrics, and reporting frameworks.
Monitor initiative progress, risks, dependencies, resource requirements, and outcomes.
Provide regular updates and recommendations to the CFO, Finance Leadership Team, and executive stakeholders.
Ensure initiatives remain focused on delivering measurable business results.
Define KPIs and success metrics for transformation initiatives.
Measure adoption rates, productivity improvements, cycle-time reductions, automation benefits, and business outcomes.
Track value realization and return on investment for transformation programs.
Develop executive dashboards and reporting to communicate progress and outcomes.
Use data and insights to continuously refine priorities and investment decisions.
Build and lead a high-performing Business Transformation & Enablement capability as the function matures.
Recruit, mentor, and develop transformation professionals and future team members.
Foster strong collaboration across Finance, Technology, Data, HR, and business functions.
Serve as a trusted advisor to Finance leaders on modernization opportunities and organizational effectiveness.
Promote a high-performance culture focused on execution, accountability, innovation, and measurable impact.