Manager, Finance Transformation

Leadout Capital; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadout Capital is seeking a Manager, Finance Transformation to advance our Finance Transformation initiatives and optimize Workday integrations across ERP platforms.

You will diagnose root causes, design autonomous workflows, and partner with Finance and IT leadership to deliver scalable, compliant improvements in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in finance transformation or enterprise financial systems management.
• Experience optimizing finance operations within large-scale ERP environments.
• Ability to lead cross-functional finance technology initiatives and manage timelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end process improvement across core finance operations.
• Coordinate backlog, twice-annual Workday releases, and strategic project delivery.
• Investigate cross-platform financial breakdowns and fix root causes to prevent future issues.
• Drive holistic stakeholder engagement across Finance to align initiatives with regulatory landscape.
• Translate complex finance requirements into clear technical specifications for IT execution.

Skills

Finance transformation

Finance technology consulting

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Process optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Workday

Job description

The Experience

We are looking for a Manager, Finance Transformation to join our Business Process & Enterprise Systems Transformation team. In this role, you will diagnose operational root causes and optimize accounting connections between Finance platforms, boundary systems, and Workday Cloud ERP. With Agentforce woven into every layer of our platform, our team builds intelligent systems that automate repetitive subledger flows, elevate strategic accounting tasks, and power better financial decision-making at scale.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

• Lead end-to-end process improvement and agentic transformation across core finance operations, diagnosing systemic friction to deploy autonomous workflows that scale with the enterprise.

• Serve as a key liaison between Finance and Digital Enterprise Transformation, coordinating the feature backlog, twice-annual Workday releases, and strategic project delivery.

• Investigate cross-platform transactional breakdowns across Finance lifecycles, applying structured consulting frameworks to execute root-cause fixes that prevent future failures.

• Drive holistic stakeholder engagement across Finance to ensure initiatives consider the full financial picture and regulatory landscape.

• Partner directly with business leads to translate complex finance requirements into clear technical specifications for IT execution.

You're Our Person If

• You have 5+ years of experience in finance transformation, finance technology consulting or enterprise financial systems management.

• You have hands-on experience driving business process optimization within enterprise finance systems.

• You are comfortable driving finance technology initiatives as a functional project lead, managing delivery timelines, risk mitigation, and cross-team dependencies.

• You have experience leveraging enterprise Agentic AI tools to automate workflow decisions or streamline accounting operational processes.

• You have a proven track record of independently identifying system or workflow inefficiencies and implementing scalable process improvements to prevent future issues.

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the Core Competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

Even Better If

• You have a combination of prior experience in management or technology consulting focused on transformation and have hands on Finance Operations experience.

• You have first-hand experience driving AI transformation initiatives, specifically implementing agentic automation and intelligent workflows within Finance.

• You bring exceptional problem-solving skills using structured frameworks to dissect complex operational failures and present technical roadmaps to finance leadership.

• You hold an active CPA.

This role is hybrid and goes into the office 3 days per week.