Director/Vice President – Finance Transformation – Banking/Financial Services ILINK TALENT SOLUTIONS

The Corporate Institute; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute is seeking a Finance Transformation Leader to drive initiatives across R2R, FP&A, and CFO functions. You will partner with CFOs to solve business challenges, position AI-led solutions, and deliver measurable outcomes through solution selling.

This role emphasizes capability building, growth enablement, and delivering transformation impact. Based in Chennai or on monthly hybrid terms, with visits to the Chennai office once or twice a month, and extensive travel across

Qualifications

• 15–25 years in Finance Transformation, Shared Services, GCC, Consulting, or BPO environments.
• Strong expertise in R2R and FP&A processes.
• Experience engaging CFOs and Finance Leadership Teams.
• Exposure to ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or Infor.
• Knowledge of AI, automation, analytics, and finance technology landscape.
• Strong communication and executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance transformation programs spanning R2R, FP&A, close optimization, reporting, analytics, and decision support.
• Engage with CFOs and finance leadership teams to identify transformation opportunities and define road maps.
• Drive solutioning, consulting, and pre-sales activities for prospective clients and work closely with business development teams.
• Build business cases and value realization frameworks.
• Collaborate with delivery and technology to implement scalable solutions.
• Design and development of agentic AI and platform-led finance transformation offerings esp in R2R and FP&A space.
• Mentor teams and contribute to practice growth and capability development.

Skills

R2R

FP&A

Client-facing

ERP (SAP/Oracle)

AI & Analytics

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Finance Transformation Leader to drive finance practice and transformation initiatives across Record-to-Report (R2R), FP&A, and broader CFO functions. This role partners with CFOs and finance leaders to solve business challenges, position AI-led solutions, and deliver measurable outcomes through effective solution selling. Primary responsibilities will be on Capability Building (develop new solutions / accelerators leveraging AI), Enable Growth (consultative selling / solutioning / pre-sales) and deliver transformation impact (drive / deliver projects which creates significant business impact).

This opportunity is open to candidates based in Chennai or those who prefer a monthly hybrid model, with the flexibility to visit the Chennai office once or twice a month. The role also involves extensive travel across locations.

Job Description:

• Lead finance transformation programs spanning R2R, FP&A, close optimization, reporting, analytics, and decision support.
• Engage with CFOs and finance leadership teams to identify transformation opportunities and define road maps.
• Drive solutioning, consulting, and pre-sales activities for prospective clients and work closely with business development teams.
• Build business cases and value realization frameworks.
• Collaborate with delivery and technology to implement scalable solutions.
• Design and development of agentic AI and platform-led finance transformation offerings esp in R2R and FP&A space.
• Mentor teams and contribute to practice growth and capability development.

Profile Description:

• 15 – 25 years in Finance Transformation, Shared Services, GCC, Consulting, or BPO environments.
• Strong expertise in R2R and FP&A processes.
• Experience working with CFOs, Controllers, and Finance Leadership Teams.
• Exposure to ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or Infor.
• Knowledge of AI, automation, analytics, and finance technology landscape.
• Strong communication, executive presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Key Attributes:

• Strategic thinker with execution capability.
• Consultative and client-facing.
• Ability to connect finance, technology, and business outcomes.

Must-Have Skills:

• Record to Report (R2R) experience And / OR Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) / Management Reporting expertise.
• Client-facing consulting capability or must have exposure to Practice / Solution Team.
• Experience engaging CFOs and Controllers.
• Finance process transformation background with strong technology acumen.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.