Sr Business Process Manager

Moody's Corporation; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Moody's Corporation in India is seeking a senior Finance Transformation leader to drive end-to-end process improvements, governance, and AI-enabled efficiency. You will partner with global Finance leadership to optimize close, reporting, planning, and revenue processes while strengthening controls and accuracy.

The role requires 8+ years in finance process improvement, strong stakeholder influence, and experience implementing enterprise finance platforms and BI tools across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in change management or finance transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead global Finance process improvements to strengthen controls, accuracy, efficiency, scalability, and measurable business outcomes.
• Lead Finance process optimization and transformation initiatives from problem definition and root‑cause analysis through future‑state design, implementation, adoption, and benefits realization.
• Assess processes, controls, data inputs and outputs, handoffs, and risks across core Finance workflows using deep Finance subject‑matter knowledge.
• Apply structured improvement methods to map current states, identify root causes, quantify opportunities, define future states, and sustain improvements.
• Design stronger controls and standardized ways of working that improve accuracy, transparency, scalability, accountability, and compliance.
• Establish process governance and ownership by defining decision rights, roles, policies, performance measures, documentation standards, and continuous‑improvement routines.
• Lead stakeholder alignment and change adoption across Finance, Accounting, Data, Technology, Risk, and other partners, resolving competing priorities and embedding new ways of working.
• Track and communicate outcomes related to control effectiveness, quality, cycle time, capacity, cost, adoption, and realized benefits.
• Coach teams in process‑excellence practices and strengthen capability in problem solving, process ownership, controls, measurement, and continuous improvement.
• Apply technology and artificial intelligence where they support an approved future‑state process, partnering with technical teams on requirements, controls, delivery, and adoption.
• Experience applying technology and artificial intelligence as enablers of process improvement, with sound judgment to distinguish technology opportunities from process, policy, control, or operating‑model issues & Familiarity with enterprise Finance platforms, business‑intelligence tools, and modern data environments

Skills

Finance process transformation

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Stakeholder leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Process governance

Data and BI familiarity

Enterprise finance platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Change management / PM / Finance transformation credentials

Tools

ERP/Finance platforms

BI tools

Modern data environments

Job description

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

Skills And Competencies

• 8+ years of relevant experience, including substantial hands‑on leadership of Finance process transformation, process excellence, or operating-model improvement in a complex organization
• Deep knowledge of core Finance processes, controls, data, and operating models across areas such as close and consolidation, reporting, planning and forecasting, revenue, and billing
• Demonstrated ability to lead end‑to‑end improvement initiatives, from diagnosis and future‑state design through implementation, change adoption, and measurable benefits realization
• Mastery of structured process‑improvement methods, supported by Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification or equivalent demonstrated experience
• Strong stakeholder leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior Finance leaders and align globally distributed, cross‑functional teams without direct authority
• Experience establishing process governance, ownership, performance measures, control frameworks, documentation standards, and continuous‑improvement routines

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• Additional credentials in change management, project management, accounting, or Finance transformation

Responsibilities

• Lead global Finance process improvements that strengthen controls, accuracy, efficiency, scalability, and measurable business outcomes
• Lead Finance process optimization and transformation initiatives from problem definition and root‑cause analysis through future‑state design, implementation, adoption, and benefits realization
• Assess processes, controls, data inputs and outputs, handoffs, and risks across core Finance workflows using deep Finance subject‑matter knowledge
• Apply structured improvement methods to map current states, identify root causes, quantify opportunities, define future states, and sustain improvements
• Design stronger controls and standardized ways of working that improve accuracy, transparency, scalability, accountability, and compliance
• Establish process governance and ownership by defining decision rights, roles, policies, performance measures, documentation standards, and continuous‑improvement routines
• Lead stakeholder alignment and change adoption across Finance, Accounting, Data, Technology, Risk, and other partners, resolving competing priorities and embedding new ways of working
• Track and communicate outcomes related to control effectiveness, quality, cycle time, capacity, cost, adoption, and realized benefits
• Coach teams in process‑excellence practices and strengthen capability in problem solving, process ownership, controls, measurement, and continuous improvement
• Apply technology and artificial intelligence where they support an approved future‑state process, partnering with technical teams on requirements, controls, delivery, and adoption
• Experience applying technology and artificial intelligence as enablers of process improvement, with sound judgment to distinguish technology opportunities from process, policy, control, or operating‑model issues & Familiarity with enterprise Finance platforms, business‑intelligence tools, and modern data environments

About The Team

Our Finance Transformation & Strategy team, within Moody's Shared Services, improves Finance operations through process excellence, stronger governance, and sustainable transformation. The Automation/Operations team partners across Finance and related functions to strengthen controls, standardize ways of working, and deliver measurable improvements. By joining the team, you will contribute to high‑visibility, cross‑functional initiatives and work regularly with senior Finance leadership

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.