Finance Analytics Leader — Data, BI & Automation

Cencora, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cencora, Inc. is seeking a senior leader to manage and develop the Finance Data Analytics function, driving cross-functional performance and strategic outcomes across financial reporting, profitability analytics, business intelligence, data products, and automation.

You will guide quarterly sub-function plans, ensure data readiness and governance, and align with stakeholders and vendors to deliver scalable analytics solutions that support enterprise decision-making.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data analytics, including cross-team or sub-function scale.
• 3+ years in a management capacity.
• CAP, PMP, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent certification preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in data analytics or related field; master’s preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages the finance analytics roadmap and quarterly delivery plans for financial reporting, profitability analytics, business intelligence, data products, and automation initiatives to achieve sub-function goals and measurable outcomes.
• Leads cross-team execution of complex and highly visible finance analytics initiatives with accountability for project planning, scope, cost, methods, staffing, quality, timelines, workflows, and successful business adoption.
• Oversees data readiness, governance alignment, solution requirements, documentation, testing, and continuity practices to ensure reliable and reusable finance analytics assets, reporting solutions, semantic data models, and data products.
• Directs adoption of program disciplines including risk and issue management, change control, benefits tracking, and solution lifecycle management across finance analytics initiatives. Provides guidance on solution options, risks, costs, benefits, business-process impacts, and alignment with long-term data and technology strategies.
• Drives standardization and scaling of finance analytics, reporting, visualization, testing, and delivery practices that improve consistency, transparency, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making. Promotes visualization standards, knowledge transfer, and stakeholder adoption across finance analytics solutions.
• Presents recommendations on analytics strategy, financial reporting and profitability capabilities, data quality improvements, automation opportunities, and process enhancements. Communicates dependencies, mitigations, and trade-offs to senior leaders and partners through clear, audience-appropriate reports, presentations, and data visualizations.
• Manages people-leader responsibilities by setting direction, allocating work, developing technical and business capabilities, providing technical leadership and coaching, and making performance and talent decisions. Builds team expertise across Azure Databricks, Microsoft Power BI, SQL, financial reporting, profitability analytics, and related finance data domains.
• Builds team expertise across Azure Databricks, Microsoft Power BI, SQL, financial reporting, profitability analytics, and related finance data domains.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data analytics

Master’s degree in a quantitative, data, or technology discipline preferred

Certified Analytics Professional (CAP)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

7+ years of data analytics experience

3+ years of management experience

Tools

Azure Databricks

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Cencora, Inc. is seeking a senior leader to manage and develop the Finance Data Analytics function, driving cross-functional performance and strategic outcomes across financial reporting, profitability analytics, business intelligence, data products, and automation.

You will guide quarterly sub-function plans, ensure data readiness and governance, and align with stakeholders and vendors to deliver scalable analytics solutions that support enterprise decision-making.