Finance Tech Program Lead: Cross-Functional Delivery

1P284 THE CARLYLE GROUP EMPLOYEE CO., LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Carlyle Group seeks a Technical Program Manager to drive cross-functional finance technology programs. This high-impact role centers on portfolio operations, product strategy, and agile execution in a corporate services environment.

You will lead end-to-end delivery, shape the roadmaps for finance domain teams, mentor analysts, and partner with engineering and finance stakeholders to prioritize and implement tech-enabled processes. In-office presence is required four days weekly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, required.
• Concentration in accounting, finance, information systems, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• In-Office Requirement: 4 days per week.
• Maintain portfolio-level coordination to ensure priorities are tracked and day-to-day operations are managed effectively across all workstreams.
• Keep the full portfolio organized, on track, and aligned to firm priorities across Fund Accounting, Firm Accounting, Legal Entity Management, Global Payments, Treasury & Cash Management, and Finance Reporting.
• Manage task tracking, follow-ups, and action items to ensure timely resolution across workstreams.
• Maintain portfolio-level views of status, risks, dependencies, milestones, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate across leadership, the BA team, engineering, finance stakeholders, and vendors to ensure consistent execution and accountability.
• Define and manage the domain teams’ product roadmap aligned to Finance leadership priorities.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve business processes through technology, automation, and AI.
• Partner with engineering teams and finance process owners to ensure requirements are well-defined, clearly communicated, and delivered on time.
• Lead end-to-end delivery across multiple initiatives, ensuring timelines, scope, and quality are met.
• Foster consistent agile practices across domain teams, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Proactively identify and elevate risks, dependencies, and blockers to senior stakeholders.
• Apply a working understanding of core accounting concepts (general ledger, fund accounting, AP/AR, Billing, treasury operations, financial close) to inform technology decisions and prioritize workstreams.
• Develop fluency across Carlyle’s finance platforms and how they support upstream and downstream accounting processes; diagnose inefficiencies and direct technology-enabled solutions delivery in partnership with engineering teams and finance process owners.
• Ensure delivered solutions align with accounting and operational requirements and are fit for long-term use by finance operations teams.

Skills

Portfolio management

Cross-functional leadership

Agile execution

Finance domain knowledge

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Accounting/Finance focus

Tools

Investran

Geneva

PeopleSoft

Workday Financials

Anaplan

Snowflake

Power BI

Sigma Computing

Job description

The Carlyle Group seeks a Technical Program Manager to drive cross-functional finance technology programs. This high-impact role centers on portfolio operations, product strategy, and agile execution in a corporate services environment.

You will lead end-to-end delivery, shape the roadmaps for finance domain teams, mentor analysts, and partner with engineering and finance stakeholders to prioritize and implement tech-enabled processes. In-office presence is required four days weekly.