Finance Transformation Leader: AI, Automation & Governance

UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Principal Program Manager for Finance Digital Enablement in the United States. You will lead enterprise-scale transformation programs across Finance, partnering with business leaders, IT, and cross-functional teams to drive strategy, governance, and value realization.

Responsibilities include defining objectives, managing dependencies, and delivering measurable business outcomes through finance transformations, AI initiatives, and operating model changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Project Management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience leading complex business transformation, Finance transformation, enterprise technology, or cross-functional programs in large organizations.
• Experience leading highly visible programs involving multiple stakeholders, business functions, and technology teams.
• Experience supporting Finance transformation initiatives and working knowledge of key Finance processes such as Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Revenue, Treasury, Tax, or related areas.
• Experience with enterprise technology implementations, system integrations, testing, deployment planning, business readiness, cutover, hypercare, and stabilization.
• Strong expertise in program governance, integrated planning, dependency management, risk management, executive reporting, and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience partnering with organizational change management and communications teams to support successful adoption.
• Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to evaluate business cases, expected benefits, investment tradeoffs, and value realization.
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery environments.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority and lead through complexity and change.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale Finance transformation programs with significant business impact and organizational visibility.
• Define program objectives, scope, governance structures, milestones, resource requirements, and success measures.
• Maintain an integrated view across business processes, technology, data, controls, organizational readiness, and operational impacts.
• Drive execution from mobilization through implementation, stabilization, and transition to operational ownership.
• Convert strategic objectives and transformation roadmaps into actionable delivery plans.
• Partner with Finance leaders, Global Process Owners, and technology teams to define sequencing, dependencies, implementation approaches, and success criteria.
• Bring clarity and structure to complex initiatives while adapting to changing priorities and business needs.
• Align stakeholders across Finance, IT, Procurement, Sales, Treasury, HR, Internal Audit, and external partners.
• Coordinate business and technical workstreams to ensure successful delivery across multiple teams.
• Resolve competing priorities and facilitate timely decision-making to maintain program momentum.
• Establish governance models, steering committees, escalation paths, and decision frameworks.
• Deliver executive-level reporting focused on outcomes, risks, dependencies, and value realization.
• Provide leadership with transparency into program health and recommendations for action.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and scope changes.
• Apply structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis to address challenges.
• Develop mitigation strategies and provide clear recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
• Partner with IT Product Owners, delivery teams, architects, and vendors to align technology with business objectives.
• Coordinate requirements, solution design, integrations, testing, deployment, controls validation, cutover, and stabilization.
• Ensure clear ownership across business and technical teams.
• Partner with change management and communications to support adoption.
• Integrate communications, training, stakeholder engagement, readiness, and adoption planning.
• Monitor readiness and adoption outcomes and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Stakeholder management

Communication

Facilitation

Change management

Relationship-building

Influence without authority

Delivery leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Project Management, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

System integrations

Deployment planning

Job description

UKG is seeking a Principal Program Manager for Finance Digital Enablement in the United States. You will lead enterprise-scale transformation programs across Finance, partnering with business leaders, IT, and cross-functional teams to drive strategy, governance, and value realization.

Responsibilities include defining objectives, managing dependencies, and delivering measurable business outcomes through finance transformations, AI initiatives, and operating model changes.