Finance Transformation Manager, Business Architecture

Adobe Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a Manager of Business Architecture & Systems Lifecycle to lead the business side of system and process build frameworks within finance and accounting transformation. You will mentor a two-member team, direct architecture for Q2C across CPQ, CLM, and CRM, and ensure retirement decisions align with strategic goals.

You will document current and future workflows, translate business requirements into governance-ready artifacts, and influence across leadership forums with strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; MBA, PMP, or Lean/Six Sigma certification is a plus.
• 5+ years transforming programs in finance or accounting functions or architecture.
• Prior people-leadership experience mentoring and developing individual contributors.
• Demonstrated experience documenting and maintaining process workflows and translating them into artifacts.
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture principles - system landscapes, decommissioning, and dependency management - with the judgment to treat retirement as an architecture decision.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a two-person team covering System/Process Architecture and System Retirement, setting clear goals and building a high-performing, collaborative practice.
• Balance workload and priorities across concurrent transformation programs, deploying your team where the architectural need is greatest.
• Represent the business architecture and retirement system scope in leadership forums.
• Own the business lens on system and process architecture for finance modernization programs, including Q2C across CPQ, CLM, and CRM.
• Direct the documentation and ongoing maintenance of L1/L2 process workflows reflecting current-state and future-state design.

Skills

People Leadership

Business Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Agile & Waterfall

Communication Skills

Requirement Translation

Architecture Documentation

Decision Making

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

PMP

Lean Six Sigma

Tools

CPQ

CLM

CRM

ERP SAP S/4HANA

Job description

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Manager, Business Architecture & Systems Lifecycle to lead the business side of system and process build frameworks. This role focuses on Adobe's finance and accounting transformation portfolio. You will lead a team of two individual contributors: one focused on System/Process Architecture and one focused on System Retirement this team will be the accountable owner for keeping the architecture landscape clean as programs like Q2C evolve.

This role is equal parts people leadership and architectural stewardship. You will set direction and mentor your team. You will ensure that first- and second-level operational procedures are detailed, current, and usable by transformation programs. You will also ensure legacy systems are retired deliberately.

What you'll Do

People Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a two-person team covering System/Process Architecture and System Retirement, setting clear goals and building a high-performing, collaborative practice.
• Balance workload and priorities across concurrent transformation programs, deploying your team where the architectural need is greatest.
• Represent the business architecture and retirement system scope or work in FTO and FTCO leadership forums.

Business & Process Architecture

• Own the business lens on system and process architecture for finance and accounting modernization programs, including the current Q2C initiative across CPQ, CLM, and CRM.
• Direct the documentation and ongoing maintenance of L1/L2 process workflows, ensuring they accurately reflect current-state and future-state design and are readily usable by transformation program teams.
• Partner with program leadership, process owners, and technical teams to translate business requirements into clear, well-governed process and system architecture artifacts.
• Identify process and system gaps or overlaps early, and drive resolution with the relevant business and technical owners.

Legacy System Retirement & Architecture Hygiene

• Own legacy system retirement as programs complete. Treat retirement as an architectural choice, not just a shutdown task. Remove technologies no longer in use to keep the finance and accounting systems landscape clean.
• Direct your System Retirement IC in building the retirement decision and execution plan for each legacy system displaced by a program, ensuring dependencies, data, and interfaces are fully accounted for before decommissioning.
• Maintain a living view of the finance/accounting system and process landscape - what exists, what is being replaced, and on what timeline so the architecture stays clean as transformation programs land and avoid environment collisions!

What you need to succeed

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; MBA, PMP, or process-excellence certification (Lean/Six Sigma) a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in transformation program work, ideally within finance or accounting functions or business/process architecture, systems analysis.
• Prior people-leadership experience, including mentoring and developing individual contributors.
• Demonstrated experience documenting and maintaining process workflows and translating them into artifacts usable by delivery teams.
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture principles - system landscapes, decommissioning, and dependency management - with the judgment to treat retirement as an architecture decision.
• Experience with Quote-to-Cash or related finance/accounting platforms (CPQ, CLM, CRM, ERP such as SAP S/4HANA or Dynamics 365) a plus.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; able to influence across business and technical audiences and operate decisively under ambiguity.
• Experience across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe's industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We're on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

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Expected Pay Range

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $111,800 -- $223,000 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

In California, the pay range for this position is $154,000 - $223,000

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