Finance Transformation Specialist

Timken

Canton (OH)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Culture of top performance

Sustainable products and innovation

Community involvement

Job summary

Timken is seeking a Finance Transformation Specialist to advance the global Finance organization’s transformation strategy. You will connect finance processes, data, systems, and technology, partnering with Finance, IT and stakeholders to implement scalable analytics, automation, and tech-enabled solutions to improve decision-making and governance.

Responsibilities include leading workstreams across ERP, consolidation, planning, and reporting; defining data requirements and reporting structures;

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, IS, Data Analytics or CS required; Master’s preferred.
7+ years in finance processes, reporting, analytics, or transformation; 10 years preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify and implement process improvement, automation and digital transformation opportunities.
Lead project workstreams with Finance, IT and business stakeholders; manage scope, timelines and risks.
Define finance data requirements, models and reporting structures for planning, forecasting and analytics.
Promote knowledge sharing and adoption of emerging technologies across Finance.

Skills

ERP analytics

Data analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Automation

Finance systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/accounting/information systems/data analytics/computer science

Master's degree in business/finance/information systems/data analytics

Tools

Power BI

SAP

OneStream

Blackline

SQL

Azure

Databricks

Job description

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What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

Purpose:

The Finance Transformation Specialist advances the global Finance organization’s transformation strategy by connecting finance processes, data, systems, and technology. This role partners with Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities, define business and data requirements, and deliver scalable analytics, automation, and technology-enabled solutions that improve decision-making, efficiency, governance, and business insight.

Partner with Finance leadership to identify and implement process improvement, automation, and digital transformation opportunities that improve efficiency, controls, and business outcomes.
Lead project workstreams and support enterprise initiatives involving ERP, consolidation, planning, reporting, and finance technologies.
Identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies to improve business processes, decision making, and financial insights.
Partner with Finance, IT, and data teams to define finance data requirements, business data models, and reporting structures that support planning, forecasting, reporting, and analytics.
Collaborate with IT and automation teams to deliver scalable reporting, analytics, and technology solutions that improve data accessibility, governance, quality, consistency and decision making.

Project Management & Stakeholder Engagement

Lead project workstreams and collaborate with Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver strategic transformation initiatives.
Manage project scope, deliverables, timelines, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.
Facilitate workshops and requirements gathering sessions to document business needs, define future-state processes, and develop business requirements.

Center of Excellence

Promote knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and adoption of emerging technologies across the Finance organization.
Serve as a trusted advisor on finance systems, analytics, data management, automation, AI, and transformation best practices.
Support change management, training, and adoption activities associated with new processes, systems, and technologies.

Technical/Functional Skills:

Required:

Experience working with ERP, financial consolidation, planning, reporting, or finance systems; examples may include SAP, OneStream, Blackline, Power BI, or similar platforms.
Strong understanding of finance processes, data flows, reporting requirements, and system-enabled process improvement.
Ability to translate business needs into clear requirements for data, analytics, reporting automation, and technology solutions.
Experience analyzing and leveraging data from multiple business systems to support reporting, planning, forecasting, and decision making.
Ability to lead workstreams or cross-functional initiatives involving Finance, IT, and business stakeholders.
Strong analytical, critical thinking, communication, and continuous improvement skills.

Preferred :

Working knowledge of data architecture, data modeling, data governance, cloud data platforms, data lakes, or semantic models and the ability to partner effectively with IT and data teams.
Exposure to AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, or advanced analytics use cases in a finance or business environment.
Experience supporting finance transformation, data modernization, reporting automation, digital finance, or process improvement initiatives.
Familiarity with Power BI, SQL, Azure, Databricks, or similar data and analytics platforms.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or similar field. Preferred:Master's degree in Business Administration, Business/Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or similar field.
7 years of experience in supporting finance processes, reporting, analytics, process improvement, leading workstreams, or transformation initiatives. Preferred: 10 years of experience.

This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data (“CTD”) and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law .

Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2025.
We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 6x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 15x by Ethisphere.

Why Choose Timken?