Program Financial Controller

Trissential; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly pay

Comprehensive benefits

Paid holidays and PTO

Career development

Strong team culture

Job summary

Trissential in Minneapolis, MN, is hiring a Program Financial Manager to shape financial governance for a large-scale transformation portfolio. You will influence investment decisions, drive budgeting, and provide leadership with insights to help deliver strategic initiatives.

This hybrid, full-time role requires 7–15 years of finance experience in transformations, strong governance skills, and the ability to mentor a team of analysts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline.
• 7–15 years of finance experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, and change control.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale transformation programs, PMOs, TPMOs, or enterprise initiatives.
• Strong expertise establishing financial governance, controls, and reporting processes across multiple workstreams.
• Experience managing portfolio budgets, forecasts, and investment tracking.
• Knowledge of ERP-led transformation programs and multi-vendor delivery environments.
• Experience supporting month-end close processes and maintaining audit-ready documentation.
• Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, and influencing skills.
• Prior experience leading, mentoring, or coaching analysts and finance team members.
• Advanced proficiency with financial analysis, reporting tools, spreadsheets, and enterprise financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain financial governance frameworks, internal controls, and compliance standards across all program workstreams.
• Build, manage, and continuously refine integrated portfolio budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Monitor financial performance and provide actionable insights on risks, opportunities, and key cost drivers.
• Establish and maintain program financial baselines while managing funding approvals and change control processes.
• Lead month-end financial activities, reconciliations, reporting cycles, and audit readiness efforts.
• Deliver executive-level financial reporting, including budget versus actuals, run-rate analysis, contingency management, and benefits realization tracking.
• Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analyses to support strategic decision-making around scope, timing, staffing, and sourcing.
• Manage vendor and contract financial performance in partnership with Procurement and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Corporate Finance and Controllership teams on accounting treatment, capitalization decisions, and financial reporting standards.
• Coach and mentor a team of financial analysts while ensuring consistency and quality across deliverables.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Financial reporting

Change control

PMO/TPMO experience

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Mentoring analysts

ERP/enterprise systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Location: Hybrid (3 days onsite a week in Minneapolis MN)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Are you a finance professional who thrives in complex transformation environments? Trissential is hiring a Program Financial Manager to join our client's team and play a critical role in shaping the financial governance of a large-scale, multi-year transformation portfolio. This is a highly visible opportunity where you'll influence investment decisions, drive financial discipline, and provide leadership with the insights needed to successfully deliver strategic initiatives.

What's in It for You?

• Strategic Impact – Partner with executive stakeholders and influence funding, investment, and program decisions across a major transformation portfolio.
• High-Visibility Role – Serve as the financial authority supporting transformational initiatives with enterprise-wide visibility.
• Leadership Opportunity – Lead and mentor financial analysts while establishing best practices and governance standards.
• Complex, Meaningful Work – Drive budgeting, forecasting, change control, and financial governance across multiple workstreams and vendors.
• Professional Growth – Expand your expertise within transformational programs, ERP initiatives, portfolio financial management, and executive reporting.

Your Role & Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain financial governance frameworks, internal controls, and compliance standards across all program workstreams.
• Build, manage, and continuously refine integrated portfolio budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Monitor financial performance and provide actionable insights on risks, opportunities, and key cost drivers.
• Establish and maintain program financial baselines while managing funding approvals and change control processes.
• Lead month-end financial activities, reconciliations, reporting cycles, and audit readiness efforts.
• Deliver executive-level financial reporting, including budget versus actuals, run-rate analysis, contingency management, and benefits realization tracking.
• Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analyses to support strategic decision-making around scope, timing, staffing, and sourcing.
• Manage vendor and contract financial performance in partnership with Procurement and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Corporate Finance and Controllership teams on accounting treatment, capitalization decisions, and financial reporting standards.
• Coach and mentor a team of financial analysts while ensuring consistency and quality across deliverables.

Skills & Experience You Should Possess

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• 7-15 years of finance experience, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, and change control.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale transformation programs, PMOs, TPMOs, or enterprise initiatives.
• Strong expertise establishing financial governance, controls, and reporting processes across multiple workstreams.
• Experience managing portfolio budgets, forecasts, and investment tracking.
• Knowledge of ERP-led transformation programs and multi-vendor delivery environments.
• Experience supporting month-end close processes and maintaining audit-ready documentation.
• Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, and influencing skills.
• Prior experience leading, mentoring, or coaching analysts and finance team members.
• Advanced proficiency with financial analysis, reporting tools, spreadsheets, and enterprise financial systems.

Bonus Points If You Have

• CPA, CMA, MBA, or equivalent advanced credential.
• Experience within regulated industries or asset-intensive organizations.
• Expertise in benefits realization tracking and value realization reporting.
• Prior experience supporting enterprise transformation offices (PMO, TPMO, EPMO).
• Experience working with large ERP implementations and enterprise modernization initiatives.

Education & Certifications You Need

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• CPA, CMA, MBA, or related advanced certification preferred.

What We Offer

At Trissential, we value collaboration, innovation, and professional growth. By joining our client's team, you'll contribute to high-impact transformation initiatives while building your career alongside talented professionals.

• Competitive Compensation – $61-$71 per hour. Final compensation is determined based on skill alignment, years of experience, and fair, market-based rates by geography.
• Comprehensive Benefits for you and your dependents – Extensive Medical Plans, Dental, Vision, HSA with company contribution, company sponsored Life Insurance and Short / Long term disability insurance, a host of voluntary plans including legal, hospital, accident, pet wellness, and 401k with matching
• Paid Holidays and Paid Time Off
• Career Development and Advancement – Expleo is a global company in 29 Countries worldwide with a high focus on development
• Strong Team Culture – Collaborate with experienced professionals who value precision, performance, and teamwork

This opportunity is only available to candidates who are currently authorized to work in the United States.

Ready to be part of something exciting?

If you're passionate about driving financial excellence within transformational programs and want to make a measurable impact, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your career as a Program Financial Controller with Trissential.