Senior Finance Transformation PMO Lead

Korn Ferry Group; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry is seeking an experienced Senior Program / Project Manager to drive a Finance modernization initiative in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment. You will partner across Finance and Technology to structure, plan, and execute transformational work from inception through delivery.

The role requires deep Finance knowledge, executive presence, and hands-on discipline to navigate ambiguity, manage risks, and deliver clear outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in program management, project management, PMO, Finance transformation, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading complex, cross-functional transformation programs within insurance or financial services.
• Working knowledge of Finance processes such as FP&A, financial reporting, planning and forecasting, actuarial/valuation, capital, or related insurance Finance functions.
• Experience working across both Finance/business and Technology teams.
• Strong program-management fundamentals, including planning, governance, dependency management, risk and issue management, and executive reporting.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with senior executives and appropriately manage up, challenge assumptions, and elevate issues.
• Strong situational awareness and interpersonal judgment.
• Ability to operate effectively in an ambiguous, evolving environment with limited direction.
• Hands-on orientation and willingness to drive work personally rather than simply coordinate others.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and execution of a multi-workstream Finance modernization program.
• Establish and maintain program plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and decision points across multiple initiatives.
• Coordinate activities across Finance, FP&A, Technology, Data, Actuarial, and other business stakeholders.
• Translate between Finance and Technology teams, helping ensure business requirements, priorities, and intended outcomes are clearly understood.
• Identify cross-functional dependencies and potential execution risks and proactively drive issues toward resolution.
• Develop clear, concise program reporting and communications for senior leadership.
• Prepare materials for steering committees, leadership discussions, and program reviews.
• Facilitate working sessions and executive meetings, ensuring decisions and actions are clearly documented and followed through.
• Partner with workstream leaders to maintain accountability against agreed milestones and deliverables.
• Support change-management and stakeholder-engagement activities associated with the transformation.
• Bring structure and discipline to evolving work while remaining flexible as priorities and sequencing develop.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Finance transformation

Executive reporting

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Ambiguity navigation

Leadership

Job description

Korn Ferry is seeking an experienced Senior Program / Project Manager to drive a Finance modernization initiative in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment. You will partner across Finance and Technology to structure, plan, and execute transformational work from inception through delivery.

The role requires deep Finance knowledge, executive presence, and hands-on discipline to navigate ambiguity, manage risks, and deliver clear outcomes.