Senior Finance Transformation Program Lead

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

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Principal Program Manager, Finance Digital Enablement to lead enterprise-scale transformation programs across the Finance organization. You will partner with Business Owners, Global Process Owners, and IT to align priorities, manage interdependencies, and ensure successful execution.

You will bring structure to ambiguity, drive programs from planning through value realization, and partner with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field required (Business, Finance, Accounting, IS, PM).
• 8+ years leading complex transformation, Finance or enterprise tech programs.
• Experience with Finance processes: R2R, P2P, O2C, Revenue, Treasury, Tax.
• Experience with enterprise tech implementations, integrations, testing, deployment, stabilization.
• Strong governance, planning, dependency, risk mgmt, and executive reporting.
• Experience partnering with Change Management and Communications teams.
• Strong business and financial acumen; evaluate business cases and value realization.
• Experience in Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery environments.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management.
• Influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale Finance transformation programs with significant impact and visibility.
• Define objectives, scope, governance, milestones, resources, and success measures.
• Maintain an integrated view across processes, technology, data, and operational impacts.
• Drive execution from mobilization through stabilization to operational ownership.
• Translate strategy into actionable delivery plans with cross-functional teams.
• Align Finance, IT, Procurement, Sales, Treasury, HR, Internal Audit, and partners.
• Establish governance models, steering committees, escalation paths, and reporting.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and scope changes; develop mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate requirements, solution design, testing, deployment, and stabilization.
• Drive change management and adoption planning to realize benefits.
• Deliver measurable business value and track benefits and KPIs.

Skills

Program governance

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Delivery governance

Agile, Waterfall & hybrid

Executive reporting

Change management collaboration

Finance domain knowledge

Influence without authority

Strategic planning

Education

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

Job description

UKG is seeking a Principal Program Manager, Finance Digital Enablement to lead enterprise-scale transformation programs across the Finance organization. You will partner with Business Owners, Global Process Owners, and IT to align priorities, manage interdependencies, and ensure successful execution.

You will bring structure to ambiguity, drive programs from planning through value realization, and partner with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver meaningful business outcomes.