Senior Finance Transformation Program Manager

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

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Principal Program Manager for Finance Digital Enablement to lead enterprise-scale transformation across the Finance organization. You will partner with Business Owners, Global Process Owners, and IT to align priorities and drive value realization.

This role requires 8+ years of cross-functional program leadership, strong governance, and experience with finance processes, ERP implementations, and Agile/Hybrid delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Project Management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience leading complex transformation programs in large organizations.
• Experience with Finance processes such as Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, and Order-to-Cash.
• Experience with enterprise technology implementations, system integrations, testing, deployment planning, and stabilization.
• Strong governance, integrated planning, dependency management, risk management, and executive reporting skills.
• Experience in Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery environments.
• Experience partnering with change management and communications teams.
• MBA or PMP certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale Finance transformation programs with significant business impact and organizational visibility.
• Define program objectives, scope, governance structures, milestones, and success measures.
• Maintain an integrated view across processes, technology, data, and controls.
• Drive execution from mobilization through deployment and value realization.
• Translate strategy into actionable delivery plans and define sequencing and dependencies.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery across Finance, IT, Procurement, and other functions.
• Establish governance models and provide concise executive reporting.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and resource constraints; implement mitigation actions.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Relationship-building

Education

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

PMP certification

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

ERP systems

Finance processes knowledge

Job description

UKG is seeking a Principal Program Manager for Finance Digital Enablement to lead enterprise-scale transformation across the Finance organization. You will partner with Business Owners, Global Process Owners, and IT to align priorities and drive value realization.

This role requires 8+ years of cross-functional program leadership, strong governance, and experience with finance processes, ERP implementations, and Agile/Hybrid delivery.