Senior Finance Transformation Specialist

cw; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 81,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield in Chicago is seeking a Sr. Transformation Analyst, Finance to drive global Finance Transformation initiatives, focusing on R2R, P2P, and O2C processes.

You will work with US Finance, Technology, and regional teams to ensure smooth system implementations and operational readiness. This hands-on role emphasizes data validation, testing, and ongoing process improvements, coordinating project milestones and delivering timely updates to leadership while supporting a range of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 3–6 years of experience in Finance, Financial Systems, or Transformation.
• Experience supporting projects, system implementations, or process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of Finance Transformation initiatives across R2R, P2P, and O2C processes.
• Assist in process improvement and transformation activities through automation, standardization, and process simplification.
• Partner with Finance, IT, and cross-functional business teams to gather requirements, document processes, and identify gaps and pain points.
• Support project lifecycle activities, including requirements gathering, project planning, user acceptance testing (UAT), and deployment coordination.
• Perform data validation, reconciliation, and issue tracking to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial information.
• Track project milestones, risks, and issues, and provide regular status updates to project leads and senior leadership.
• Support system configuration, troubleshooting, and coordination with Technology teams (e.g., Workday or similar Finance systems).
• Assist with preparation of project metrics, reporting, and documentation for leadership and stakeholders.
• Assist with special project work for Finance as needed, at the direction of Finance Transformation leadership.

Skills

Data analysis

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

SOX familiarity

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield in Chicago is seeking a Sr. Transformation Analyst, Finance to drive global Finance Transformation initiatives, focusing on R2R, P2P, and O2C processes.

You will work with US Finance, Technology, and regional teams to ensure smooth system implementations and operational readiness. This hands-on role emphasizes data validation, testing, and ongoing process improvements, coordinating project milestones and delivering timely updates to leadership while supporting a range of