Senior Manager, Strategic Finance Transformation and FP&A

UHY-US; New York (NY); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

UHY Advisors is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance Transformation and FP&A to lead large-scale finance transformation initiatives from planning through implementation, delivering measurable business value.

You will oversee RFPs for finance systems, manage vendor relationships, and collaborate with FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, expense management, and performance analysis, driving automation and standardized processes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance transformation, FP&A, or related roles.
• Experience leading large-scale initiatives and financial systems implementations.
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance transformation initiatives from planning through implementation.
• Coordinate RFPs for finance systems and vendors, and present recommendations to executives.
• Oversee new systems, tools, and workflows to meet requirements, timelines and budgets.
• Develop scalable operating models with shared services and standardized processes.
• Drive adoption through training, change management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Improve financial reporting, dashboards, and analytics for actionable decisions.

Skills

Finance transformation

FP&A

Stakeholder management

Project management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

ERP systems

Job description

A great UHY client is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance Transformation and FP&A. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of progressive finance transformation and FP&A experience, a proven track record leading complex systems implementations and cross-functional initiatives, and strong financial analysis and process improvement capabilities.

The Senior Manager, Strategic Finance Transformation and FP&A role is a remote position. This is a client direct hire position.

Senior Manager, Strategic Finance Transformation and FP&A Responsibilities

• Lead finance transformation initiatives from planning through implementation, delivering measurable results and sustainable business value.
• Manage requests for proposals (RFPs) for finance systems, tools, and service providers, including defining requirements, evaluating vendors, scoring proposals, and presenting recommendations to executive leadership.
• Oversee the implementation of new systems, tools, and workflows, ensuring delivery meets business requirements, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Manage relationships with vendors and implementation partners to ensure deliverables align with transformation objectives.
• Support the development of scalable operating models through shared services, centralized support, and globally standardized processes.
• Drive adoption of new systems and processes through stakeholder engagement, communication, training, and change management.
• Evaluate and redesign end-to-end finance workflows to reduce cycle times, improve accuracy, and enhance service delivery.
• Standardize financial policies, procedures, and workflows across teams, functions, and regions.
• Identify automation opportunities to reduce manual work, increase productivity, and support organizational growth.
• Partner with FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, expense management, financial planning, and performance analysis.
• Develop financial insights, business cases, and recommendations using operational drivers and financial data to support strategic decisions.
• Analyze cost drivers, headcount trends, vendor spending, and operating metrics to identify cost savings and margin improvement opportunities.
• Improve financial reporting, dashboards, and analysis to increase visibility into performance and support actionable decision-making.
• Collaborate with Finance and IT to implement and enhance financial systems, reporting platforms, and digital workflows.
• Develop and maintain a finance technology roadmap aligned with business priorities, operational needs, and future growth.
• Establish and monitor KPIs to measure transformation progress, process efficiency, financial performance, and business outcomes.
• Evaluate opportunities to leverage automation, AI-enabled tools, and modern finance technologies to improve operational effectiveness.

Senior Manager, Strategic Finance Transformation and FP&A Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related discipline required.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance transformation, operational finance, FP&A, controllership support, shared services, procure-to-pay, or related finance leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale initiatives, cross-functional programs, process improvements, and financial systems implementations.
• Strong understanding of finance operations, process optimization, financial analysis, and collaboration with FP&A teams.
• Experience managing stakeholders across business functions and supporting transformation initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex financial and technical concepts to executive leadership.
• Experience with financial systems, reporting platforms, dashboard automation, and data analytics.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, influence stakeholders, and deliver results in a complex, evolving environment.
• Master’s degree in business administration or a related discipline preferred.
• Expertise in operational finance, procure-to-pay, FP&A collaboration, vendor management, KPI development, and process improvement preferred.
• Experience with global finance transformation, shared services models, change management, and emerging finance technologies preferred.

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