Senior Technology Transformation Analyst, Accounting

Brooksrunning; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooks seeks a Senior Technology Transformation Analyst, Accounting, to lead AI, automation, and process improvements across global Accounting Functions. You will blend accounting knowledge with technical fluency, drive projects, and manage change to deliver secure, measurable solutions that cut manual work and strengthen controls.

You will collaborate with Accounting SMEs, IT, Finance, and Legal to translate workflows into practical automation and AI solutions, monitor new functionality in

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of core accounting processes, controls, and compliance across close, reconciliations, revenue, payables/receivables, tax.

Responsibilities

• Lead medium‑complexity projects from discovery through launch.
• Collaborate with Accounting SMEs to design and implement automation and AI solutions.
• Monitor cloud-based accounting apps and assess business value.
• Drive change management to ensure adoption and compliance.

Skills

APIs

Data flows

Automation tools

Prompt design

Analytics

Accounting knowledge

Stakeholder influence

Ethical judgment

Delivery focus

Learning agility

Tools

Cloud accounting apps

Job description

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

• Runner First
  • We act in the best interest of the runner
• Word is Bond
  • We do what we say we’ll do
• Champion Heart
  • We give our all in everything we do
• There is no “I” in Run
  • We stay generous with our humanity
• Keep Moving
  • We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement - because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

Your Job:

As the Senior Technology Transformation Analyst, Accounting at Brooks, you are an Accounting technology transformation professional within the Finance organization focused on accelerated responsible AI, automation, and process improvement across global Accounting Functions. In this role, you will combine accounting domain knowledge, practical technical fluency, project leadership, and change management to deliver secure, effective, and measurable solutions that improve accounting processes, reduce manual work, strengthen controls, and help Accounting teams focus on higher‑value work.

• Technical Fluency: Working knowledge of APIs, data flows, automation tools, prompt design, and analytics needed to support practical AI and automation solutions for accounting processes.
• Accounting Knowledge: Strong understanding of core accounting processes, controls, and compliance requirements across areas such as close, reconciliations, inventory, revenue, payables, receivables, tax, and financial reporting.
• Analytical Mindset: Ability to translate process pain points and manual work into measurable improvement opportunities, hypotheses, and experiments.
• Stakeholder Influence: Ability to build trust and work effectively with Accounting leaders and teams, Finance partners, IT, and Legal.
• Ethical Judgment: Sound judgment in identifying financial reporting, audit, data integrity, privacy, and compliance risks, with the ability to apply appropriate safeguards before solutions are deployed.
• Delivery Focus: Strong execution skills with the ability to balance speed, quality, adoption, and risk.
• Learning Agility: Curiosity and adaptability to quickly learn new tools and translate emerging capabilities into business value.
• Partner with Accounting leaders to identify, assess, and recommend AI and automation opportunities that improve efficiency, quality, compliance, controls, and user experience across global Accounting functions.
• Translate accounting workflows into practical automation and AI solutions that reduce manual work, improve data quality, strengthen process consistency, and support timely, reliable financial information.
• Collaborate with Accounting SMEs to design, test, and implement solutions that may include accounting systems, automation tools, APIs, analytics, and generative AI capabilities where appropriate.
• Monitor new functionality and enhancements within cloud-based accounting applications, partnering with relevant teams to assess business value and support timely, effective adoption.
• Lead assigned medium‑complexity projects from discovery through launch, coordinating timelines, scope, stakeholders, vendors, and delivery milestones.
• Support adoption through effective change management, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training, documentation, and post‑launch reinforcement for assigned solutions.
• Advance scalable solutions across global Accounting teams by helping standardize processes, reduce manual effort, and improve visibility across regions.
• Ensure solutions meet standards for data quality, privacy, auditability, internal controls, and compliance by working with Accounting process owners, IT, Legal, and Finance stakeholders.
• Embed solutions into day‑to‑day accounting operations by