Sr. Mgr. Transformation - Chicago, IL

Job Description

Sr Manager, Finance Transformation –Chicago, IL
This is a full-time, exempt level position

About the Role:
The Sr Manager, Finance Transformation, will be a global leader in shaping the future of the finance organization at a Fortune 50 company.  This role serve as the right hand to the Transformation Leader (VP-level position) and help drive the day-to-day execution of a complex, enterprise-wide finance transformation.

• This role will lead the operational backbone of the transformation, designing strategic priorities, ensuring that initiatives are precisely defined, and executed with rigor and consistency
• The focus is on building a scalable and repeatable program management capability that can support a large and evolving portfolio of initiatives
• Success in this role will be measured by the development of the transformation roadmap, quality of execution, transparency of progress, and realization of committed value

The Sr Manager, Finance Transformation, will partner closely with the Controlling, Global Technology, Global Business Services and other ADM teams. This role reports to the Vice President, Global Business Services, and has no direct reports. 

Job Responsibilities:
Strategic Transformation Leadership

• Drive architecting of global finance transformation roadmap
• Serve as a trusted partner to the Transformation Leader and Chief Accounting Officer
  • Provide clear visibility into overall program health
  • Highlight key risks, trade-offs, and areas requiring intervention
• Executive communication and alignment
  • Point person for executive communication about finance transformation program
  • Help prepare materials and talking points for leadership engagement
  • Ensure consistent messaging across the organization
• Provide surge support where needed
  • Step into priority initiatives or problem areas
  • Help stabilize execution in critical moments

Program Management & Execution Discipline

• Own and continuously refine the end-to-end program management framework for the transformation
  • Define how initiatives are structured, launched, tracked, and closed
  • Ensure consistency in how teams approach planning and execution, as well as value delivery
• Translate transformation priorities into clear, actionable plans
  • Break down high-level initiatives into milestones, deliverables, and timelines
  • Ensure alignment between strategic objectives and day-to-day execution
• Drive execution rigor across all workstreams
  • Ensure every initiative has clearly defined scope, interim monitoring and success metrics, and ownership
  • Reinforce expectations around timelines, deliverables, and quality of output
• Provide structure in ambiguous environments
  • Help teams move from concept to execution by defining what good looks like
  • Reduce variability in how initiatives are managed across functions

Process Excellence, Standardization & Lean Enablement

• Define and implement standard ways of working across the transformation
  • Create templates for initiative charters, business cases, and reporting
  • Establish consistent stage-gate criteria and processes
  • Ensure consistent documentation and repeatability across initiatives
• Embed Lean process discipline into transformation execution
  • Apply Lean principles such as waste reduction, process simplification, and standard work
  • Drive structured problem-solving approaches (e.g., root cause analysis, continuous improvement cycles)
  • Ensure teams focus on value-added activities and eliminate inefficiencies
• Partner with initiative teams to improve process design and execution
  • Identify process bottlenecks, redundancies, and handoff inefficiencies
  • Support redesign efforts to improve cycle time, quality, and scalability
• Implement and manage program tracking tools and dashboards
  • Ensure tools are user-friendly, scalable, and aligned with reporting needs
  • Drive adoption across initiative teams

• Continuously improve processes and ways of working
  • Identify opportunities to simplify and streamline execution
  • Increase speed, clarity, and effectiveness over time

Initiative Tracking & Value Realization

• Establish and manage a single source of truth for the transformation portfolio
  • Centralize tracking of milestones, risks, dependencies, and financial impact
  • Ensure data is accurate, up-to-date, and consistently reported
• Track and monitor value delivery
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