Senior Manager Finance Transformation

We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.

Purpose:

The Senior Manager of Finance Transformation will leverage investment accounting and/or other financial and accounting experience and expertise to provide dedicated business support to finance transformation projects.

Accountabilities:

• Collaborate with business to ensure proposed solutions meet current and future needs: 
• Document current state process and pain points 
• Research issues related to pain points to assist in development of recommendations to improve processes 
• Monitor solutions under development to identify issues that may affect business functionality 
• Research issues that arise, and participate in developing solutions 
• Demonstrate attention to detailed business processes and controls, while remaining aligned to strategic vison 
• Work closely with Information Technology teams to deliver business value 
• Independently manage assigned priorities, deliverables and timelines, identifying issues for escalation as needed 
• Serve as liaison between IT and business users 
• Provide business support by executing or assisting with project activities 
• Analyze performance and output, develop and track metrics, quantify benefits 
• Assist in develop of test plan, lead and perform user acceptance testing (UAT) activities 
• Assist in training 
• Perform data clean up, research issues that arise from pain points, defects, requirements, etc. 
• Influence change / change management by modeling behavior and training

Qualifications and Experience:

• 6+ years of professional experience; including 3+ years of supervisory experience 
• Experience participating in large cross functional projects 
• Experience building metrics to support business cases 
• Strong expertise providing direction to and working closely with business, creative and technical teams 
• Self-motivated and accountable, owning projects and assignments from inception to launch. 
• Ability to drive work with minimal supervision and successfully remove/resolve issues as they arise 
• Ability to adapt rapidly in a fast moving environment and react quickly, dynamically, and intelligently to shifting priorities. 
• Ability to interact with a diverse set of technical and non-technical stakeholders on highly complex projects.

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