Director - Finance AI & Automation
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Overview
Job Description
Director- Finance AI & Automation
Role Overview
We are seeking a Director- Finance AI & Automation to lead the transformation of our global finance organization into a modern, intelligent, and highly automated function.
This role combines deep finance expertise with business process and systems acumen to design and implement scalable automation and AI-driven workflows across finance. Partnering closely with the CFO and CIO organizations, this leader will define the Finance Business Architecture and drive digitization across systems, data, and operations.
Key Mandate
- Digitize and simplify finance processes
- Build AI-enabled and agentic workflows
- Reduce manual intervention and improve controls
- Enhance speed, accuracy, and decision-making
- Shift finance from transactional execution to strategic insight
Key Responsibilities
- Finance Process Transformation
- Assess and redesign end-to-end finance processes (R2R, P2P, O2C, FP&A, Treasury, Payroll, Tax)
- Identify automation and scalability opportunities
- Standardize global workflows and documentation
- Define business requirements and success KPIs for technology initiatives
- AI & Automation Strategy
- Design and deploy AI-enabled finance workflows (reconciliation, forecasting, variance analysis, anomaly detection, etc.)
- Build roadmap toward agentic finance operations with appropriate governance
- Evaluate and implement AI, RPA, and workflow automation platforms
- Systems & Data Architecture
- Partner with CIO teams on ERP optimization and integrations (SAP preferred)
- Improve data flows across ERP, CRM, HRIS, and BI platforms
- Enable scalable data models for real-time finance analytics
- Operational Excellence & Controls
- Accelerate month-end close and reporting cycles
- Automate reconciliations and reporting
- Strengthen internal controls through intelligent monitoring
- Build executive dashboards for CFO visibility
- Change Management & Capability Building
- Drive adoption of AI-enabled finance practices
- Upskill finance teams on automation tools and workflows
- Lead cultural shift toward analytical, insight-driven finance
What We're Looking For
Finance Expertise
- 10-15+ years of progressive finance experience across controllership, FP&A, treasury, AP/AR, payroll, and tax
- Experience in global or high-growth organizations preferred
- CA / CPA / MBA (Finance) - Mandatory
Systems & Technology
- 10+ years defining finance business architecture and implementing ERP systems (SAP preferred)
- Experience with automation, RPA, and AI/ML applications in finance
- Strong understanding of data models, BI tools, and KPI-driven system design
Leadership & Strategy
- Proven finance transformation and change management experience
- Ability to operate strategically and operationally
- Strong stakeholder management with executive presence
- Experience working in cross-functional, matrixed environments
Success Metrics (12-24 Months)
- ~50% reduction in manual finance workflows
- Faster and more accurate month-end close
- Automated reconciliations and anomaly detection
- AI-supported end-to-end finance processes
- Increased finance capacity focused on strategic analysis
- Strong governance for AI-enabled decision-making
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