Senior Finance Manager; Operations and Data)

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Senior Manager, Finance Operations and Data

Position Profile The Senior Manager, Finance Operations and Data will oversee the end-to-end transactional finance operational lifecycle, encompassing the Billings, Collections, Accounts Payable, and Finance Data Operations teams. Providing leadership, structure, and consistency, this role ensures accurate, timely, and optimized financial operations. This position is accountable for aligning and optimizing processes, driving process optimization and automation with AI integration, fostering team development, and driving operational excellence to support healthy working capital management.

Essential Responsibilities Description of the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position (both individual and supervisory, if applicable)

1. Drive daily operations across Billings, Collections, Accounts Payable, and Finance Data Operations.

2. Provide team leads and managers with guidance on escalations, process improvements, and the implementation of uniform and complete financial procedures.

3. Champion and drive the implementation of finance operations automation while leveraging AI tools/capabilities and data warehouses (such as Big Query) to optimize workflows, enhance data accuracy, and reduce manual processing.

4. Monitor and report on both key operational and working capital metrics (e.g., DSO, DPO) and also finance data governance metrics (e.g., data accuracy/completeness between Sales Force, billing engine, subscription databases, etc.) to assess the health, progress, and accuracy of transactional workflows.

5. Mentor and develop functional managers and their teams, fostering a high-performance culture.

6. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders, including Treasury, Accounting, Tax, and IT/Systems teams, to ensure seamless financial integration, data integrity, and operation.

7. Identify and implement best practices for financial operations and data management.
8. Drive a high control environment, similar to a SOX or other high control process, including

mapping of processes, identifying risks and relevant controls.
9. Ensure strict compliance with internal controls, accounting standards, and regulatory

requirements across all AP and AR processes.

Other duties as assigned by the Company.

The role at its essence is a hands‑on role where the role takes on not only an oversight of the functions, but performing work alongside the team to ensure the appropriate delivery of the functions.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Qualifications Required level education, experience, knowledge, skills, & abilities necessary for success in this role

1. 10+ years of experience managing financial operations (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billings) and finance data functions, with a proven track record in leadership.

2. Demonstrated expertise and hands‑on skills in finance operations automation and the practical application of AI tools within financial workflows.

3. Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage, mentor, and scale teams across distinct transactional disciplines.

4. Demonstrated experience with leading or executing efficient and time sensitive projects. 5. In-depth understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, and working capital dynamics.
6. Demonstrated experience in driving operational efficiencies and increased data governance accuracy…