Program Manager IV

Chicago, IL ( Hybrid role requiring 2 to 3 days per week onsite, with flexibility to adjust if company policy changes or required by the business.

• Lead end-to-end execution of Record to Report programs and projects within Finance Transformation, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals, finance priorities, and expected return on investment.
• The role combines disciplined program and portfolio management with practical knowledge of finance operations, accounting processes, and enterprise transformation.

• Lead Record to Report and broader Finance Transformation programs and projects from envisioning through activation and benefits realization.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, resource requirements, constraints, risks, dependencies, and critical path activities.
• Use Smartsheet to manage plans, track milestones, monitor risks and issues, and support cross-functional collaboration and transparent status reporting.
• Establish program governance, decision forums, escalation paths, stakeholder engagement plans, and clear accountability for deliverables.
• Proactively manage project activities, resource needs, interdependencies, and implementation readiness across work streams.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Controllership, FP&A, Tax, Internal Audit, Digital Technology, Human Resources, Payroll, Procurement, and other business stakeholders to define scope, clarify requirements, resolve issues, and drive decisions.
• Support proofs of concept, pilots, soft launches, testing, deployment, and stabilization activities with stakeholders across functional areas.
• Partner with functional and technical teams to ensure current state and future-state process mapping, requirements analysis, and process improvement are conducted across Record to Report and related finance processes.
• Ensure change management activities such as communication, training, procedures, and change readiness are conducted to support adoption and sustainable business outcomes.
• Monitor project and program performance and provide clear, concise reporting to project teams, stakeholders, and leadership.
• Ensure portfolio initiatives remain aligned with business priorities, Finance Transformation strategy, expected benefits, ROI, and objectives and key results.
• Set priorities, facilitate tradeoff decisions, and maintain focus on the highest-value outcomes.
• Drive modernization of finance data, reporting, controls, and analytics to improve visibility, decision support, monitoring, and exception management.
• Lead project and program initiatives involving general ledger, close, consolidation, reconciliations, intercompany accounting, financial reporting, master data, and related Record to Report capabilities, as applicable.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• 8 plus years of program, project, or portfolio management experience, including finance transformation.
• Demonstrated finance or accounting transformation experience in a corporate, consulting, or financial services environment, with working knowledge of Record to Report processes, financial controls, and accounting operations.
• Experience leading cross-functional programs, projects, or portfolios valued at $2 million or more.
• Experience in large scale finance or accounting operations.
• Ability to translate finance and accounting strategy into executable plans, operating processes, controls, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong conflict resolution, active listening, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior leaders and align diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate technical, operational, and financial concepts…