Senior Manager, Finance Analytics and Digital Transformation

KSB is a leading supplier of pumps, valves and related service. Our reliable, high-efficiency products are used in applications wherever fluids need to be transported or shut off, covering everything from building services, industry and water transport to waste water treatment, power plant processes and mining. Founded in 1871 in Frankenthal, Germany, the company has a presence on all continents with its own sales and marketing organisations and manufacturing facilities.

Around the globe, more than 190 service centres and around 3,500 service specialists are on hand to provide local inspection, servicing, maintenance and repair services under the KSB Supreme Serv brand. Innovative technology that is the fruit of KSB’s research and development activities forms the basis for the company’s success.
People. Passion. Performance. It is these three success factors that make KSB the company it is today.
At KSB, we recognise that it is people who actually make the difference – the people we employ and the people we serve. This is why we are committed to equal rights and treatment worldwide and never lose sight of the aspects ecology and sustainability when manufacturing our products.

Department: Finance
Reports to: Vice President, Finance &IT
Location: Grovetown, Georgia
Shift: 1st
FLSA Status: Exempt
Direct Reports: None - senior individual contributor role

The Senior Manager, Finance Analytics and Digital Transformation is a senior individual contributor who combines Finance knowledge with analytics, reporting technology, automation, artificial intelligence (AI), Python, and business intelligence (BI) capabilities. The role is responsible for the technical delivery and continuous improvement of Finance reporting and analytics solutions and for advancing practical digital transformation across Finance. The position reduces manual effort, improves data quality and transparency, and creates scalable tools that support timely and reliable business decisions.

The position reports directly to the Vice President, Finance & IT and works closely with Accounting and Controlling functions, Digital Innovation, Regional IT, and relevant business stakeholders. The respective Accounting or Controlling function remains responsible for financial content, definitions, business logic, interpretation, approval, and source-data ownership. The Senior Manager translates those requirements into reliable data extraction, analytics, automation, BI, and digital solutions.

Digital Innovation and Regional IT provide alignment on architecture, cybersecurity, data governance, approved platforms, and technical standards.

The position is based within GIW Finance, and the majority of its capacity is dedicated to GIW reporting, analytics, automation, and digital-transformation priorities. The role also provides selected support to North America Regional Finance and KSB Mining where reporting solutions, analytics, automation, data extraction, or digital tools can be efficiently reused or scaled. Priorities are set based on business needs and available capacity;

the responsibilities below apply to the role as a whole and are not separated by organizational area.

• Design, maintain, and continuously improve the technical delivery of recurring financial and management reporting, including dashboards, KPI packages, management presentations, and standardized reporting templates. The respective Accounting or Controlling function retains ownership of financial content, definitions, approval, and business interpretation.
• Extract, combine, transform, reconcile, and validate data from SAP, business intelligence platforms, planning tools, and other source systems; establish repeatable data flows, technical controls, and documented reporting logic in collaboration with the responsible functional data owners.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines, interfaces, and extraction processes from SAP, business intelligence platforms, planning tools, databases, and other business systems to ensure reliable, timely,…