Senior Manager, Finance Analytics and Digital Transformation

Senior Manager, Finance Analytics and Digital Transformation

KSB GIW, Inc.

Department:
Finance

Reports to:

Vice President, Finance & IT

Location:

Grovetown, Georgia

Shift: 1st

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Direct Reports:
None - senior individual contributor role

OVERVIEW:

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.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Finance Reporting Enablement and Analytics Solutions

• 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, and controlled availability of data for reporting, analytics, automation, and AI applications.
• Build and automate data preparation and reporting processes supporting month-end close, forecasting, budgeting, profitability, cost development, working capital, cash flow, operational KPIs, and management decision-making. Accounting and Controlling remain responsible for the underlying accounting treatment, KPI definitions, financial conclusions, and business actions.
• Enable trend, variance, root-cause, and scenario analysis through reliable data, analytical models, reporting platforms, and transparent calculations. The respective Controller or business owner remains responsible for the financial interpretation, business conclusions, and…