Finance Transformation Lead

• Job Role Consulting
  -Transformation Solutioning Lead
• Experience (In Years) 12-15
• Job Location London, United Kingdom

EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS)is a global data and artificial intelligence ("AI") company that offers services and solutions to reinvent client business models, drive better outcomes and unlock growth with speed. EXL harnesses the power of data, AI, and deep industry knowledge to transform businesses, including the world’s leading corporations in industries including insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, media and retail, among others.

EXL was founded in 1999 with the core values of innovation, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

We are headquartered in New York and have more than 60,000 employees spanning six continents. For more information, visit  .

Role

Title:


Finance Transformation Lead

BU/Segment:
EXL Digital and AI

Location: London, United Kingdom (Flexible hybrid working 3 days in the office each week)

Employment Type: Permanent

EXL is seeking an experienced Finance Transformation Lead to join our growing UK Consulting & Transformation practice. This is a senior, high-impact leadership role focused on shaping, leading and delivering complex, large-scale Finance Transformation programmes for clients across EXL’s global portfolio.

As a trusted advisor to CFOs, Finance Directors, Controllers and Transformation Leaders, you will help organisations reimagine the finance function by combining finance strategy, operating model transformation, process excellence, digital capabilities, data, automation and AI
. You will lead the design and execution of next-generation finance operating models that improve efficiency, strengthen controls, enhance decision-making and deliver measurable business value.

Working at the intersection of Finance, Technology, Data, Operations and AI
, you will take ownership of end-to-end transformation initiatives spanning finance process optimisation, target operating model design, ERP modernisation, finance data and reporting, shared services, regulatory reporting and intelligent automation.

You will work closely with EXL’s Finance Transformation, Digital Engineering, Data & Analytics and AI teams to bring together the full breadth of our capabilities, translating complex client challenges into practical, scalable and increasingly AI-enabled finance solutions.

Beyond programme delivery, you will play an important role in the continued growth of EXL’s Finance Transformation practice. This will include building senior client relationships, identifying and shaping new opportunities, developing proposals and solutions, mentoring consulting teams, and contributing to EXL’s thought leadership and market presence.

This role is suited to a hands‑on transformation leader who combines deep finance expertise with strong consulting, client advisory and commercial capabilities, and who can move confidently from strategy and solution design through to execution and measurable outcomes.

• Define and lead Finance Transformation strategies for CFO organizations, aligning operating model, process, technology, data, controls, and AI capabilities with business objectives.
• Design future‑state Finance Target Operating Models (TOMs) covering service delivery, organization structure, governance, controls, and technology enablement.
• Identify and quantify transformation opportunities across Finance functions, developing transformation roadmaps and business cases with clear value realization targets.
• Lead finance diagnostic assessments, maturity reviews, benchmarking exercises, and transformation strategy engagements.