COO, Global Business Finance Modernization Lead

COO, Global Business Finance Modernization Lead

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Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk‑reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth.

Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.

Come to Apollo and join a community of extraordinary people who are committed to a culture of excellence and collaboration in everything that we do. We invest in our people for the long term and are committed to supporting their development at every stage of their career.

The Chief Operating Officer (COO), Global Business Finance (GBF) Modernization Lead will play a critical leadership role in driving modernization and transformation across Apollo’s global finance organization. Reporting to the GBF COO and partnering closely with the Apollo Asset Management (AAM) CFO and senior leaders across Finance, this role will be responsible for designing, implementing, and sustaining the transformation strategy that enables Finance to operate more efficiently, effectively, and strategically in support of Apollo’s growth ambitions.

This position will oversee key transformation programs that span Global Business Finance operations, reporting, data management, systems integration, and automation—ensuring alignment with the firm’s strategic priorities, target operating model, and culture of continuous improvement.

• Partner with the AAM CFO, GBF COO and senior Finance leaders to define and execute a multi‑year Finance Transformation roadmap, aligning process redesign, technology modernization, and data strategy with business priorities.
• Lead the design and implementation of a new finance operating model, including process simplification, automation, and governance improvements.
• Serve as the primary business lead for major cross‑functional initiatives (e.g., ERP modernization, reporting automation, and finance analytics).
• Drive the adoption of new tools, systems, and ways of working to enhance Finance’s scalability and agility.

• Establish and lead change management projects and programs within Finance, responsible for governance, tracking, and performance reporting of all key initiatives.
• Define success metrics and ensure transformation goals are achieved through disciplined project management, stakeholder engagement, and risk management.
• Partner with Engineering, HC and Operations to deliver coordinated enterprise‑wide change programs impacting Finance.

• Champion process optimization and operational excellence initiatives across all finance functions, including accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury, and reporting.
• Identify and implement best practices in automation, workflow, and data utilization to improve accuracy, timeliness, and insight generation.
• Embed a culture of accountability and data‑driven decision‑making within the Finance function.

• Lead and mentor a team of high‑performing professionals, fostering a collaborative, high‑trust environment.
• Promote professional development, training, and succession planning to ensure sustainable organizational capability.
• Partner with HR and Finance leadership to strengthen culture, engagement, and communication throughout transformation.