Senior Manager, Finance Transformation

Senior Manager — Finance Transformation What You'll DoWhat does it look like to be the person a CFO trusts to redesign their entire finance function — not just the process, but the technology, the org model, and the people behind it?

As a Senior Manager on Cohen's Finance Transformation team, you'll lead complex, multi-workstream engagements that reimagine how CFO organizations operate — from finance operating model and end-to-end process architecture through the ERP and application landscape that enables it. You'll own engagement delivery, client relationships, and team development, while shaping the growth and capabilities of our Advisory practice.

Finance Transformation Delivery Lead end-to-end finance transformation engagements across Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Acquire-to-Retire, Plan-to-Perform (FP&A), Treasury, and Tax-enabling processes.

Diagnose current-state finance operating models — organization design, service delivery model (retained / COE / shared services / outsourced / GBS), governance, process, data, technology, and performance management — and design target-state models with a supporting business case.

Direct process redesign and standardization efforts, including global process ownership models, policy harmonization, controls rationalization, and close acceleration.

Own engagement quality: deliverable review, risk management, scope and change control, budget-to-actual performance, and timely escalation of issues.

Technology, Systems & AI Enablement Advise on ERP and finance application strategy, selection, and implementation oversight across platforms including SAP S/4

HANA, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Workday Financials, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Net Suite.

Shape chart of accounts, master data, and reporting architecture decisions; align finance data models to management and statutory reporting requirements.

Evaluate and deploy the surrounding finance application ecosystem — EPM/CPM (consolidation, planning, close management), reconciliation and account certification tools, AP/AR automation, treasury management, tax engines, spend management, and reporting/analytics platforms.

Identify, design, and deploy intelligent automation and AI use cases within finance — document and invoice intelligence, anomaly and exception detection, journal entry and reconciliation automation, forecasting and variance narrative generation, and agentic or copilot-assisted workflows — with appropriate governance, data quality, and control considerations.

Partner with client IT and systems integrators on design authority, integration architecture, testing strategy, cutover, and hypercare.

Change Management & Value Realization Lead organizational change management, stakeholder alignment, communications, training, and adoption measurement.

Define benefits cases and KPI baselines; track and report value realization post-deployment.

Design finance talent models, role profiles, and capability roadmaps aligned to the future-state operating model.

Practice & Business Development Lead proposal development, oral presentations, scoping, pricing, and contracting for new opportunities; maintain an active pipeline of new business.

Identify and convert expansion opportunities within existing accounts.

Contribute to methodology, accelerators, tooling, and thought leadership; represent the firm at industry forums and in client-facing points of view.

Client Experience Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for client finance leadership — Controller, VP Finance, CAO, and CFO — and build trusted-advisor relationships that extend beyond the current engagement.

Hold your own in a controller's office debating close mechanics and in a steering committee defending an ERP design decision; translate finance…