
Senior Manager, Financial Solutions
Hearst Networks EMEA
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • California • Connecticut • United States
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Salary
💰 $148,718 - $174,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as the primary technology partner for the Finance & Accounting organization, building strong relationships with business leadership and key stakeholders.
- Develop a deep understanding of Finance priorities, operating challenges, and end-to-end business processes to shape an actionable technology roadmap.
- Partner with Finance leaders to prioritize initiatives, enhancements, support needs, and process improvement opportunities across the Finance solutions portfolio.
- Evaluate solution options and recommend scalable, supportable approaches that align with business goals, enterprise architecture, security standards, and internal control requirements.
- Communicate complex business and technology concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
- Lead discovery, requirements gathering, process analysis, functional design, and implementation planning for Finance technology initiatives across in-house and third-party applications.
- Translate business requirements, workflows, and control needs into clear, complete, and actionable functional and technical requirements.
- Facilitate design discussions, assess alternatives, and guide solution decisions that balance user needs, system capabilities, supportability, and long-term scalability.
- Ensure business and technical requirements are aligned, documented, reviewed, and approved by appropriate stakeholders.
- Partner with development teams, QA, vendors, and business users to support testing, release planning, deployment, training, and adoption of new solutions and enhancements.
- Manage vendors and consultants in providing application support and enhancements to the current systems (SAP, Jaggaer, Serrala, Concur, etc …)
- Oversee the operational health, stability, and ongoing support of Finance applications and integrations, including ERP, planning, procurement, and related platforms.
- Work closely with internal teams and external vendors to manage incidents, troubleshoot issues, determine root causes, and drive timely resolution.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve Finance & Accounting processes through workflow automation, system integration, analytics, and AI-enabled tools.
- Partner with business stakeholders to assess manual, repetitive, and control-intensive processes and convert them into scalable technology solutions.
- Lead or support pilots, proofs of concept, and implementation efforts for automation and AI-enabled solutions, ensuring alignment with governance, compliance, and risk management expectations.
- Define and track success metrics for efficiency gains, adoption, control improvements, and business impact.
- Manage external vendors, consultants, and managed service providers supporting Finance applications and integrations.
- Lead complex cross-functional projects and initiatives from planning through execution and stabilization, managing scope, timelines, dependencies, risks, issues, budgets, and stakeholder communications to support successful delivery.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience delivering enterprise technology solutions, business systems, application support, or related IT capabilities.
- 3+ years of experience supporting Finance and Accounting business processes and systems.
- Strong knowledge of Finance business concepts and processes, including month-end close, budgeting and planning, general ledger, treasury, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.
- Strong experience with SAP or comparable ERP platforms; experience with SAP S/4HANA in a global organization preferred.
- Strong experience with planning and budgeting solutions such as SAP BPC, SAP Analytics Cloud, or similar platforms.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving business stakeholders, technical teams, and third-party vendors.
- Experience identifying and implementing opportunities for automation, integration, process optimization, or AI-enabled productivity improvements.
- Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong understanding of project management principles and experience managing multiple workstreams simultaneously.
- Demonstrated business acumen and ability to apply technology solutions to solve business problems.
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and communicate effectively at all levels.
- High degree of ownership, accountability, integrity, and sound judgment.
- Ability to evaluate technology platforms, challenge assumptions, and make well-reasoned recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor others, build strong partnerships, and lead through collaboration and influence.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience is preferred.
Benefits
- healthcare coverage
- 401k matching
- range of other benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SAPSAP S/4HANASAP BPCSAP Analytics Cloudenterprise technology solutionsapplication supportprocess optimizationautomationintegrationbusiness systems
Soft Skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsfacilitation skillsorganizational skillsproblem-solving skillsinterpersonal skillsstakeholder managementinfluencecollaborationownership