Finance Transformation Specialist

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 3 years

Location: Gurgaon, Mumbai, bangalore

JobType: full-time

We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Finance Transformation Specialist to join our growing team. This role will play a critical part in driving end-to-end transformation of finance operations, systems, and processes, enabling organizations to scale efficiently while aligning with strategic business goals. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of finance function operating models, process improvement, automation, and technology enablement across the CFO function.

Whether you have 3 years of hands-on transformation experience or over a decade leading large-scale finance change programs, we’re looking for individuals who are passionate about redefining the finance function in today’s digital age.

Key Responsibilities

• Finance Process Redesign: Evaluate current financial processes and operating models to identify opportunities for standardization, automation, and optimization.
• Digital Finance Enablement: Implement and support digital tools and platforms that enable faster, more accurate, and insightful financial reporting and analysis.
• Change Management: Lead or support change initiatives, ensuring stakeholder alignment, smooth transition, and adoption of new finance tools and ways of working.
• Project Management: Drive project planning, tracking, and execution of finance transformation initiatives, ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery.
• Business Partnering: Collaborate with business units, technology teams, and external consultants to align transformation efforts with broader enterprise strategy.
• Data & Analytics: Improve data governance, financial data quality, and reporting capabilities to support better decision-making.
• Risk & Compliance Alignment: Ensure transformation initiatives comply with regulatory requirements and internal controls.

Key Skills and Experience

• Core Expertise: Demonstrated experience in Finance Transformation, process improvement, and operating model redesign.
• Technology Exposure: Knowledge of or experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Workday), financial planning tools (Anaplan, Hyperion), and RPA or analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) is highly preferred.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to interpret financial data, trends, and metrics.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders across finance, IT, and business functions.
• Project Execution: Experience managing or supporting finance transformation projects in areas such as record-to-report (R2R), procure-to-pay (P2P), order-to-cash (O2C), and FP&A.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and documentation skills.
• Qualification: CA, CPA, MBA (Finance), or equivalent background preferred.