Director, Finance Transformation
Instacart
Director, Finance Transformation
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Develop and own a strategic 3-5 year finance transformation roadmap that prioritizes initiatives based on business impact, feasibility, and resource constraints
- Lead 5-7 concurrent major transformation initiatives including Revenue systems, Billing infrastructure, E-invoicing, EIPP implementation, and month-end close process optimization
- Serve as both strategist and hands-on project manager, driving initiatives from conception through implementation and adoption
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of existing finance tools, systems, and processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement
- Partner with Engineering and IT teams to define technical requirements and ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture
- Build business cases and ROI analyses to secure buy-in and funding for transformation initiatives
- Manage change management and adoption strategies to ensure successful implementation across the finance organization
- Establish governance frameworks, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to track progress and demonstrate value delivery
- Navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities in a high-growth, fast-paced environment while maintaining focus on strategic objectives
- Collaborate with the CAO and finance leadership to align transformation efforts with broader organizational goals
- Build and mentor a high-performing team of transformation professionals
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, or FP&A with at least 4+ years focused on finance transformation, systems implementation, or process improvement
- Strong finance and accounting foundation with deep understanding of revenue recognition, billing cycles, accounts payable/receivable, and month-end close processes
- Proven track record of successfully leading large-scale, multi-year transformation programs involving systems implementations and process redesign
- Demonstrated project/program management expertise with ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives, stakeholders, and dependencies
- Experience working with finance systems and technologies (ERP systems, billing platforms, invoicing solutions, etc.)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to assess complex situations and develop practical solutions
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with ability to influence without authority
- Experience managing and developing teams
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA, CPA, or other relevant advanced degree/certification
- Experience at high-growth technology companies or e-commerce/marketplace businesses
- Hands-on experience implementing specific systems such as revenue management platforms, billing systems, e-invoicing solutions, or EIPP platforms
- Background in both Big 4 consulting/advisory and in-house finance transformation roles
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and modern project management tools
- Technical proficiency with data analysis tools (SQL, Python, Tableau, etc.)
- Change management certification or formal training
- Experience addressing technical debt and legacy system modernization
- Track record of building business cases and securing executive buy-in for major investments
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and IT
Required Skills
- Finance transformation
- Systems implementation
- Process improvement
- Revenue recognition
- Billing cycles
- Accounts payable/receivable
- Month-end close processes
- Project/program management
- Finance systems (ERP, billing platforms, invoicing solutions)
- Analytical and problem-solving
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Team management
- SQL
- Python
- Tableau
- Agile/Scrum methodologies
Benefits
- Flex First remote work policy
- Highly market-competitive compensation
- New hire equity grant
- Annual refresh grants
Salary Range
$202000 - $270000 USD
Locations
- United States, United States (Remote)
Salary
202,000 - 270,000 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- Finance transformationintermediate
- Systems implementationintermediate
- Process improvementintermediate
- Revenue recognitionintermediate
- Billing cyclesintermediate
- Accounts payable/receivableintermediate
- Month-end close processesintermediate
- Project/program managementintermediate
- Finance systems (ERP, billing platforms, invoicing solutions)intermediate
- Analytical and problem-solvingintermediate
- Stakeholder managementintermediate
- Communicationintermediate
- Team managementintermediate
- SQLintermediate
- Pythonintermediate
- Tableauintermediate
- Agile/Scrum methodologiesintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, or FP&A with at least 4+ years focused on finance transformation, systems implementation, or process improvement (experience)
- Strong finance and accounting foundation with deep understanding of revenue recognition, billing cycles, accounts payable/receivable, and month-end close processes (experience)
- Proven track record of successfully leading large-scale, multi-year transformation programs involving systems implementations and process redesign (experience)
- Demonstrated project/program management expertise with ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives, stakeholders, and dependencies (experience)
- Experience working with finance systems and technologies (ERP systems, billing platforms, invoicing solutions, etc.) (experience)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to assess complex situations and develop practical solutions (experience)
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with ability to influence without authority (experience)
- Experience managing and developing teams (experience)
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced, high-growth environments (experience)
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA, CPA, or other relevant advanced degree/certification (experience)
- Experience at high-growth technology companies or e-commerce/marketplace businesses (experience)
- Hands-on experience implementing specific systems such as revenue management platforms, billing systems, e-invoicing solutions, or EIPP platforms (experience)
- Background in both Big 4 consulting/advisory and in-house finance transformation roles (experience)
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and modern project management tools (experience)
- Technical proficiency with data analysis tools (SQL, Python, Tableau, etc.) (experience)
- Change management certification or formal training (experience)
- Experience addressing technical debt and legacy system modernization (experience)
- Track record of building business cases and securing executive buy-in for major investments (experience)
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and IT (experience)
Responsibilities
- Develop and own a strategic 3-5 year finance transformation roadmap that prioritizes initiatives based on business impact, feasibility, and resource constraints
- Lead 5-7 concurrent major transformation initiatives including Revenue systems, Billing infrastructure, E-invoicing, EIPP implementation, and month-end close process optimization
- Serve as both strategist and hands-on project manager, driving initiatives from conception through implementation and adoption
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of existing finance tools, systems, and processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement
- Partner with Engineering and IT teams to define technical requirements and ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture
- Build business cases and ROI analyses to secure buy-in and funding for transformation initiatives
- Manage change management and adoption strategies to ensure successful implementation across the finance organization
- Establish governance frameworks, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to track progress and demonstrate value delivery
- Navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities in a high-growth, fast-paced environment while maintaining focus on strategic objectives
- Collaborate with the CAO and finance leadership to align transformation efforts with broader organizational goals
- Build and mentor a high-performing team of transformation professionals
Benefits
- general: Flex First remote work policy
- general: Highly market-competitive compensation
- general: New hire equity grant
- general: Annual refresh grants
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Director, Finance Transformation
Instacart
Director, Finance Transformation
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Develop and own a strategic 3-5 year finance transformation roadmap that prioritizes initiatives based on business impact, feasibility, and resource constraints
- Lead 5-7 concurrent major transformation initiatives including Revenue systems, Billing infrastructure, E-invoicing, EIPP implementation, and month-end close process optimization
- Serve as both strategist and hands-on project manager, driving initiatives from conception through implementation and adoption
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of existing finance tools, systems, and processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement
- Partner with Engineering and IT teams to define technical requirements and ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture
- Build business cases and ROI analyses to secure buy-in and funding for transformation initiatives
- Manage change management and adoption strategies to ensure successful implementation across the finance organization
- Establish governance frameworks, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to track progress and demonstrate value delivery
- Navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities in a high-growth, fast-paced environment while maintaining focus on strategic objectives
- Collaborate with the CAO and finance leadership to align transformation efforts with broader organizational goals
- Build and mentor a high-performing team of transformation professionals
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, or FP&A with at least 4+ years focused on finance transformation, systems implementation, or process improvement
- Strong finance and accounting foundation with deep understanding of revenue recognition, billing cycles, accounts payable/receivable, and month-end close processes
- Proven track record of successfully leading large-scale, multi-year transformation programs involving systems implementations and process redesign
- Demonstrated project/program management expertise with ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives, stakeholders, and dependencies
- Experience working with finance systems and technologies (ERP systems, billing platforms, invoicing solutions, etc.)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to assess complex situations and develop practical solutions
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with ability to influence without authority
- Experience managing and developing teams
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA, CPA, or other relevant advanced degree/certification
- Experience at high-growth technology companies or e-commerce/marketplace businesses
- Hands-on experience implementing specific systems such as revenue management platforms, billing systems, e-invoicing solutions, or EIPP platforms
- Background in both Big 4 consulting/advisory and in-house finance transformation roles
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and modern project management tools
- Technical proficiency with data analysis tools (SQL, Python, Tableau, etc.)
- Change management certification or formal training
- Experience addressing technical debt and legacy system modernization
- Track record of building business cases and securing executive buy-in for major investments
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and IT
Required Skills
- Finance transformation
- Systems implementation
- Process improvement
- Revenue recognition
- Billing cycles
- Accounts payable/receivable
- Month-end close processes
- Project/program management
- Finance systems (ERP, billing platforms, invoicing solutions)
- Analytical and problem-solving
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Team management
- SQL
- Python
- Tableau
- Agile/Scrum methodologies
Benefits
- Flex First remote work policy
- Highly market-competitive compensation
- New hire equity grant
- Annual refresh grants
Salary Range
$202000 - $270000 USD
Locations
- United States, United States (Remote)
Salary
202,000 - 270,000 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- Finance transformationintermediate
- Systems implementationintermediate
- Process improvementintermediate
- Revenue recognitionintermediate
- Billing cyclesintermediate
- Accounts payable/receivableintermediate
- Month-end close processesintermediate
- Project/program managementintermediate
- Finance systems (ERP, billing platforms, invoicing solutions)intermediate
- Analytical and problem-solvingintermediate
- Stakeholder managementintermediate
- Communicationintermediate
- Team managementintermediate
- SQLintermediate
- Pythonintermediate
- Tableauintermediate
- Agile/Scrum methodologiesintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, or FP&A with at least 4+ years focused on finance transformation, systems implementation, or process improvement (experience)
- Strong finance and accounting foundation with deep understanding of revenue recognition, billing cycles, accounts payable/receivable, and month-end close processes (experience)
- Proven track record of successfully leading large-scale, multi-year transformation programs involving systems implementations and process redesign (experience)
- Demonstrated project/program management expertise with ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives, stakeholders, and dependencies (experience)
- Experience working with finance systems and technologies (ERP systems, billing platforms, invoicing solutions, etc.) (experience)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to assess complex situations and develop practical solutions (experience)
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with ability to influence without authority (experience)
- Experience managing and developing teams (experience)
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced, high-growth environments (experience)
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA, CPA, or other relevant advanced degree/certification (experience)
- Experience at high-growth technology companies or e-commerce/marketplace businesses (experience)
- Hands-on experience implementing specific systems such as revenue management platforms, billing systems, e-invoicing solutions, or EIPP platforms (experience)
- Background in both Big 4 consulting/advisory and in-house finance transformation roles (experience)
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and modern project management tools (experience)
- Technical proficiency with data analysis tools (SQL, Python, Tableau, etc.) (experience)
- Change management certification or formal training (experience)
- Experience addressing technical debt and legacy system modernization (experience)
- Track record of building business cases and securing executive buy-in for major investments (experience)
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and IT (experience)
Responsibilities
- Develop and own a strategic 3-5 year finance transformation roadmap that prioritizes initiatives based on business impact, feasibility, and resource constraints
- Lead 5-7 concurrent major transformation initiatives including Revenue systems, Billing infrastructure, E-invoicing, EIPP implementation, and month-end close process optimization
- Serve as both strategist and hands-on project manager, driving initiatives from conception through implementation and adoption
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of existing finance tools, systems, and processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement
- Partner with Engineering and IT teams to define technical requirements and ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture
- Build business cases and ROI analyses to secure buy-in and funding for transformation initiatives
- Manage change management and adoption strategies to ensure successful implementation across the finance organization
- Establish governance frameworks, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to track progress and demonstrate value delivery
- Navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities in a high-growth, fast-paced environment while maintaining focus on strategic objectives
- Collaborate with the CAO and finance leadership to align transformation efforts with broader organizational goals
- Build and mentor a high-performing team of transformation professionals
Benefits
- general: Flex First remote work policy
- general: Highly market-competitive compensation
- general: New hire equity grant
- general: Annual refresh grants
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