Spe
Director, Finance Transformation
Culver City, California · Director
Sponsorship not specified$160k-$180kDetected 31 days ago
Project ManagementAccountingSAPProcess ImprovementERPLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- This role requires a blend of financial expertise, strategic thinking, executive presence, hands-on project management, and both staff and thought leadership.
- The role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to shape the future of Finance at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
- Communicate relevant transformation roadmaps, business cases, and value realization plans using structured, Minto Memo-style logic.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage end-to-end finance transformation initiatives-including operating model design, process optimization, and system- and data-enabled change-driving delivery through disciplined project management, structured governance, and proactive change leadership.
- Engage and collaborate comfortably with stakeholders across Finance, Technology, and the business-from Analysts through the CFO-to map key systems and end-to-end processes, manage ambiguity, identify opportunities and root causes of inefficiencies, and distill this information to drive alignment on prioritized initiatives.
- Own and direct delivery of multiple, concurrent initiatives, ensuring clear objectives, timelines, governance, and measurable outcomes while optimizing work processes and managing cross-team dynamics.
- Proactively develop and recommend future-state designs, including process, operating model, and system changes, leveraging analytics, automation, and emerging capabilities where appropriate.
- proactively manage mitigation strategies.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and change impacts, including data integrity and system-related considerations; proactively manage mitigation strategies.
- Support the Office of the CFO on enterprise-wide strategic initiatives and executive-level communications.
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in finance, consulting, or transformation roles, with demonstrated leadership responsibility.
- Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed organization.
- Strong understanding of financial planning, accounting, reporting, and analytics processes and systems.
- Exceptional executive communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex topics and influence senior stakeholders.
- High level of judgment, accountability, and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments.
Nice to have
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Experience working within SAP-based finance environments (e.g., S/4HANA) strongly preferred, including familiarity with how analytics, automation, or AI-enabled tools integrate with core ERP systems.
- Demonstrated experience implementing or supporting automation or AI-enabled initiatives within finance organizations is strongly preferred.
- Strong project and change management capabilities, Agile or structured transformation experience a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics, analytics, or related field
Skills
- Guide adoption and change management efforts to ensure sustainable implementation and reinforce new ways of working.
Compensation
- The anticipated base salary for this position is $160,000-$180,000.
Benefits
- Create and present executive communications with clear narrative, opportunity/problem statements, decision options with cost, benefits, and risks, and compelling recommendations.
- Perform ongoing and post-mortem project evaluation to measure performance and value creation, including benefit analysis/other KPIs.
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