Finance Digitization Lead

Overview

Embedded business-facing BI engineer and automation partner for Finance in the Mumbai GCC, acting as the key interface between Finance and IT to drive finance process optimization, digitalization and automation.

What you'll do

• Develop a strong understanding of end-to-end finance processes, including Order-to-Cash (O2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Record-to-Report (R2R), Treasury, Fixed Assets and Tax.
• Identify process inefficiencies, redundant activities, duplicate entries, manual reconciliations and unnecessary approvals.
• Drive process simplification, standardization and automation across countries and business units.
• Map existing and future-state processes and recommend sustainable improvements.
• Identify and prioritize digitalization opportunities based on business impact, control improvement and efficiency gains.
• Drive implementation of automated workflows, dashboards, reconciliations, reporting solutions and system enhancements.
• Reduce dependency on offline spreadsheets, manual data entry and parallel reporting processes.
• Leverage ERP capabilities, business intelligence tools, workflow automation, RPA and AI-enabled solutions where appropriate.
• Act as the bridge between Finance, IT, business stakeholders and technology implementation partners.
• Translate finance requirements into functional specifications, process flows and solution designs.
• Coordinate solution development, system integration, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), implementation and post-go-live support.
• Challenge solutions that add unnecessary complexity and ensure alignment with business needs, controls and technology standards.
• Manage digitalization initiatives from opportunity identification and business case development through implementation and benefits realization.
• Coordinate stakeholders, timelines, risks, testing, training and change management.
• Ensure adoption of new solutions and maintain process documentation and standard operating procedures.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• 5–6 years of experience in Finance, Finance Transformation, Finance Systems, Business Analysis or Digitalization.
• Strong understanding of O2C, P2P, R2R, Treasury and internal controls.
• Experience in ERP enhancements, process improvement, automation, reporting or system implementation.
• Experience with ERP platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Business Central, SAP or Oracle.
• Familiarity with BI tools such as Sigma or Power BI, workflow automation and data analytics.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

• CA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.

Details

• Location: Mumbai, India (Mumbai GCC).