Manager, Finance Data Governance & Compliance

Overview

Salesforce is seeking a Manager, Finance Data Governance & Compliance to join its Controllership organization, building a trusted, scalable, SOX-compliant Finance data ecosystem.

What you'll do

• Drive data governance and compliance initiatives, supporting SOX and audit readiness and strengthening internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).
• Manage and support the compliance team and oversee end-to-end control lifecycle management, including control ownership, asset certification, change-impact assessments, evidence management and audit readiness.
• Support team performance, proactive control monitoring, remediation tracking and cross-functional collaboration to sustain SOX compliance, data integrity and control effectiveness.
• Develop an understanding of data from Finance-owned systems, including Workday Financials, Workday HCM and compensation and benefits platforms.
• Identify and assess data quality risks, control gaps and process deficiencies; design, implement and validate effective controls with stakeholders.
• Manage data platform access requests and support appropriate data access governance.
• Partner with Elev8 Data Stewards, Data Engineering & Technology, Global Process Owners and Regional Process Owners to maintain dataset metadata, definitions, lineage and ownership information.
• Support dataset owners and stewards in maintaining access, data integrity, documentation, certification readiness and compliance standards.
• Strengthen data quality, completeness, accuracy and accessibility across the Finance data ecosystem.
• Promote adoption of trusted, governed datasets so stakeholders can discover, access and interpret financial information.
• Partner with Finance, Technology and functional stakeholders to gather requirements and translate needs into scalable data, reporting and technology solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying automation opportunities, streamlining workflows, reducing manual effort and strengthening operational efficiency and control effectiveness.
• Support project prioritization, resource alignment and business planning, and define and monitor KPIs for data quality, adoption, operational performance and business outcomes.
• Advance Finance reporting from descriptive analytics toward proactive, insight-driven and AI-enabled analytics.
• Embed Governance, Risk and Compliance principles into the use of AI and LLM technologies across Finance, in line with SOX requirements and sensitive financial data protection policies.
• Leverage Snowflake, Tableau, AI and advanced analytical techniques to develop reporting solutions and improve data exploration.
• Support the development of reusable analytical datasets, dashboards and self-service reporting capabilities.
• Explore emerging technologies and AI-driven automation to improve productivity, scalability and decision-making.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience in Finance data management, data analytics or data stewardship, with understanding of accounting processes and financial reporting.
• 4+ years of experience in data governance, risk management, SOX compliance, audit readiness, business process improvement or related areas.
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing a high-performing compliance team, providing direction, accountability, coaching and career development.
• Hands-on experience with SQL, data warehouses, business intelligence and visualization tools such as Snowflake and Tableau.
• Knowledge of dataset certification, data lineage and metadata management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable recommendations.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills in an agile or hybrid environment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, navigate ambiguity and drive projects to completion.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with emerging technologies such as AI, machine learning, agentic automation and advanced analytics.

Details

• Location: India - Hyderabad.