Finance Transformation / Digital Owner

This role is for one of Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 4000000 - Rs 6000000 (ie INR 40 - 60 LPA)
Min Experience: 10+ years
Location: Bengaluru, KA, India
JobType: full-time
We are looking for an experienced Finance Transformation / Digital Owner to lead and drive finance transformation initiatives across a large-scale manufacturing environment. The role will be responsible for identifying opportunities to digitize and optimize finance processes, strengthen financial controls, improve data visibility, and leverage technology to enable faster and more effective decision-making.
The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in Finance Transformation, Manufacturing Finance, and SAP, with the ability to work across finance, technology, operations, and business teams. This role requires a combination of finance domain knowledge, digital transformation experience, process excellence, and strong stakeholder management skills.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
Own and lead the finance transformation and digital roadmap, aligned with overall business and manufacturing objectives
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and digitize end-to-end finance processes across multiple business functions and locations
Drive transformation across core finance areas including Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Fixed Assets, Cost Accounting, Management Reporting, FP&A, and Financial Planning
Partner with finance leadership, IT, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and business stakeholders to define transformation priorities and deliver measurable outcomes
Lead implementation, enhancement, and optimization of SAP-based finance solutions, ensuring effective integration with business processes and other enterprise systems
Evaluate existing finance processes and systems, identify gaps, and develop future-state operating models and technology solutions
Drive automation and digital initiatives that improve process efficiency, data quality, controls, reporting, and finance productivity
Establish governance frameworks, transformation KPIs, project milestones, and benefits-tracking mechanisms
Manage cross-functional transformation programs from strategy and business case development through implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement
Ensure finance systems and digital solutions comply with internal controls, audit requirements, and relevant accounting and business policies
Work closely with technology teams to define functional requirements, solution architecture, integrations, testing, and deployment plans
Support change management, user adoption, training, and communication for new finance processes and digital platforms
Identify emerging technologies and assess their potential application within finance and manufacturing operations
Must-Have Skills
Strong experience in Finance Transformation and large-scale digital transformation programs
10-18 years of overall experience, preferably within manufacturing or industrial organizations
Strong understanding of manufacturing finance, costing, controlling, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting
Hands-on experience with SAP, particularly SAP Finance/Controlling processes and transformation initiatives
Experience managing complex, cross-functional transformation programs involving Finance and IT
Strong understanding of finance process standardization, automation, controls, and operating-model transformation
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work with senior business and technology leadership
Strong analytical, problem-solving, program management, and change-management capabilities
Good-to-Have Skills
Exposure to Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and their integration with finance and enterprise platforms
Understanding of Smart Factory, Industry 4.0, IoT, connected manufacturing, and digital plant initiatives
Experience integrating manufacturing, operational, and financial data for real-time reporting and decision-making
Exposure to advanced analytics, AI/automation, process mining, or other emerging digital technologies
Experience working on global SAP transformation, ERP modernization, or enterprise digital programs

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