Controller, Finance Operations and Transformation

Key areas of Responsibility

• Leads the finance workstream for the finance systems modernization, including planning, requirements validation, solution design input, configuration support, testing, cutover readiness, and post-implementation stabilization. Provides recommendations based on finance and business experience to support project decisions and successful outcomes.
• Collaborates with Finance, Technology, project teams, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into clear functional requirements and solution decisions.
• Partners closely with Finance leadership and other key stakeholders, to provide leadership, facilitate decision-making, and help ensure successful delivery of project objectives.
• Documents current state and future-state finance processes, identifies gaps, and recommends practical improvements aligned with project objectives, operational requirements, and internal control standards.
• Supports application configuration, workflow design, approval routing, master data requirements, reporting needs, and integrations impacting finance processes.
• Coordinates and participates in system testing, user acceptance testing, defect triage, issue resolution, and sign-off activities for finance-related functionality.
• Ensures finance data, controls, reconciliations, and reporting outputs are considered throughout design, testing, migration, and deployment activities.
• Prepares and maintains project documentation, including process maps, test scripts, decision logs, training materials, standard operating procedures, and support documentation.
• Partners with change management and business leaders to support training, communications, user readiness, and adoption of the new finance application capabilities.
• Monitors project risks, dependencies, and action items related to the finance workstream and escalates issues as appropriate.
• Provides leadership and hands-on support for ongoing Finance department priorities and operational activities as required, balancing project responsibilities with business needs.
• Responsible for the day to day accounting and may also provide oversight or support for Procurement, leveraging practical operational engagement to inform and strengthen the build of Block Centre accounting.