Senior Manager, Finance Process Improvement

Company

Cox Enterprises

Job Family Group

Business Operations

Job Profile

Business Process Design & Improvement Sr Manager

Management Level

Sr Manager - Non People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Yes, 5% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $122,600.00 - $204,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

Summary

The Senior Manager, Finance Process Improvement & Automation leads the strategy, roadmap, governance, and execution of Finance process improvement across the Finance organization. The role partners with Finance leaders to identify and diagnose business-process issues, prioritize opportunities, redesign work, and deliver sustainable improvements. Automation and AI are solution options, not the starting point; the role determines the right intervention based on the business problem, desired outcome, controls, data, user needs, and delivery feasibility. This position leads through influence and coordinates work across business partners, technology teams, centers of excellence, vendors, and contractors.

Primary Responsibilities

• Own and advance Finance process improvement, automation, and AI strategy, roadmap, and portfolio aligned to business priorities and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with Finance leaders to identify pain points, diagnose root causes, and define target-state outcomes.
• Lead process redesign from assessment through implementation, including process mapping, standardization, controls, requirements, testing, and adoption.
• Establish governance for intake, prioritization, funding, and delivery based on business value/priority, risk, capacity, and cost.
• Translate business needs into actionable requirements, delivery plans, milestones, risks, and success criteria.
• Evaluate and recommend the optimal solution approach, including process and system changes, automation, analytics, AI, or a hybrid solution.
• Lead design, development, testing, pilots, and deployments, ensuring solutions are secure, controlled, scalable, and sustainable.
• Measure portfolio performance, adoption, and value realization; conduct post-implementation reviews and drive continuous improvement.
• Champion a culture of process excellence, automation, and responsible AI adoption through coaching, enablement, and change leadership.
• Advise Finance leadership on emerging technologies, industry trends, opportunities, risks, and strategic recommendations.

Operating Model and Partnerships

• Senior individual contributor who leads through influence, governance, and expertise.
• Builds cross-functional partnerships to drive process, technology, and automation initiatives.
• Drives execution through cross-functional teams and vendors, aligning on outcomes, requirements, and success criteria.
• Defines decision rights, accountability, and escalation paths while retaining Finance process ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years leading cross-functional business process improvement, transformation, automation, or technology-enabled change initiatives.  Candidate can also have 6+ years of experience with an MS degree, or 12+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Finance or Accounting experience is required.
• 5+ years leading portfolios of complex business initiatives, from diagnostic and root-cause analysis through process redesign and solution delivery, with responsibility for prioritization, governance, resource planning, risk management, and executive communications.
• Working knowledge of automation, AI, controls, testing, deployment, and change adoption.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and lead cross-functional teams, contractors, and vendors without formal authority.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Finance & Accounting process expertise across close, reporting, budgeting & forecasting, procure-to-pay (P2P), order-to-cash (O2C), and treasury.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, design thinking, Agile, change management, or similar continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience developing business cases and measuring efficiency, quality, controls, cycle time, adoption, and business outcomes.
• Proven partnership with Technology, Data & Analytics, Intelligent Automation, Financial Systems, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, and external vendors.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

As our primary divisions Cox Automotive and Cox Communications drive new waves of innovation, Cox Enterprises is entering spaces like cleantech, healthcare, esports and more. We're a family business guided by a legacy of bold innovation that’s driven by those who want to make their mark. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.