Manager, Business Enablement - Finance & Accounting

About The Team

The Business Enablement (BE) team acts as a strategic partner to the business, driving critical initiatives and ensuring operational excellence. We are a growing team focused on building robust frameworks, managing a complex portfolio of projects, and enhancing credibility and alignment with our cross-functional stakeholders. We thrive on solving complex problems and delivering measurable impact.

About The Role

We are seeking a strategic and results-oriented Manager, Business Enablement - Finance & Accounting to lead our portfolio management function and drive high-priority initiatives from inception to completion. This role is pivotal in providing analytical rigor to our decision-making, ensuring our most critical projects are resourced effectively, and maintaining seamless alignment across the organization. The ideal candidate is an independent leader who excels at stakeholder management, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and has a passion for creating structure out of ambiguity and leading teams to deliver exceptional results.

What You'll Do

• Lead Portfolio Impact Assessments & Prioritization Frameworks: Manage portfolio-level analysis, including cross-functional impact assessments and monthly prioritization matrices to drive trade-off decisions based on financial, legal, compliance, and resourcing constraints.
• Lead the Center of Excellence (COE) for drafting critical operational documents: Including Funds Flow diagrams, Contract Summaries, and high-value Journal Entry ($100 JE) Flows.
• Oversee and manage the JE Flow creation process: Handled by our resources in India, ensuring quality, accuracy, and timely delivery.
• Drive and Own P0/Ad Hoc Initiatives: Independently lead business-critical, high-priority initiatives from intake and scoping through to successful execution, ensuring no disruption to business-as-usual (BAU) operations.
• Own project outcomes: Proactively identify risks, and develop mitigation plans to ensure on-time delivery.
• Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Alignment: Serve as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders (including Finance, Accounting, Legal, Tax, Product, Engineering, and Operations), ensuring seamless communication and partnership health throughout project lifecycles.
• Excel at setting and managing expectations: Building consensus, and influencing partners to drive alignment on strategic goals.
• BE Operational Excellence & Change Management: Prepare comprehensive documentation and artifacts required for successful project implementation and long-term value realization tracking.
• Lead and execute robust change management plans: Utilizing creative channels such as podcasts for project overviews, team newsletters, ongoing stakeholder updates, and official Go-Live announcements to ensure smooth adoption.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in program management, portfolio management, business operations, or a related strategic role.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, CPA or other advanced degree.
• Experience building and managing prioritization frameworks and conducting portfolio-level analysis.
• Demonstrated experience in leading complex, cross-functional projects from discovery to launch.
• Experience working with or managing remote or offshore teams.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to use data to drive decisions.
• Experience in change management and a deep understanding of how to drive adoption for new processes or technologies.
• Management Consulting experience preferred, ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

Key skills/competency

• Portfolio Management
• Program Management
• Business Operations
• Financial Analysis
• Accounting Principles
• Stakeholder Management
• Change Management
• Cross-functional Leadership
• Risk Management
• Strategic Planning