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The Role
Leads Finance process improvement, automation, and AI strategy, roadmap, governance, and portfolio execution. Diagnoses process issues, redesigns workflows, establishes controls and requirements, evaluates solution approaches, and oversees testing, deployment, adoption, and value realization. Partners with Finance, Technology, Data, Risk, Compliance, vendors, and contractors while influencing senior leaders and coordinating cross-functional initiatives. Promotes process excellence, responsible AI adoption, continuous improvement, and measurable business outcomes.
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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
Operating Model and Partnerships
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
USD 122,600.00 - 204,400.00 per year
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.
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.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
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.
USD 122,600.00 - 204,400.00 per year
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.
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.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years leading cross-functional business process improvement, transformation, automation, or technology-enabled change initiatives
- 6+ years of relevant experience with a master's degree, as an alternative to the 8-year requirement
- 12+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree
- Finance or Accounting experience
- 5+ years leading portfolios of complex business initiatives from diagnosis through process redesign and solution delivery
- Experience with prioritization, governance, resource planning, risk management, and executive communications
- Working knowledge of automation, AI, controls, testing, deployment, and change adoption
- Ability to influence senior leaders and lead cross-functional teams, contractors, and vendors without formal authority
- Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills
- Finance and Accounting process expertise across close, reporting, budgeting and forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, 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
- Experience partnering with Technology, Data and Analytics, Intelligent Automation, Financial Systems, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, and external vendors
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Cox Enterprises Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options, preventive care, prescription coverage, telehealth, and dental/vision are highlighted alongside HSA/FSA support. Feedback suggests coverage quality and affordability are strengths for many.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is repeatedly emphasized, and the employer match is often viewed as a notable advantage. Feedback suggests this is a potentially valuable long-term financial benefit.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, fertility coverage, adoption assistance, and subsidized backup childcare form a broad family-support offering. Feedback suggests these programs are a meaningful differentiator for caregivers.
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What We Do
Cox Enterprises is a family-owned enterprise spanning 125+ years of innovation. Through our diverse network of businesses, our people are shaping the future with bold thinking, cutting-edge technology and an unwavering commitment to doing what’s right. Across a range of industries — including automotive, agriculture, cleantech, journalism and more — we’re building a better future for this generation and the next. Make your mark at Cox!
Why Work With Us
Founded in 1898, Cox Enterprises is a community of kind, grounded individuals who work together to drive positive change across vital industries. At Cox, employees experience meaningful work, great benefits, work-life balance and a supportive team environment, plus ample opportunities for career growth across our family of businesses.
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