Finance Futurist
Location: South San Francisco California
Flexible work from home days
3 days a week in office / 2 remote
Reports to CFO.
Ideal Candidate: Strong finance professional with passion for tech and experience in digital space.
We seek a Finance Futurist a visionary leader to drive financial innovation digital transformation and futurefocused strategy within Finance. This pioneering role goes beyond traditional finance leveraging emerging technologies datadriven insights and market foresight to position the companys Finance as a lighthouse for digital transformation across our company. The Finance Futurist will work crossfunctionally to anticipate financial trends develop innovative business models and implement nextgeneration technologies ensuring longterm financial sustainability and futureproofing the organizations financial strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Anticipate financial trends: Continuously scan the external landscape to identify emerging trends and disruptive technologies.
- Lead Digital Transformation for the companys Finance: Act as a catalyst for change defining a clear and ambitious roadmap for digital transformation ensuring alignment with business needs and technological advancements.
- Drive digital technology adoption: in collaboration with eCOE (enterprise Center of Excellence) and IT evaluate recommend and implement AI machine learning and other nextgen financial technologies to enhance efficiency and accelerate value realization.
- Enhance datadriven decisionmaking to achieve Business Outcomes faster: In collaboration with eCOE and leveraging the new SAP system establish advanced analytics capabilities to extract valuable insights from financial data empowering leadership with realtime predictive intelligence.
- Work crossfunctionally: Partner with IT eCOE and other internal stakeholders to align digital initiatives with overall business objectives.
- Drive cultural and operational change: Lead the adoption of new ways of working within Finance ensuring teams embrace technology agility and continuous innovation.
- Lead and coach a team by setting clear expectations and accountability within the team for impacting patients customers our organization and the team.
Qualifications :
Who You Are
- Bachelors Degree in Finance or Business (MBA preferred)
- 10 years of experience (in Finance or Biopharma preferred)
- Proven ability to see beyond the present anticipate future financial trends and develop proactive strategies
- Strong understanding of corporate finance business models and industry dynamics
- Experience leading largescale transformation initiatives within Finance or related functions with a track record of driving cultural and operational change
- Deep knowledge of emerging finance technologies
- Experience implementing datadriven decisionmaking tools and methodologies
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence Csuite crossfunctional leaders and crosscultural teams
- Passion for continuous learning adaptability and a futureoriented mindset
- Experience with SAP particularly S/4HANA is a strong advantage
- Experience with data strategies and advanced data management platforms that support data mesh architecture
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime