[Remote] Finance Process Excellence Lead
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stellar Consulting Solutions, LLC is seeking a Finance Process Excellence Lead who will own end to end Finance process performance across core value streams. The role involves establishing standards and governance to improve cycle time, quality, cost, and control outcomes while partnering with Finance, Digital, and IT teams to automate processes using data and AI tools.
Responsibilities
- Establish process governance including ownership, decision rights, and escalation paths
- Map and maintain end to end Finance processes including systems, controls, and handoffs
- Define and maintain standard work, templates, and documentation frameworks
- Build KPI structures with baselines, targets, and clear ownership
- Lead performance routines including root cause analysis and action tracking
- Deliver measurable improvements in cycle time, cost, quality, and control effectiveness
- Partner with Digital and IT teams to define and deliver automation and system improvements
- Manage intake, prioritization, and roadmap for process improvement initiatives
- Lead change impacts, training, and sustainment of improvements
- Coach teams on process excellence methods and expectations
- Use Microsoft Copilot and AI tools to analyze processes, generate documentation, and identify improvement opportunities
- Apply AI to extract workflows from meetings, documents, and operational data
- Drive adoption of automation and intelligent workflows across Finance processes
- Partner with analytics teams to build insights that inform decision making and performance management
Skills
- Bachelor degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, or related field
- 5 to 8 years experience in Finance operations, transformation, or process improvement
- Demonstrated results improving cycle time, cost, quality, or controls
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt preferred
- Experience working with ERP enabled Finance processes preferred
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