**Description** Are you a strategic finance professional passionate about shaping the future of a company’s financial landscape? Burns & McDonnell is seeking a finance professional to be a key member of our Finance Technology team and support our enterprise transformation initiative. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to high-impact change and the successful evolution of our financial processes and systems. This role will participate in key discovery sessions with stakeholders across the organization and present findings and recommendations to leadership. You will collaborate with the finance and the organization to help ensure that all solutions align with our strategic objectives and have a lasting, positive impact on the business. Key Responsibilities: Key member on finance Initiatives: Supports the finance department in cross-functional enterprise transformation efforts. Prepares data to facilitate key decisions by ensuring finance requirements, priorities, and strategic goals are central to the program's lifecycle. Direct Software Evaluation & Selection: Assist in leading the evaluation and selection process for new financial systems and tools. Define and own the evaluation criteria, guide the assessment of solution capabilities, and present the final business case and recommendations to executive leadership. Contribute to Future-State Process Design: Spearhead the design and planning of future-state business processes across all key finance domains (e.g., Source to Pay, Record to Report, Contract to Close). Lead key discovery sessions to identify strategic opportunities, address pain points, and define desired outcomes. Responsibility to provide executives key information for prioritizing and decision making. Serve as Key Partner to Executive Leadership: Act as a liaison between the Finance organization, transformation teams, and executive stakeholders. Clearly and concisely communicate progress, risks, and strategic recommendations in executive-level presentations. Drive Change and Solve Complex Problems: Champion a solution-oriented mindset to navigate ambiguity and complexity. Proactively identify and mitigate risks, and pivot strategies based on evolving business needs, new discoveries, or changes in scope. **Qualifications** + Bachelor's degree in Accounting; Finance. + MBA or other advanced degree preferred. + Minimum eight (8) years of progressive experience in accounting or finance. + Twelve (12) years or more is preferred with a proven track record of aligning stakeholders and executive leaders. + Proven experience leading cross-functional projects and driving change initiatives, preferably with direct experience in ERP or large-scale system transformations (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Workday) strongly preferred. + Demonstrated ability to lead key strategic decisions, influence senior stakeholders, and build consensus across multiple departments strongly preferred. + Exceptional presentation and communication skills, with extensive experience presenting complex information and strategic recommendations to executive leadership strongly preferred. + Strong strategic and critical thinking skills with the ability to identify problems, develop innovative solutions, and connect details to the bigger picture strongly preferred. + Clear evidence of change management understanding and application within a transformation strongly preferred. + Experience with Oracle and Microsoft Power BI is strongly preferred. + Ability to balance and prioritize multiple day-to-day and ongoing projects simultaneously. + Must be expert in the use of basic computer software (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint). + Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients. + Requires the ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead, and manage change. + Must possess strong project management skills and a strategic perspective. This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled. EEO/Disabled/Veterans **Job** Accounting/Finance **Primary Location** US-MO-Kansas City **Schedule:** Full-time **Travel:** No **Req ID:** 260798 **Job Hire Type** Experienced #LI-MJ #COR N/A