Payments Finance Transformation Lead-Vice President

As a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in Automation & Transformation, you have found the right team. **Role Overview:** You will be responsible for driving the design, development, and deployment of advanced automation solutions for FP&A and financial operations. This includes championing the development and optimization of data models, data warehouses, and ETL pipelines. Collaborating with senior business managers, product owners, and finance leaders to translate strategic business requirements into actionable automation and analytics initiatives will be a key part of your role. Additionally, you will drive the adoption of AI/ML methodologies to automate and enhance financial forecasting, planning, and analysis while ensuring compliance with data governance, privacy, and security standards. **Key Responsibilities:** - Drive the design, development, and deployment of advanced automation solutions for FP&A and financial operations - Champion the development and optimization of data models, data warehouses, and ETL pipelines - Collaborate with senior business managers, product owners, and finance leaders to translate strategic business requirements into actionable automation and analytics initiatives - Drive adoption of AI/ML methodologies to automate and enhance financial forecasting, planning, and analysis - Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy, and security standards - Oversee strategic projects and cross-functional analytics initiatives - Present complex analytical findings, automation strategies, and transformation results to executive management - Mentor, develop, and inspire team members **Qualifications Required:** - Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related quantitative field - 8+ years of experience in BI development, data analytics, automation, and FP&A, with proven leadership in transformation initiatives - Advanced proficiency in Alteryx, Python, SQL, and Databricks for data modeling, automation, and analytics - Demonstrated experience in building and optimizing data warehouses, ETL processes, and dashboards using Tableau or similar BI tools - Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and project management skills - Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving abilities This job also prefers candidates with certifications in Alteryx, Tableau, Python, or SQL, familiarity with AI/ML concepts, and experience working with complex, multi-source datasets and global teams.,