PMO Lead – Finance Transactions & Accounting Integration (Finance)

About Us:

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What's the role?
The PMO Lead - Finance Transactions & Accounting Integration is a key role within the ZEISS transformation agenda in the Americas region, with a primary focus on supporting the NexUS program and a secondary focus on the SAP S/4HANA transformation (FIT4). In the NexUS context, the role drives the coordination and execution of process governance, documentation, and improvement activities across the Lead-to-Cash (L2C) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) workstreams, in close collaboration with regional business stakeholders and external advisors. In the FIT4 context, the role supports the delivery, coordination, and integration of finance-related transactional processes across Record-to-Report (R2R), L2C, and P2P within the Americas region. The PMO Lead serves as a key interface between the Americas program team and the global S/4HANA organization in Germany, working closely with Global Process Owners (GPOs) and regional stakeholders to ensure the effective transition from legacy systems to SAP S/4HANA-while maintaining operational continuity and audit readiness.
Over time, the distribution of focus may evolve based on project maturity and strategic priorities.

Sound Interesting?

Here's what you'll do:

• Lead and coordinate project activities across finance transactional processes (R2R, L2C, P2P), serving as the single point of accountability for finance PMO tasks in the Americas region.
• Drive NexUS program execution by coordinating governance-related initiatives across O2C and P2P, including process documentation, pain-point resolution, and implementation of quick wins.
• Facilitate as-is and to-be process documentation using tools such as Signavio, in close collaboration with SAT stakeholders and external advisors.
• Organize and support workshops to refine the global process owner (GPO) model and related governance frameworks, including RACIs and KPI structures.
• Establish and manage detailed project plans, timelines, risk registers, dependency trackers, and workstream dashboards specific to accounting workstreams.
• Facilitate regular status meetings, milestone reviews, and escalation forums with regional stakeholders and global counterparts in Germany.

• Serve as the interface to the Global S/4HANA Finance Program and Global Process Owners, ensuring that regional implementation is aligned with global design principles, accounting standards, and project governance.
• Coordinate cross-functional alignment with IT, Controlling, Tax, and local SAT teams to ensure finance transactions are seamlessly integrated across workstreams and geographies.

• Represent the Americas region in finance design workshops, test cycles, and go-live readiness assessments.
• Oversee mapping of current legacy finance processes to S/4HANA standard solutions, identifying gaps and ensuring fit-to-standard execution.

• Partner with change and communication teams to build training materials and deployment guides for finance processes.
• Act as a change champion and support onboarding and transition planning for new roles and workflows.

Do you qualify?

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• 6-8 years of experience in finance transformation or PMO roles, with demonstrated expertise in accounting processes.
• Strong knowledge of SAP FI/CO, with direct experience in SAP S/4HANA projects preferred.
• Deep understanding of accounting principles (IFRS and US GAAP) and financial process controls.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder engagement skills in a global matrix environment.
• Fluent in English; German language skills are a plus.

Nice to Haves:

• Exceptional leadership and strategic thinking skills
• Advanced project management capabilities.
• Robust analytical and decision-making skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of working with diverse teams and influencing leadership.
• Proficient in change management, capable of driving change across the organization.

The annual pay range for this position is $130,000 - $150,000

The pay offered for this role may be influenced by factors such as job location, scope of role, qualifications, education, experience, & complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent.

This position is also eligible for a performance bonus or sales commissions.

We have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS!

• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• 401k Matching
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Vacation and sick pay
• The list goes on!

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Holly Greenwood-Mosher

Zeiss provides Equal Employment Opportunity without unlawful regard to an Applicants race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizen status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (includes childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic predisposition, carrier status, gender expression or identity, including transgender identity, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law of the employee (or the people with whom the employee associates, including relatives and friends).