GDS Executive Director - Finance, Digital & Business Transformation
EYGBS · Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 8d ago
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Key Accountability Areas Detailed Responsibility Statements
Enterprise Assessment Opportunity Identification
Strategy, Roadmap Business Case Ownership
End-to-End Transformation Delivery Leadership
Digital Finance FinTech Integration
CFO Advisory Strategic Leadership
Business Development Market Leadership
People, Capability Solution Leadership
Required Experience Qualifications
Executive Director Enterprise Finance Transformation, GBS and FinTech Enablement
The Executive Director will own the strategy, growth, and delivery of enterprise-wide finance transformation programs, integrating finance operating model redesign, GBS/SSC transformation, FPA modernization, digital finance, and FinTech enablement.
This role is accountable for identifying transformation opportunities, shaping value-led business cases, designing future-state operating models, leading complex multi-year implementations, and ensuring sustainable performance improvement across global clients.
The Executive Director serves as a trusted C-suite advisor while building high-performing solution leadership teams and scaling market-leading transformation offerings.
As part of the Finance Consulting leadership team, the Executive Director will own and drive large-scale, end-to-end finance and business transformation programs across global clients. This role will oversee multiple solution towers including:
- Finance Transformation Target Operating Model (TOM)
- Global Business Services (GBS) / Shared Services
- FPA, BPRA Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
- Finance Process Optimization (R2R, O2C, P2P)
- Digital Finance, Automation, Analytics FinTech Enablement
Key Accountability Areas Detailed Responsibility Statements
Enterprise Assessment Opportunity Identification
- Lead enterprise-wide finance maturity assessments across strategy, processes, technology, governance, and talent
- Identify cost, efficiency, control, and value creation opportunities across finance functions and shared services
- Quantify transformation benefits including productivity uplift, working capital impact, margin improvement, and risk reduction
- Benchmark clients against industry-leading practices and digital maturity standards
- Translate diagnostic insights into prioritized transformation portfolios
Strategy, Roadmap Business Case Ownership
- Define multi-year finance transformation visions aligned to enterprise strategy
- Design target operating models including:
- Centralized, hybrid, and GBS structures
- Process ownership frameworks
- Digital-first finance architectures
- Develop detailed transformation roadmaps with sequencing, investment phasing, and benefit realization plans
- Own complex financial business cases including:
- Capex/Opex modeling
- ROI, NPV, and payback analysis
- Risk and sensitivity modeling
- Present executive-ready transformation recommendations to boards and C-suite leadership
End-to-End Transformation Delivery Leadership
- Lead large-scale, multi-workstream programs covering:
- Finance TOM organizational redesign
- GBS/SSC setup, migration, and optimization
- Core process transformation (R2R, O2C, P2P)
- FPA and performance management modernization
- Digital automation and analytics enablement
- Establish strong governance models, program controls, and benefit tracking
- Manage complex stakeholder landscapes across finance, IT, operations, and executive leadership
- Ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with measurable value realization
Digital Finance FinTech Integration
- Define digital finance strategies integrating ERP, EPM, automation, analytics, and emerging FinTech solutions
- Lead implementations of:
- SAP S/4HANA, Oracle, Workday Finance
- EPM platforms (Anaplan, Tagetik, OneStream, Board, Oracle EPBCS)
- Intelligent automation (RPA, AI-driven close, continuous accounting)
- Advanced analytics and real-time reporting platforms
- Leverage FinTech ecosystems for:
- Treasury digitization and real-time payments
- Embedded finance models
- Automated controls and compliance
- Cloud-native financial platforms
- Drive measurable digital ROI and adoption across transformed finance organizations
CFO Advisory Strategic Leadership
- Serve as trusted advisor to CFOs, COOs, CIOs, and business leadership
- Shape CFO agendas across:
- Cost transformation and productivity
- Performance management and profitability
- Digital finance modernization
- Risk, compliance, and governance enhancement
- Lead executive workshops on finance strategy, operating model evolution, and digital roadmaps
- Support strategic decisions on capital allocation, investment prioritization, and enterprise transformation
Business Development Market Leadership
- Own revenue growth targets across finance transformation and digital finance portfolios
- Originate and close large multi-year transformation programs
- Lead complex proposal pursuits, RFP/RFI responses, and executive deal shaping
- Develop market-leading offerings, frameworks, accelerators, and thought leadership
- Build long-term strategic client relationships and cross-service collaboration
People, Capability Solution Leadership
- Lead solution heads across GBS, FPA, Process Transformation, and Digital Finance
- Build and scale multidisciplinary transformation teams
- Drive capability development across consulting, digital, and industry expertise
- Mentor high-potential leaders and create strong succession pipelines
- Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and delivery excellence
Required Experience Qualifications
- 1825+ years in finance transformation consulting and/or senior finance leadership roles
- Proven leadership of large-scale enterprise transformation portfolios
- Deep expertise across: Finance operating models shared services
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