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Job Summary:
The Finance Data & Transformation Leader leads the Data & Transformation function within Finance, with responsibility for three core capabilities: Data Stewardship & Governance, AI Solutions & Innovation, and Automation Governance & Enablement.
The role serves as Finance’s primary liaison for enterprise data [JB1.1]and is responsible for ensuring Finance data is accurate, consistently defined, well documented, and appropriately governed across downstream systems and solutions. This includes partnering with Data Engineering to procure and develop new Finance data assets, maintaining the Finance data catalog, establishing trusted sources of data, and reducing unnecessary duplication of data.
The role also leads Finance’s adoption of responsible AI, including identifying and developing AI-enabled solutions for Finance and overseeing Finance-owned AI agents that support the broader firm. The leader continuously evaluates emerging AI capabilities and identifies opportunities to responsibly apply new technology to Finance processes, services, and information delivery.
Additionally, the role serves as Finance’s subject matter expert and solution steward for workflow and process automation, establishing appropriate governance and providing technical direction for Finance-owned automation solutions.
The Finance Data & Transformation Leader works closely with technical resources across the Finance technology organization, including shared development resources, to deliver SQL, data, AI, and automation solutions while maintaining clear ownership of strategy, priorities, governance, and solution requirements.
Job Duties:
Data Stewardship & Governance
- Serves as Finance’s primary liaison with Data Engineering for new and enhanced data tables, views, and reusable data assets
- Owns and maintains the Finance data catalog, including key data definitions, sources, ownership, and documentation
- Establishes trusted sources of Finance data and minimize unnecessary duplication of data assets
- Ensures Finance data and business definitions are accurate and consistent across CPM, BI reporting, and other downstream solutions
- Identifies data gaps and inconsistencies and coordinate with Finance, Data Engineering, and other technology teams to resolve them
- Provides functional direction to technical resources supporting Finance data and SQL development
AI Solutions & Innovation
- Leads Finance’s adoption of responsible AI and emerging AI capabilities
- Identifies and develops AI agents and other AI-enabled solutions that improve Finance processes and services
- Develops, maintains, and governs Finance-owned AI agents that support Finance and the broader firm
- Establishes appropriate ownership, documentation, and lifecycle practices for Finance AI solutions
- Stays current on emerging AI technologies and evaluate their potential application within Finance
Automation Governance & Enablement
- Serves as Finance’s subject matter expert and solution steward for workflow and process automation, with particular expertise in Microsoft Power Automate.
- Establishes governance, documentation, ownership, and lifecycle standards for Finance-owned automations
- Identifies opportunities to automate and improve Finance processes
- Provides functional direction to shared technical resources supporting automation development
- Promotes reusable, scalable automation solutions while minimizing unnecessary duplication
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partners within the Finance BI team to promote consistent and accurate Finance data across reporting tools and systems
- Provides functional direction and prioritization to shared technical resources supporting Data & Transformation initiatives
- Coordinates with Finance, Data Engineering, and technology teams to deliver scalable, sustainable solutions
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Coaches, advises, and develops staff within the Finance BI team
- Supports the Finance BI Leader in developing team capability and capacity through training, documentation, and continuous improvement
- Provides mentorship, SQL best-practice guidance, and report/code review to ensure quality and consistency
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree required; focus on Finance, Accounting or Data/Analytics, preferred
Experience:
- Prior experience with data governance, data stewardship, data engineering, or related disciplines, required
- Five (5) or more years of SQL experience writing queries and reports, required
- Experience developing or implementing AI agents or other AI-enabled business solutions, required
- Prior experience working within a professional services firm such as accounting, financial services, business advisory, and/or banking industries, preferred
Software:
- Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, advanced Excel, required
- Experience with Power Automate, required
- Experience with Power BI, preferred
- Experience with Oracle or similar ERP systems, preferred
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Strong analytical abilities, including ability to interpret financial results
- Excellent verbal and written communication; able to translate to non-technical audiences
- Demonstrates ability to successfully collaborate with other departments
- Effectively interacts with internal customers at all levels
- Ability to coach and develop analysts/developers; provides quality review and promotes best practices
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to successfully multi-task and advance projects through ambiguity
- Strong attention to detail Experience working across business, data engineering, and technology teams
Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.
Maryland Range: $120,000 - $140,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $120,000 - $140,000
At BDO, how we show up matters. We build strong relationships by supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to helping one another grow and succeed. Here, you’ll find meaningful work, leaders invested in your success, and opportunities to build a career around what matters most to you.
Our purpose is to be the people our clients count on to grow with confidence and achieve what matters most. Our values guide how we bring that purpose to life each day. Together, they shape how we work with one another, serve our clients, and create meaningful impact.
BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and around the world. No matter your role, you’ll be part of a team helping clients navigate complexity and move forward with clarity.
As technology continues to shape how we work, BDO values the ability to apply generative and agentic AI solutions to develop work products, improve workflows and identify potential risks. Across our firm, we emphasize professional judgment in validating AI-generated outputs for accuracy, quality, and compliance.
We are proud to be an ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. As a qualified retirement plan, the ESOP is a meaningful addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. It also reinforces an ownership mindset that strengthens our connection to one another, our clients, and the future we’re building together.
Learn more about our benefits: BDO Total Rewards encompass more than traditional benefits. Click here to find out more !
*Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets
Click here to find out more !
Job Summary:
The Finance Data & Transformation Leader leads the Data & Transformation function within Finance, with responsibility for three core capabilities: Data Stewardship & Governance, AI Solutions & Innovation, and Automation Governance & Enablement.
The role serves as Finance’s primary liaison for enterprise data [JB1.1]and is responsible for ensuring Finance data is accurate, consistently defined, well documented, and appropriately governed across downstream systems and solutions. This includes partnering with Data Engineering to procure and develop new Finance data assets, maintaining the Finance data catalog, establishing trusted sources of data, and reducing unnecessary duplication of data.
The role also leads Finance’s adoption of responsible AI, including identifying and developing AI-enabled solutions for Finance and overseeing Finance-owned AI agents that support the broader firm. The leader continuously evaluates emerging AI capabilities and identifies opportunities to responsibly apply new technology to Finance processes, services, and information delivery.
Additionally, the role serves as Finance’s subject matter expert and solution steward for workflow and process automation, establishing appropriate governance and providing technical direction for Finance-owned automation solutions.
The Finance Data & Transformation Leader works closely with technical resources across the Finance technology organization, including shared development resources, to deliver SQL, data, AI, and automation solutions while maintaining clear ownership of strategy, priorities, governance, and solution requirements.
Job Duties:
Data Stewardship & Governance
- Serves as Finance’s primary liaison with Data Engineering for new and enhanced data tables, views, and reusable data assets
- Owns and maintains the Finance data catalog, including key data definitions, sources, ownership, and documentation
- Establishes trusted sources of Finance data and minimize unnecessary duplication of data assets
- Ensures Finance data and business definitions are accurate and consistent across CPM, BI reporting, and other downstream solutions
- Identifies data gaps and inconsistencies and coordinate with Finance, Data Engineering, and other technology teams to resolve them
- Provides functional direction to technical resources supporting Finance data and SQL development
AI Solutions & Innovation
- Leads Finance’s adoption of responsible AI and emerging AI capabilities
- Identifies and develops AI agents and other AI-enabled solutions that improve Finance processes and services
- Develops, maintains, and governs Finance-owned AI agents that support Finance and the broader firm
- Establishes appropriate ownership, documentation, and lifecycle practices for Finance AI solutions
- Stays current on emerging AI technologies and evaluate their potential application within Finance
Automation Governance & Enablement
- Serves as Finance’s subject matter expert and solution steward for workflow and process automation, with particular expertise in Microsoft Power Automate.
- Establishes governance, documentation, ownership, and lifecycle standards for Finance-owned automations
- Identifies opportunities to automate and improve Finance processes
- Provides functional direction to shared technical resources supporting automation development
- Promotes reusable, scalable automation solutions while minimizing unnecessary duplication
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partners within the Finance BI team to promote consistent and accurate Finance data across reporting tools and systems
- Provides functional direction and prioritization to shared technical resources supporting Data & Transformation initiatives
- Coordinates with Finance, Data Engineering, and technology teams to deliver scalable, sustainable solutions
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Coaches, advises, and develops staff within the Finance BI team
- Supports the Finance BI Leader in developing team capability and capacity through training, documentation, and continuous improvement
- Provides mentorship, SQL best-practice guidance, and report/code review to ensure quality and consistency
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree required; focus on Finance, Accounting or Data/Analytics, preferred
Experience:
- Prior experience with data governance, data stewardship, data engineering, or related disciplines, required
- Five (5) or more years of SQL experience writing queries and reports, required
- Experience developing or implementing AI agents or other AI-enabled business solutions, required
- Prior experience working within a professional services firm such as accounting, financial services, business advisory, and/or banking industries, preferred
Software:
- Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, advanced Excel, required
- Experience with Power Automate, required
- Experience with Power BI, preferred
- Experience with Oracle or similar ERP systems, preferred
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Strong analytical abilities, including ability to interpret financial results
- Excellent verbal and written communication; able to translate to non-technical audiences
- Demonstrates ability to successfully collaborate with other departments
- Effectively interacts with internal customers at all levels
- Ability to coach and develop analysts/developers; provides quality review and promotes best practices
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to successfully multi-task and advance projects through ambiguity
- Strong attention to detail Experience working across business, data engineering, and technology teams
Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.
Maryland Range: $120,000 - $140,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $120,000 - $140,000
At BDO, how we show up matters. We build strong relationships by supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to helping one another grow and succeed. Here, you’ll find meaningful work, leaders invested in your success, and opportunities to build a career around what matters most to you.
Our purpose is to be the people our clients count on to grow with confidence and achieve what matters most. Our values guide how we bring that purpose to life each day. Together, they shape how we work with one another, serve our clients, and create meaningful impact.
BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and around the world. No matter your role, you’ll be part of a team helping clients navigate complexity and move forward with clarity.
As technology continues to shape how we work, BDO values the ability to apply generative and agentic AI solutions to develop work products, improve workflows and identify potential risks. Across our firm, we emphasize professional judgment in validating AI-generated outputs for accuracy, quality, and compliance.
We are proud to be an ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. As a qualified retirement plan, the ESOP is a meaningful addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. It also reinforces an ownership mindset that strengthens our connection to one another, our clients, and the future we’re building together.
Learn more about our benefits: BDO Total Rewards encompass more than traditional benefits. Click here to find out more !
*Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets
Click here to find out more !
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in transformation leader jobs.
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale organizational or digital transformation programs
- Proficiency with change management frameworks such as Prosci, Kotter, or Lean Six Sigma
- Strong executive stakeholder management and senior leadership communication skills
- Experience working within or alongside agile delivery teams and program governance structures
- Bachelor's degree in business, organizational management, engineering, or a related field
- Certification in project management or change management such as PMP or CCMP preferred
Tips for Your Transformation Leader Job Search
Quantify change outcomes on your resume
Transformation leaders are hired to move numbers. Replace vague language like 'led change initiative' with the scope, timeline, and measurable result. Hiring teams want to see adoption rates, cost reductions, or cycle-time improvements tied directly to your leadership.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists transformation leader openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Tailor your resume to the transformation type
Digital transformation, operational transformation, and organizational transformation are distinct hiring tracks. Read each job description closely and position your resume around the specific methodology the employer is running, whether that is agile, lean, or a structured change management framework.
Prepare a portfolio of stakeholder alignment stories
Interviewers for transformation roles consistently probe how you managed resistance from senior stakeholders. Build two or three structured examples that show the obstacle, your approach to building buy-in, and the outcome. Vague answers about collaboration are the most common reason candidates stall at the final round.
Target openings by the transformation phase
Job postings at the diagnostic or design phase require different skills than those hiring for execution or stabilization. Look for signals in the description like 'stand up new operating model' versus 'accelerate ongoing rollout' and match your pitch to where the program actually is.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate compensation
Transformation leader roles vary enormously in authority. Before discussing compensation, clarify whether you have direct budget control, decision rights over headcount, and executive sponsorship. A role with a strong title but limited authority is a common mismatch that surfaces only after an offer is made.
Transformation Leader Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most transformation leaders?
The most active employers for transformation leaders right now are Deloitte, U.S. Bank, and BDO, and the most openings are in Texas, Georgia, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially concentrated in financial services, healthcare systems, and large technology firms running multi-year modernization programs.
How many transformation leader jobs are remote?
About 90% of transformation leader openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the share varies significantly by industry. Roles focused on technology and process design tend to allow more remote flexibility, while operational and culture transformation positions more often require on-site presence during critical program phases.
How do you become a transformation leader?
Most transformation leaders build their background through progressively senior roles in project management, management consulting, or organizational development before moving into transformation-specific titles. Earning a recognized change management certification strengthens your candidacy, as does demonstrating that you have led a full program lifecycle from diagnosis through stabilization, not just a single workstream.
Can you get hired as a transformation leader without direct experience in the role?
Candidates without the exact title can compete by reframing adjacent experience clearly. If you have led a cross-functional initiative, managed a system implementation, or driven a restructuring as part of a broader role, present that work in terms of scope, stakeholder complexity, and measurable outcomes rather than internal job titles, which rarely translate directly across organizations.
What does the transformation leader interview process look like?
Most hiring processes include an initial screen focused on program scope and methodology, followed by a panel or series of behavioral interviews with senior business stakeholders and sometimes a case study or presentation. Final rounds typically involve an executive conversation about strategic fit and change philosophy. The process often moves slowly because the hiring decision involves multiple senior sponsors who all need alignment before an offer is extended.
Where can I find and apply to transformation leader jobs?
You can find and apply to transformation leader jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your background and experience, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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