A leading global financial services firm in Los Angeles is seeking a results-driven AVP of Business Transformation. The individual will play a key role in driving transformation across the organization. This role sits within the Business Transformation team and is ideal for someone who excels at building structure, leading cross-functional change, and delivering high-impact process and technology initiatives.

*$180-$220K in Total Comp (base + full annual bonus)

*3 days/week in office*

Responsibilities:
The Director will own end-to-end delivery of strategic projects that modernize how Finance Operations works—spanning process redesign, technology deployments, operating model enhancements, and data-driven decision support.

Will be a hands-on advisor, facilitator, and problem-solver across business stakeholders, IT, and third-party partners.

• Act as a liaison between business teams, IT, and vendors—aligning priorities, managing expectations, and ensuring progress
• Provide hands-on support to stakeholders to unblock issues, drive alignment, and maintain project momentum
• Navigate differing viewpoints across departments, build consensus, and guide teams toward shared outcomes
• Tailor communication style and presentation approach to various audiences, including senior leadership
• Gather, analyze, and synthesize complex information; develop clear, persuasive materials for decision-making
• Work with leadership to operationalize strategic initiatives through strong project management discipline—scoping, planning, objectives & key results, deliverables, and routines
• Create project plans, charters, success metrics, artifacts, and documentation
• Plan and facilitate working sessions with business and IT
• Co-develop new processes with business stakeholders and deliver BAU training
• Manage risks, issues, and escalation paths to maintain accountability
• Lead working sessions to capture end-to-end business processes and drive clarity
• Serve as SME for assigned processes, procedures, or technology
• Identify operational improvement opportunities and provide actionable recommendations
• Operate as a player-coach—balancing leadership with hands-on execution

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in related field
• 8+ years of business analysis experience within financial services or management consulting
• Strong background in project management, change management, advisory, or process improvement
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and create structure where it doesn’t exist
• Experience working with large data sets, reconciliations, and logical data structures
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Confluence and Visio
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to adapt to diverse audiences and influence without authority

 

Intangible Qualities

• Skilled relationship-builder who works effectively across levels, functions, and third parties
• Clear and transparent communicator, able to simplify complex topics
• Independent self-starter who can also collaborate seamlessly in team settings
• Highly organized, disciplined, and capable of managing shifting priorities
• Curious, resourceful, and energized by learning and solving new problems
• Results-driven, accountable, and proactive in driving closure
• Strong judgment in balancing competing factors and making sound recommendations