Sr./Lead Finance Transformation Specialist

About Ameren Services (B&CS)

Ameren Services provides administrative support and services to Ameren Corporation and its operating companies, subsidiaries and affiliates. Ameren Services includes a wide range of skill sets and roles, from finance and legal experts to digital and cyber specialists, plus those charged with ensuring environmental compliance and operational safety. Together, we help execute a strategy that enables Ameren to deliver superior long-term value to customers, shareholders and the environment.

Our benefits include:

• Medical coverage on date of hire

• 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan

• 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire

• Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays

• Paid parentalleave and family caregiver leave

Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees.

About The Position
The Senior Finance Transformation Specialist, will be a key team member in driving the end-to-end transformation of the Finance organization. This position will support lean/continuous improvement, intelligent automation, and Digital opportunities to enhance the finance processes and systems to drive efficiency and effectiveness. Critical to this role will be a deep understanding of the Finance strategy and collaboration and partnership with key stakeholders across the organization, including the Finance Lead Team, Digital IT and Continuous Improvement.

Key responsibilities include:
* Supporting Finance operational efficiency through delivering, maintaining, and improving end-to end- Finance processes with a focus on process standardization, optimization, and automation
* Supporting each end-to-end process review within Finance to provide thought leadership on lean/continuous improvement and automation
* Partnering with key stakeholders in the business to identify, evaluate, and implement finance transformation opportunities.
* Assisting in tracking value realization of assigned transformation initiatives including process standardization, optimization, automation, and those identified in the business case
* Supporting Finance culture transformation by partnering with Human Resources and Change Management to ensure proper communication and support of Finance Transformation
* Working closely with team to ensure that Finance Transformation is achieving value realization reflected in business case to support customer affordability

Qualifications - Sr. Finance Transformation Specialist
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Finance or other technical discipline required. Advanced degree or CPA preferred. Five or more years of accounting or finance experience without CPA certification or advanced degree; three or more years of experience with CPA certification or advanced degree. Experience working on complex projects, lean/continuous improvement events, or technology initiatives is preferred. Strong understanding of related technologies including ERP and EPM systems also preferred.

Qualifications - Lead FinanceTransformation Specialist

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Finance or other technical discipline required. Advanced degree preferred. Seven or more years of accounting or finance experience. Two or more years of experience working on complex projects, lean/continuous improvement events, or technology initiatives is preferred. Strong understanding of related technologies including ERP and EPM systems also preferred.

In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate:
Continuous Improvement competencies including: Six Sigma Methodology, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Change Management, and Lean transformation. An understanding of Finance department operations and processes required. Ability to solve complex organization and operational problems while collaborating across the organization in an Agile team environment. Excellent organizational skills.

Additional Information
Ameren's selection process includes a series of interviews and may include candidate testing and/or an individual aptitude or skill-based assessment. Specific details will be provided to qualified candidates.

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Compensation Range:

* This pay range encompasses multiple levels of the role. Career level and compensation depends upon applicant's credentials.

At Ameren, base salary is one component of a competitive compensation package for employees. Our pay ranges are broad to allow for movement within our organization and to accommodate different skill sets and levels of expertise. We take into consideration a variety of factors including, but not limited to, skills, abilities, experience, education, credentials, and internal equity when determining the base salary offered. Roles are eligible for additional rewards including annual incentive payments based on individual and company performance.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, military service or status, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other class, trait, or status protected by law.