Finance Business Process LeadSan Jose, California, United States

Finance Business Process Lead

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.

Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.

What You'll Do :

The Finance Business Process & Digital Transformation Lead is responsible for overseeing, optimizing, and improving financial processes and implementing digital initiatives within the Finance organization. This role bridges finance operations with technology and business strategy to ensure efficient, compliant, and effective financial workflows and to implement innovative technologies to enable data-driven decision-making across the Finance organization.

• Develop and execute the finance process improvement and digital transformation roadmap aligned with overall business strategy, and in collaboration with cross functional stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies to improve financial processes and outcomes
• Build business cases for digital investments with clear ROI and implementation plans
• Establish governance framework for finance process and technology initiatives
• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of finance processes
• Identify opportunities to digitize, automate, and streamline finance processes
• Document existing processes and develop standardized procedures
• Identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks in current workflows
• Develop and implement automation solutions (RPA, intelligent automation) for manual finance tasks
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure process effectiveness
• Serve as a single point of contact for all cross functional teams for finance process documentation, finance systems implementation support and for project prioritization
• Partner with IT to implement new financial technologies and tools
• Develop and maintain system documentation and training materials
• Collaborate with IT, product and data science teams to align finance digital initiatives with enterprise technology and data strategy
• Ensure data integrity across finance systems
• Lead change management initiatives for finance process transformations
• Lead communication efforts around new technologies and process changes
• Design training programs to upskill finance team on new tools and capabilities
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within finance
• Ensure finance processes comply with relevant regulations and standards
• Develop and maintain internal controls for financial operations
• Participate in audit preparations related to finance processes
• Monitor process performance to identify and address compliance risks
• Develop finance data strategy to improve data quality, accessibility, and utilization
• Design and implement finance analytics capabilities and dashboards
• Lead initiatives to enhance forecasting and planning through advanced analytics
• Enable self-service reporting capabilities for finance stakeholders

What You Need :

Bonus Qualifications :

Please note that this job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications

At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company's business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $215,320.00 - $225,800.00. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer's People Team at people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.