About this role
Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform.
We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler.
Role
We are looking for a Senior Director, Finance Business Transformation to join our team. This is a Hybrid role in Santa Clara, CA reporting to the Vice President, Business Transformation in the Finance department. To support our exponential growth, you will serve as a strategic lead for finance transformation working closely with senior Finance leadership and other cross-functional teams while also supporting post-merger finance integration in case of an acquisition.
What you’ll do (Role Expectations)
• Lead end-to-end strategic transformation initiatives in key areas driven by finance including Record to Report, Source to Pay, and Asset Management.
• Partner with cross functional stakeholders from Finance, IT, CloudOps, Security, Legal, etc. and leverage Lean methodology to develop future state processes that will help build a scalable Finance function.
• Understand the current state of our tech stack, including but not limited to ERP (NetSuite), Coupa, ServiceNow, Workiva, Snowflake, Adaptive (or other EPM tools) etc. and partner with IT to implement best in class systems and architecture to achieve operational excellence.
• Work with the Leadership team to design and implement an AI-enabled transformation strategy that enhances customer, vendor and employee experience.
• Develop a metric based strategy to track progress of transformation initiatives and process improvements.
• Work with internal audit to implement and modernize controls during automation and/ or process changes
• Support integration of target’s finance organization and processes during an acquisition
• Drive change management efforts to support transformation
Who You Are (Success Profile)
• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw materi