Senior Manager, Finance Strategy and Innovation

Summary

Join Western Digital as a Finance Senior Manager, Strategy and Innovation, and collaborate with the Finance Chief of Staff and a dedicated team on key strategic projects sponsored by the CFO. You will establish and govern a diverse portfolio of strategic initiatives, requiring strong project management, communication, and business acumen. This role demands high energy and the ability to drive execution. You will assist in managing the organization's operational rhythm, strategic planning, and cross-functional projects. The position involves managing a strategic project portfolio, transformation roadmap, and driving initiatives to optimize business processes. Collaboration with finance senior management and cross-functional stakeholders is crucial for evaluating processes and identifying improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
• 10+ years of relevant work experience in a global, diverse organization
• Demonstrated success leading projects with multi-function stakeholders and teams

Responsibilities

• Assist the Finance Chief of Staff in managing the organization’s operational rhythm, allowing for transparency, consistency, and proactive planning and execution
• Assist in designing and driving the Finance team’s strategic plans, portfolio and budget planning, and business and people strategy reviews
• Assist in managing cross functional projects and transformational activities for the organization
• Manage the strategic project portfolio ensuring projects have clear milestones, KPIs, value and impact metrics
• Manage the transformation roadmap and lead its execution, including prioritization, requirement gathering, and project timeline
• Assist with driving transformation initiatives to streamline and optimize business processes, leveraging best practices
• Collaborate with finance senior management and a cross functional network of stakeholders to evaluate current processes and identify opportunities for process improvement, simplification, automation, and optimization
• Stay abreast of emerging trends and best practices in Finance. Continuously evaluate new tools and technologies for cost/benefit potential

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong project management and prioritization skills; able to manage multiple projects within different geographic regions simultaneously
• Disciplined execution skills with focus to ensure results and impact are delivered
• Team player that can collaborate and communicate with stakeholders across all levels and functions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with focus on crisp, concise, and effective communication
• Ability to build trust and partnering relationships with internal / external stakeholders of all levels
• Superior organizational skills with commitment to delivering a high-quality work product
• Ability to ideate, test, iterate and implement new initiatives with a keen focus on change management

Benefits

• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick leave
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life, accident and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit
• The Applause Program
• Employee stock purchase plan
• The Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
• Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan
• Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program
• Restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents