AVP Business Transformation Financial Services Firm

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*

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

$220,000 per year