Senior Program Manager - Finance & AI Transformation

Job Description

A-Line Staffing is Hiring a Senior Finance Project / Program Manager in the San Jose, CA area! This position is Full-Time 40 hours per week.

Pay: $70–$90/hr (based on experience)

Schedule: M-F 8am-5pm

Location: 100% onsite in San Jose, CA - candidates must be local

About the Role:

The Finance Business Process Expert drives end-to-end process excellence across Finance by defining, measuring, improving and sustaining standardized processes. This role partners with Finance process owners, IT/business analysts, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver measurable improvements in cycle time, quality, compliance, and user experience using a structured continuous improvement methods.

Job Responsibilities:

Lead efforts to define process intent and scope, align to strategic objectives, and establish/maintain process performance metrics and measurement methods.

Continuously evaluate performance and integrate stakeholder feedback to refine and optimize processes; identify training needs for key process performers.

Lead, facilitate and execute cross-functional improvement initiatives to reduce defects/variations and remove waste, using Lean and Six Sigma methods and data-driven root cause analysis.

Mentor and coach team members and build organizational capability through training and best-practice sharing.

Develop and monitor KPIs to track improvement outcomes and business impact; communicate progress, risks, and results to stakeholders and leadership.

Serve as a subject matter expert on semiconductor finance process leading practices, advising Finance leadership on process design decisions, transformation tradeoffs, and long-term scalability considerations.

Apply semiconductor industry leading practices to the design, standardization, and continuous improvement of Finance processes, ensuring solutions are scalable, compliant, and fit for a highly-complex manufacturing environment.

Partner with Finance and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure process designs support manufacturing, supply chain, and technology roadmap new common to the semiconductor industry.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you must have:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related experience

10+ years in finance operations/process excellence, business process management, continuous improvement or finance transformation roles

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred ( or equivalent advanced CI certification); Green Belt considered with strong project leadership track record

Experience with finance platforms and analytics/reporting ecosystems (e.g. ERP Finance, close/reconciliation tooling, BI/data platforms) as relevant to your environment

Preferred Qualifications

Experience leading AI, analytics, or automation projects

Experience supporting finance transformation initiatives

Experience working on enterprise digital transformation programs

Full-time