Sr. Technical Program Manager - Finance

Essential Job Functions

Product Design

Co-own the roadmap for Finance technology, covering billing and invoicing, accounts payable and vendor management, accounts receivable and credit, intercompany, and financial reporting. Conduct deep process shadowing and interviews with billing, AP, AR, controllership, and FP&A teams across regions. Map current-state workflows from shipment costing and rating through invoice, payment, collection, and month-end close; identify the highest-leverage automation opportunities. Design SOPs and future-state workflows; build mockups and POCs to validate feasibility with Finance stakeholders before engineering investment.

Technical Design

Ensure the architecture conforms to Crane’s technology and architecture standards, and that standard engineering patterns, audit trails, and financial controls are followed across the finance technology stack; identify and resolve cross-team capability gaps. Drive automation initiatives for high-volume, low-complexity transactions such as invoice creation, vendor onboarding, and cost accruals. Ensure standard engineering patterns, audit trails, and financial controls are followed across the finance technology stack; identify and resolve cross-team capability gaps.

Success (Execution and Measurement)

Define operational KPIs: days to invoice, invoice accuracy and rejection rate, unbilled revenue, DSO, AP cycle time, and days to close. Partner with Finance operations and training teams for structured rollouts. Create meaningful measurement frameworks throughout the project lifecycle, with particular emphasis on instrumentation during rollouts to track adoption, impact, and financial accuracy. Instrument experiments with analytics and data science; evaluate automation impact rigorously. Drive adoption of new finance tools through change management and internal enablement.

Cross-team Coordination

Build strong relationships with Finance, Accounting, Tax, and Operations leadership across segments and regions. Understand regional tax, invoicing, statutory, and currency differences, and ensure platform flexibility to accommodate them. Serve as the primary voice of Finance within the TPM and engineering teams.

Physical Requirements

• Job may require extended sitting or standing, use of standard office equipment.
• Job requires the ability to use vision, adjust focus and work on a standard computer screen.
• Use of audio-visual equipment is required.
• Job will require punctual attendance and regular presence on-site at the assigned work location.

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field. 10+ years of technical program or product management experience with strong preference for finance technology, ERP, or financial operations. All TPM candidates must demonstrate:

• Cross-team leadership experience across engineering, AI, data science, and business operations
• Comfort reading and writing code and working with modern application ecosystems (HTTP APIs, messaging and queueing systems)
• Experience in Agile or Scrum environments
• Ability to build strong relationships across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desirable: Prior experience building applications as an engineer or product manager; familiarity with ERP platforms; AP automation and vendor management platforms ; AR and collections tools; e-invoicing and tax compliance across multiple countries; logistics or freight finance (shipment costing, carrier invoicing, intercompany settlement); change management experience for large finance organizations.

Other Skills and Abilities

Cross-Functional Leadership & Technical Acumen

Academic or practical experience with fundamentals of AI across modalities. Comfort reading and writing code and working with modern application ecosystems (HTTP APIs, messaging and queueing systems). Experience in agile or scrum environments. Comfort operating without deep vertical domain expertise in any single area, relying instead on structured discovery and strong stakeholder partnership.

Domain and Measurement Expertise

Deep understanding of finance execution: order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report, intercompany, and credit management. Experience designing integrations between ERP platforms, operational and transportation systems, and finance platforms for AP automation, collections, and reporting. Strong comfort with tax engines, e-invoicing mandates, and financial controls (e.g., SOX). Strong data orientation with ability to define and instrument finance KPIs from scratch. Proven track record of creating meaningful measurement frameworks, especially during product rollouts and organizational change initiatives.

Communication and Organization

Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical and operational concepts to diverse audiences, including senior stakeholders. Strong analytical skills with solid experience writing functional and technical specifications (PRDs). Strong organization skills with excellent attention to detail. Proficiency with product management tools, diagramming tools (Visio, Miro), and collaboration platforms. Ability to drive short-term actions consistent with long[1]term strategic goals. Effective listening skills and stakeholder empathy, especially when navigating competing domain interests.

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES

• Professional certification is not required for this position. Relevant certifications in project management (PMP, CSM), product management (PSPO, PGSPO), or accounting and finance (CPA, CMA) are a plus.

WHY SHOULD YOU WORK FOR CRANE?

At Crane, we believe in providing our employees with excellent benefits at a Great Place to Work.

We offer:

• Quarterly Incentive Plan
• 136 hours of Paid Time Off which equals 17 days for the year, that can be used for Sick Time or for Personal Use
• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement for education related to your job
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Employee Recognition and Rewards Program
• Paid Volunteer Time to support a cause that is close to your heart and contributes to our communities
• Employee Discounts
• Wellness Incentives that can go up to $100 per year for completing challenges, in addition to a discount on contribution rates

Come join the leader in logistics and take your career in the right direction.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

This position requires the final candidate to successfully pass an E-Verify Check.

More Information: http://www.dhs.gov/e-verify 

Company benefits are contingent upon meeting eligibility requirements and plan conditions.