Manager, EMEA Finance Operations & Systems (AI/Automation)

Location: London, United Kingdom; in-office 4 days a week

Company

hirify.global is an investment firm focused on private markets, bringing together people, ideas, and capital to support company growth and investor performance.

What you will do

• Act as the EMEA subject-matter expert for finance processes, systems, integrations, data flows, and regional requirements across global platforms.
• Champion AI and emerging technology by applying generative AI, prompt engineering, agent workflows, SQL, and business intelligence to finance workflows.
• Design, build, and maintain Power Platform, Appian, and other low-code/no-code automations, using Python, SQL, and VBA for integrations, automation, and data transformation.
• Document requirements, functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria; lead business-side testing and UAT.
• Lead small-to-medium regional initiatives from discovery through deployment and stabilization in an agile environment.
• Partner with EMEA users and US FPO/GTS and IT, support production issues and financial close cycles, and drive training, adoption, and process modernization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, or a related concentration preferred.
• 5–7 years of experience in finance operations, business systems, or techno-functional/process improvement roles, including regional or EMEA exposure.
• Hands-on experience building with low-code/no-code platforms such as Power Platform or Appian is required.
• Working coding ability in Python, SQL, or VBA for automation, integration, and data work.
• Demonstrated experience applying AI tools to real business problems, including generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Microsoft Copilot.
• Knowledge of EMEA finance specifics, including VAT, multi-currency, cross-border, and local statutory and regulatory reporting.
• Financial systems experience across accounting, ERP, treasury, or comparable platforms; advanced Excel is required.
• Experience supporting development teams in an agile environment and writing requirements, functional specifications, or process documentation.
• Ability to work independently across a transatlantic reporting line, manage competing priorities, communicate clearly, and influence stakeholders without direct authority.

Nice to have

• Background in private equity or alternative investment operations.
• SQL and data-querying skills.
• Exposure to BI and reporting tools such as Sigma Computing or Power BI.
• Familiarity with Jira or similar agile project management tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Regional role with coordinated reporting to US FPO leadership and a collaborative relationship with London finance leadership.
• Opportunity to modernize finance operations across EMEA and scale reusable automation, prompt libraries, and documentation across global teams.
• Work involves collaboration with geographically distributed teams across EMEA and the US.
• Requires regular office presence in London, with four days per week in the office.