Digital Transformation Finance Lead

Craft : Finance Location : London Reports to : VP Finance (dotted line to Tech Finance Director) Team : Central & Tech Finance Team Contract : Fixedterm (18 months) Digital Transformation Finance Lead – King Finance Introduction King Finance is accelerating a shift from data retrieval to insight action and impact. This senior fixedterm role leads the digital and behavioral transformation - using GenAI Fabric / Power BI and agentic automation to redesign how we plan decide and partner the business. The mandate : accelerate the flow of data to financial impact. Success will be measured through tangible impact including a material reduction in manual reporting time faster planning and forecasting cycles and measurable improvements in forecast accuracy and adoption of AI-enabled decision tools. Role Purpose Set and own the Finance digitaltransformation agenda aligned to the Finance Strategy and FY26 Insight Impact OKRs. Partner closely with the Finance Leadership Team (FLT) Finance Data Labs (ML) Systems and Kings AI team to create insight products and decision workflows. Scale modern finance tooling across the team : Power BI & Microsoft Fabric (incl. OneLake / Datalake) BigQuery GitHub Python / SQL Generative AI (ChatGPT Enterprise) Copilot Claude Code / Flow and agentic frameworks. Build the capabilities behaviors and engagement for an agentassisted Finance function so teams spend the majority of time on forwardlooking analysis and commercial influence. Core Responsibilities Transformation Strategy & Leadership Define and execute a multiquarter roadmap; set OKRs and value cases tied to growth margin and speedtodecision. Partner with the VP Finance and FLT to define quarterly success metrics and ensure visibility of progress and impact to the King CFO and senior leadership across Activision Blizzard and Microsoft Gaming. Technology & AI Enablement Own the portfolio of modernfinance tools (Fabric / Power BI BigQuery GitHub Python / SQL ChatGPT Enterprise Copilot Claude Code / Flow) and scale proven use cases. Introduce agentic AI frameworks and workflow automation (e.g. Power Automate Airflow) to streamline forecasting reporting and insight generation processes. Ways of Working & Capability Establish engineeringgrade practices in Finance (version control code reviews CI / CD for models documentation). Work side‑by‑side with finance partners to co‑develop solutions ensuring modern‑finance skills are transferred and embedded across the team. Run an upskilling programme so every team member can query data build lightweight models and ship productiongrade content. Change Governance & Risk Stand up governance for data quality lineage privacy and responsible AI; embed auditready controls. Track benefits realisation (capacity unlocked cycletime forecast accuracy adoption) and report quarterly to FLT Experience Must Have Ideal Profile : You are a commercially minded leader who blends deep technical fluency (SQL Python BI GenAI) with the ability to drive behavioral and digital change at scale. You can translate data into decisions influence at executive level and inspire modern tech‑enabled ways of working across Finance. Extensive experience in Finance / Analytics / Consulting / Tech with ownership of multiteam digital transformation or AI programmes. Proven ability to take products from prototype to scaled adoption; fluency in SQL / Python and BI (Power BI / Fabric) plus GenAI promptengineering. Executive presence and influence; able to simplify complexity and drive decisionmaking at pace. A self‑starter with a bias for action comfortable operating autonomously shaping direction without heavy guidance and taking full ownership for progress and delivery Experience Nice to Have Familiarity with cloudcost optimisation (FinOps) Microsoft Fabric / Databricks and machinelearning pipelines. Professional finance qualification (CIMA ACCA CPA) or MBA. Experience designing or implementing AI governance or responsible‑AI frameworks. Familiarity with agentic AI platforms and workflow automation (e.g. Copilot Studio Power Automate Airflow). Background in building data‑storytelling and insight‑communication programs in Finance teams. Mobile gaming or liveops business exposure (not essential) Key Skills Exceptional communicator : simplifies complexity and crafts clear compelling stories that move nontechnical stakeholders to action translating data into decisions at pace. Trusted coalition‑builder : earns confidence and alignment across FLT Data Labs Systems and studio partners balancing diverse perspectives to achieve shared outcomes and unblock delivery. Strategic systems thinker : connects financial player and operational insights into a cohesive narrative that guides prioritisation shapes investment choices and drives measurable impact. King Behaviours & Culture Fit PlayerFirst Mindset : Obsessed with making the games (and decisions) better through datadriven insight. Agility & Curiosity : Comfortable experimenting with new tech and iterating fast. Collaboration : Builds trusted partnerships across Finance Tech and Studios; thrives in diverse teams. Courage : Challenges the status quo advocating for bold highimpact solutions. What We Offer Unique opportunity to shape the future of finance in a topgrossing mobile gaming company. Access to the latest GenAI tooling and crossindustry partnerships (Microsoft Xbox). A playful yet highperformance culture competitive compensation and benefits and the chance to see your work directly influence games enjoyed by millions every day. (An agent‑assisted Finance function refers to digital copilots and AI agents augmenting day‑to‑day analysis planning and decision‑support activities.) About King With a mission of Making the World Playful King is a leading interactive entertainment company with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the worlds most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry including the world‑famous Candy Crush franchise as well as other mobile game hits such as Farm Heroes Sag a. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King part of Microsoft (NASDAQ : MSFT) has Kingsters in Stockholm Malmö London Barcelona Berlin Dublin San Francisco New York Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at by following us on LinkedIn @lifeatkingon Instagram or @kinggameson X. #J-18808-Ljbffr