Senior Technology Transformation Analyst, Accounting

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line. 

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:  

• Runner First
  • We act in the best interest of the runner
• Word is Bond 
  • We do what we say we’ll do
• Champion Heart 
  • We give our all in everything we do
• There is no “I” in Run
  • We stay generous with our humanity
• Keep Moving
  • We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement - because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.   

Your Job:   As the Senior Technology Transformation Analyst, Accounting at Brooks, you are an Accounting technology transformation professional within the Finance organization focused on accelerated responsible AI, automation, and process improvement across global Accounting Functions. In this role, you will combine accounting domain knowledge, practical technical fluency, project leadership, and change management to deliver secure, effective, and measurable solutions that improve accounting processes, reduce manual work, strengthen controls, and help Accounting teams focus on higher-value work. Your Skills: • Technical Fluency: Working knowledge of APIs, data flows, automation tools, prompt design, and analytics needed to support practical AI and automation solutions for accounting processes.

• Accounting Knowledge: Strong understanding of core accounting processes, controls, and compliance requirements across areas such as close, reconciliations, inventory, revenue, payables, receivables, tax, and financial reporting.

• Analytical Mindset: Ability to translate process pain points and manual work into measurable improvement opportunities, hypotheses, and experiments.

• Stakeholder Influence: Ability to build trust and work effectively with Accounting leaders and teams, Finance partners, IT, and Legal.

• Ethical Judgment: Sound judgment in identifying financial reporting, audit, data integrity, privacy, and compliance risks, with the ability to apply appropriate safeguards before solutions are deployed.

• Delivery Focus: Strong execution skills with the ability to balance speed, quality, adoption, and risk.

• Learning Agility: Curiosity and adaptability to quickly learn new tools and translate emerging capabilities into business value. Your Responsibilities: • Partner with Accounting leaders to identify, assess, and recommend AI and automation opportunities that improve efficiency, quality, compliance, controls, and user experience across global Accounting functions.
• Translate accounting workflows into practical automation and AI solutions that reduce manual work, improve data quality, strengthen process consistency, and support timely, reliable financial information.
• Collaborate with Accounting SMEs to design, test, and implement solutions that may include accounting systems, automation tools, APIs, analytics, and generative AI capabilities where appropriate.
• Monitor new functionality and enhancements within cloud-based accounting applications, partnering with relevant teams to assess business value and support timely, effective adoption.
• Lead assigned medium-complexity projects from discovery through launch, coordinating timelines, scope, stakeholders, vendors, and delivery milestones.
• Support adoption through effective change management, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training, documentation, and post-launch reinforcement for assigned solutions.
• Advance scalable solutions across global Accounting teams by helping standardize processes, reduce manual effort, and improve visibility across regions.
• Ensure solutions meet standards for data quality, privacy, auditability, internal controls, and compliance by working with Accounting process owners, IT, Legal, and Finance stakeholders.
• Embed solutions into day-to-day accounting operations by documenting processes, monitoring performance, supporting issue resolution, and identifying post-launch improvement opportunities.
• Build AI and automation fluency across Accounting by providing practical guidance to team members and process owners on responsible use, effective prompting, and automation best practices.
• Measure impact through adoption, time savings, scalability, quality improvements, control effectiveness, and business outcomes, using insights to continuously improve solutions. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Business, Data Science, Computer Science, or related field; equivalent combination of education and years of experience can be considered in lieu of degree(s)
• 5+ years of experience in accounting operations, accounting systems, data analytics, or related field with direct involvement in automation, systems improvement, or AI-enabled projects
• Demonstrated success managing medium-complexity, cross-functional projects and driving work from planning through implementation
• Experience supporting change management, training, communications, or adoption efforts for new tools, processes, or workflows
• Understanding of internal control considerations related to accounting systems, automation, reporting, and data integrity
• Ability to work across regional or global teams to standardize processes, align requirements, and support scalable technology solutions
• Working knowledge of at least two of the following: ERP systems, robotic process automation tools, SQL, APIs, AI and automation platforms, analytics tools, or scripting languages such as Python
• Demonstrated ability and interest in applying AI and automation to improve accounting processes, strengthen controls, and increase team capacity
• Embraces and lives the Brooks values!