Ameriprise India | Lead - AI Enablement & Finance Transformation

Key responsibilities

• You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to make your mark at the office and a difference in your community.
• We are seeking a skilled and motivated AI Enablement Consultant – Controllership Systems to join our Finance Systems and Controllership organization.
• The candidate will be responsible for identifying, evaluating, and enabling Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities across Workday, Frontier, and other enterprise platforms while helping drive innovation and operational efficiency within the Controllership organization.
• The role requires a combination of business process expertise, technology enablement, AI solution evaluation, change management, and stakeholder engagement.
• The successful candidate should have practical experience with Workday Finance, Frontier, financial processes, emerging AI technologies, and enterprise productivity tools.
• Drive AI strategy and adoption across Controllership and Finance Systems.
• Evaluate AI capabilities across Workday, Frontier, Microsoft 365, and other enterprise platforms.
• Identify and implement AI and automation opportunities across key Finance processes.
• Lead AI pilots, proof-of-concepts, and business case assessments to validate business value.
• Partner with business and technology teams to drive process transformation and continuous improvement.
• Ensure AI solutions align with governance, security, risk, and compliance requirements.
• Drive user adoption and value realization through training, best practices, KPIs, and leadership reporting.

Requirements

• Understanding of AI, Generative AI, intelligent automation, and emerging enterprise technologies.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, or related AI technologies.
• Experience with enterprise AI/productivity tools such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, and Power Automate.
• Ability to identify AI and automation opportunities, evaluate business value, and translate business requirements into practical solutions.
• Strong business process analysis and continuous improvement skills, with a focus on efficiency, controls, and user experience.
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, Technology, Risk, Audit, and Compliance.
• Understanding of AI governance, security, risk, and responsible AI principles.
• Strong communication, presentation, change management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to lead proof-of-concepts, pilots, workshops, and solution evaluations and communicate outcomes to leadership.
• Experience supporting Workday Financials implementations or enhancements.
• Knowledge of financial controls, governance, risk, and compliance frameworks.
• Understanding of business process automation and workflow technologies.
• Experience developing business cases and ROI assessments for technology investments.
• Exposure to data analytics, reporting, and visualization tools such as Power BI.

Ameriprise Financial

Ameriprise Financial traces its roots to 1894, when John Tappan founded Investors Syndicate. The business later became IDS, was bought by American Express in 1984 and ran as American Express Financial Advisors until it was spun off in 2005 as an independent company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker AMP). Headquartered in Minneapolis, Ameriprise is known mainly for financial planning and advice, alongside asset management under the Columbia Threadneedle Investments brand. Its wholly owned Indian subsidiary, Ameriprise India LLP, was set up in 2005 in Gurugram and later added offices in Noida and Hyderabad. Teams there support the group's businesses in the US and the UK.

Finance roles at Ameriprise India are based in Gurugram and Noida. They span cash management (cash analysts and senior cash analysts), controllership, private and hedge fund accounting, international indirect tax, support for the group's financial advisers, and finance transformation work that brings AI tools into finance processes. The postings ask for a finance or accounting qualification, usually a B.Com or BBA, and some prefer or require an MBA in Finance; others accept a graduate or postgraduate degree in finance, commerce, business management or operations.

• Industry: Financial services: financial planning and advice, wealth management and asset management (Columbia Threadneedle Investments)
• Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (Ameriprise Financial, Inc.)
• In India: Ameriprise India LLP, a wholly owned subsidiary set up in October 2005, with offices in Gurugram, Noida and Hyderabad