Finance Business Operations Manager

About this role

<p>At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.</p> <p>We are building out Finance business operations to drive disciplined execution of both organic and inorganic initiatives, including M&A integration, strategic programs (AVs, Luxury), and other new product initiatives (NPIs). This is a strategy-to-execution role that requires strong judgment, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to drive outcomes in ambiguous, high-stakes environments. </p> <p>We are seeking a high-impact Finance BizOps leader to sit at the center of this effort, owning finance integration execution (in partnership with Lyft’s Corp Dev IMO), NPI financial readiness, and the intake/governance layer that connects Finance to the company’s most strategic initiatives. This role is the operating backbone for Finance – ensuring acquisitions integrate seamlessly, new products launch cleanly, and Finance work is prioritized with rigor and transparency. </p> <p>As the company scales, the volume and complexity of strategic initiatives—M&A, new products, and cross-functional programs—continues to increase.</p> <p>This role establishes a centralized operating model that ensures:</p> <ul> <li>Strategic initiatives are executed with discipline and completeness</li> <li>Finance is embedded early and effectively ensuring strong planning to execution across multiple teams to deliver strong customer and business results</li> <li>The organization scales without accumulating operational debt or technical debt</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Strategic program Readiness</strong>  <ul> <li>Act as the central Finance lead for new product initiatives and large strategic programs </li> <li>Build strong working relationships with key product and business leaders and stay “in the know” on planned launches </li> <li>Partner with Finance SMEs, Product, Engineering, and GTM teams to ensure: <ul> <li>Financial workflows and requirements are defined </li> <li>Systems, processes, and finance stakeholders are ready for launch</li> <li>Risks and tradeoffs are surfaced early</li> </ul> </li> <li>Translate ambiguous product requirements into clear Finance implications and execution plans</li> <li>Track implementation and establish Finance governance to enable global launch and scalability </li> <li>Drive alignment and decision-making across stakeholders</li> <li>Help ensure launches do not create downstream operational or technical debt</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Finance M&A Integration</strong> <ul> <li>Support end-to-end Finance integration across global acquisitions, from Finance integration strategy during diligence to post-close integration</li> <li>Partner with Corp Dev IMO, Product and Finance leadership to: <ul> <li>Understand product integration plans and identify impacts on Finance processes, systems, and org</li> <li>Define Finance integration strategy and scope</li> <li>Build integrated finance roadmaps with clear dependencies and critical path</li> <li>Stand up governance, reporting, and escalation frameworks</li> <li>Prepare and lead leadership readouts on Finance integration status of deals in scope</li> </ul> </li> <li>Drive cross-functional execution across Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, etc; manage key dependencies with IT/Systems, HR, and Legal</li> <li>Implement and manage synergy tracking and value realization mechanisms</li> <li>Codify repeatable finance integration playbooks to improve speed, quality, and predictability</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Program Leadership & Execution</strong> <ul> <li>Act as the control tower across concurrent initiatives and Ensure the right work is resourced and sequenced appropriately across teams</li> <li>Drive execution across multiple complex, cross-functional programs simultaneously</li> <li>Build and manage integrated plans, milestones, and KPIs</li> <li>Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks</li> <li>Hold teams accountable while maintaining strong cross-functional relationships</li> <li>Ensure high-quality documentation, decision logs, and scalable processes</li> <li>Centralization and coordination for Finance-related initiatives (M&A, NPIs, strategic projects) <ul> <li>Define criteria (impact, risk, effort, strategic alignment)</li> <li>Provide visibility into pipeline and tradeoffsFacilitate prioritization discussions with Finance leadership</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Operating Model & Capability Building</strong> <ul> <li>Help stand up and evolve the Finance bizops function and define best practices and processes for: <ul> <li>M&A Integration governance</li> <li>NPI Finance engagement model</li> <li>Cross-functional operating rhythms</li> </ul> </li> <li>Introduce structure without slowing teams down—balancing rigor with speed</li> <li>Build repeatable frameworks that scale with company growth</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 class="p1"><strong>Experience:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>5+…