
AI Implementation Manager for finance and operations automation
Five years leading enterprise finance-automation deployments at RSM (Basware, Coupa, BlackLine, Vic.ai), two years building AI agents on top of that work, and founder of ClearAutomations.
Houston, TX (Central time), remote-ready. Targeting: AI Implementation Manager, Senior Implementation Consultant, Technical Project Manager.
- 5 yrs
- Enterprise finance automation at RSM
- 7
- Initiatives run at once, all green RAG (2026)
- 21
- Copilot Studio agents built (later 46+)
- 40-80 hrs
- Projected reclaimed per engagement
About
I started in accounting, then spent five years at RSM as the primary client liaison on enterprise finance-technology implementations: requirements, solution design, configuration, testing, training, and go-live across Basware, Coupa, BlackLine, and Vic.ai on SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, and Dynamics.
I then began building AI agents on top of that delivery work, including a 21-agent assistant library on Microsoft Copilot Studio. I also run ClearAutomations, an AI automation consultancy that includes HIPAA-scoped work. I am looking for a remote role leading AI and finance-automation implementations.
Experience
Founder & Principal Consultant
Apr 2026 - Present- Designed and built a HIPAA-scoped AI front-desk system for a 5-clinician counseling practice (Vapi voice agent, HubSpot pipeline, non-PHI intake) behind a 14-gate production-readiness checklist.
- Scoped a 3-phase automation program for a mailing-services company ($5K setup plus retainer, $16K year-one value) and built 70+ delivery assets, including 6 n8n workflows and an 8-stage HubSpot pipeline.
- Wrote the firm's delivery standard: client-owned accounts, native-first platform recommendations, and a 90-day ROI report in every engagement.
Senior Associate, Technology Consulting (Finance Automation)
Jul 2021 - Apr 2026- Led AP-automation deployments on Basware, Coupa, and Vic.ai: multi-entity, multi-currency approval matrices, PO-matching rules, GL coding automation, data migration, and ERP adapters.
- Implemented BlackLine financial-close and lease-accounting solutions aligned to ASC 842 and GASB 87.
- Ran a 2026 portfolio of 7 initiatives, including 2 concurrent billable implementations, all green RAG; led an internal Waterfall-to-Agile methodology transformation.
- Designed and built a 21-agent AI assistant library on Microsoft Copilot Studio (later 46+), projecting 40-80 reclaimed hours per engagement (about $180K a year in practice capacity), plus the companion 2-day training curriculum.
- Built 4 simulated end-to-end Basware implementations (104 deliverables across 6 phases) as the practice's sandbox best-practice model and training set.
Portfolio Accountant
Dec 2020 - Jul 2021Bachelor of Accounting, The University of Kansas
BlackLine Financial Close Implementation Certification (Nov 2023)
Case Studies
HIPAA-scoped AI front desk for a counseling practice
- Context
- A 5-clinician counseling practice, with HIPAA constraints on how patient information could be handled.
- What I built
- A Vapi voice agent, a HubSpot pipeline, and a non-PHI intake flow.
- Safeguards
- A 14-gate production-readiness checklist covering vendor BAAs, required before go-live.
3-phase automation program for a mailing-services company
- Context
- A mailing-services company that needed a phased automation plan.
- What I built
- 70+ delivery assets, including 6 n8n workflows, an 8-stage HubSpot pipeline, and an inbound voice-agent template.
- Scope
- $5K setup plus retainer, with $16K of projected year-one value.
21-agent AI assistant library on Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Context
- Per-task design work across finance platforms at RSM took consultants significant time on repeatable patterns.
- What I built
- 21 agents (later 46+) across 6 platforms, a vendor AI-capability audit, and a 2-day training curriculum.
- Result
- Estimated 70-85% cut in per-task design time and a projected 40-80 reclaimed hours per engagement, at $0 incremental platform cost.
Skills & Platforms
Delivery
Implementation project management, requirements and solution design, UAT, cutover, hypercare, RAID logs and risk management, Agile and Waterfall, Smartsheet, stakeholder and executive communication, change management and training
AI & Automation
Microsoft Copilot Studio, Claude Code, OpenAI APIs, prompt and knowledge-base engineering, agent evaluation, n8n, HubSpot, Vapi voice agents, MCP integrations, RAG, automation ROI modeling
Platforms & Controls
Basware P2P, Coupa, BlackLine, Vic.ai, HighRadius, Tipalti, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Cloud ERP, NetSuite, Dynamics 365 and GP, Workday, SOX segregation of duties, ASC 842 and GASB 87, HIPAA-scoped delivery
Independent Product
Mind Shed: AI Reflection App
App Store submission in progressiOS AI reflection app built end to end in React Native/Expo, Express, and OpenAI: 37 screens, 24 API endpoints, 13 AI card types, in-app subscriptions, 2,619 automated tests, and 51 TestFlight builds.
Contact
- Houston, TX (remote-ready)
- ZionZJ@gmail.com
- linkedin.com/in/zionjohn
- Download resume (PDF)