CAREERS

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE

Essential Responsibilities:

• Define and own the implementation of the finance change and transformation strategy
• Lead the portfolio of change work and continuous improvement across the Finance function; steer business cases and programme specs in accordance with Finance needs
• Collaborate closely on change and transformation priorities to ensure positive adoption
• Guide the design of systems, processes and controls to provide a strong and robust environment
• Optimise finance systems uptake and usage to ensure maximum return on Workday implementation
• Collaborate with wider systems teams across the business (IT, HR, etc.) to assess change impact holistically
• Implement and manage BAU support model, interfacing effectively with external AMS
• Key stakeholder in ongoing finance systems build-out and additional integrations
• Collaborate with the wider Finance team and continuously monitor internal processes
• Drive efficiency and scalability within existing processes
• Train and support end users and new joiners
• Ensure systems and related process and controls are compliant with regulatory and statutory requirements
• Identify industry trends and value creation opportunities to maximise the potential of the Finance department

TECHNICAL/BUSINESS SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Familiarity with financial control, AP and FP&A functions
• Finance systems expertise and experience of leading finance systems implementation (preferably Workday)
• Change experience across the project lifecycle
• Strong project management skills with successful delivery to agreed timelines
• Experience of managing and coordinating with outsourced service providers e.g. AMS
• Excellent communication skills: able to sell the vision and challenge/influence stakeholders
• Experience formulating and documenting policies and procedures
• MS office applications

Desirable

• Experience working in Finance role
• Specific systems knowledge: Workday* and/or other ERP systems; Power BI; JIRA; SharePoint; Whatfix; Concur.
• Finance or change-related certifications (e.g.) CIMA, ACCA, Prince2, Six Sigma

* Highly desirable

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Positive, energetic, and driven self-starter
• Natural leader, steps up to solve problems
• Passionate about providing high levels of customer service
• Analytical & shows initiative to find new/better solutions
• Able to work collaboratively with different teams and time zones
• Engages and inspires others to commit and contribute
• Manages complex projects with multiple parties to meet long-dated deadlines
• Mature, able to work effectively under pressure and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment
• Results-oriented and focused on excellence, sets high standards for self and others