Director Finance Transformation

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformations tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow, informed and validated by science and data, superpowered by creativity and design, all underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Capgemini is a recognized leader in providing application consulting services to a diverse range of clients across industries. Our Finance Transformation practice within Capgemini Invent is experiencing significant growth, and we are seeking a highly accomplished and visionary Finance Transformation Director with deep expertise in Finance processes and ERP systems, particularly in shaping and delivering complex finance transformations.

As a Finance Transformation Director, you will play a key role in:

• Growing the business: Be a driver in the development and expansion of the finance transformation practice.
• Shaping Finance transformations: Leverage your cross-functional process knowledge, SAP and its application to finance to guide clients. Advocate clients on optimizing their finance processes by shaping up transformation programmes across processes, data, systems and operating models.
• Delivering projects: Lead and deliver complex Finance Transformation engagements for clients.
• Building credible advisor relationships: Pursue and cultivate trusted and credible business relationships.

You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development - Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal contribution - Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, POVs, development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development - Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company and certifications.

Your profile:

• Proven delivery leadership of Finance transformation programmes through platforms such as SAP (ECC and S/4HANA).
• Experience and knowledge in key finance technologies including other cloud ERP platforms (Workday financials management, Microsoft Dynamics).
• Knowledge of emerging technologies (GEN AI) and its application on Finance to provide cutting-edge solutions.
• In-depth process expertise in designing optimised and digitised Finance processes (Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Purchase-to-Pay, Acquire-to-Retire).
• Expertise in proposition building with compelling business cases.
• Currently working in a major Consulting firm, with a proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Business development - utilising a combination of the organisation's broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you'll be generating c.£2m of consulting revenues.
• Professional Finance or Accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) or a master's degree in technology, Finance, business or similar is desired.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly solve complex issues.
• Strong collaboration, communication, planning, influencing, prioritisation, and time management skills.
• Driven, results-oriented, with a passion for overcoming challenges, adapting to change, and achieving success.
• Experience in managing a sales pipeline and leading the bid/proposal process.
• Experienced in coaching and developing teams.

At Capgemini, we don't just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to make it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring your whole self to work. We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce as a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing, we have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

We're also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we're working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone's access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world's most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent on grade and on company and personal performance.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market-leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.