Finance Change Manager

Royal London is a Financial Services company with a difference. As the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, we're owned by our members and work for their benefit, not for shareholder profits. We’ve grown rapidly and have been recognised as one of the UK’s top rated places to work. Today, Royal London has over £170 billion of assets under management, and around 4,000 employees working in five offices across the UK and Ireland. As an organisation, they have worked hard to become experts in specialist markets, building a trusted brand, with plenty of awards to show for it.

On behalf of our client, Royal London, we are looking for a Finance Change Manager for a 6-month contract based in London, hybrid (3 days onsite).

Purpose of the role: The Finance Change Manager will support the Finance function through a period of significant transformation, specifically to support the project to establish a new Irish management company. The role will ensure financial processes, controls, data flows and frameworks as part of the project are designed and documented. As part of this role there will also be the opportunity to review and enhance existing processes across the Finance function, improving efficiency.

What you’ll do:

• Support Finance's role in the establishment of a new management company, ensuring deliverables are clearly defined, agreed, and delivered within required timelines.
• Capture and document Finance requirements during business design activities, working closely with key stakeholders across functions including Risk, Compliance, and Legal.
• Design and implement Finance processes to enable the effective setup and ongoing operation of the new management company.
• Map end-to-end Finance processes, including system interactions, ledger flows, key controls, and reporting outputs.
• Review and enhance existing Financial Reporting and Control processes to improve efficiency and strengthen governance.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes and reduce manual effort through improved system utilisation.
• Ensure all Finance processes, procedures, and controls are clearly documented and aligned with current operating practices.
• Strengthen the financial control framework for the Finance function and ensure risks and controls related to the new management company are appropriately defined and documented.
• Track and manage Finance deliverables to ensure they are completed accurately and in line with agreed timelines.
• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of testing activities to ensure new processes operate effectively prior to go-live.
• Provide clear and timely updates to Finance leadership on project progress, risks, milestones, and key decisions.
• Work with stakeholders to validate process maps, ensure operational readiness, and confirm new processes are approved and functioning effectively at go-live.

The skills you’ll need:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Accounting and change experience gained within the asset management industry
• Strong understanding of legal structures, systems and cross functional working
• Demonstrable experience of improving existing processes and developing new processes
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines, taking ownership and responsibility

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella/PAYE engagement model. If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our sourcing specialists now.