Alba Partners is an independent, specialist consultancy with offices in Edinburgh, London and Dubai. We deliver complex, regulatory change for financial services and public sector clients, across risk, resilience and cyber, data, analytics and AI, and change and transformation.
Our work is senior led. The people who shape the strategy are the people who deliver it, and our leaders have worked inside the types of institutions we now advise. We have no product to sell, so our advice serves the client.
We are seeking a senior Portfolio Leader to lead the Finance Transformation Programme. This is a tough, gritty programme director role requiring Billing and Oracle Fusion delivery experience.
The successful candidate will own end-to-end delivery of the programme, hold partners and suppliers to account, and drive the programme through to live operation and benefits realisation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the Finance Transformation Programme, reporting to the Transformation Director.
- Own programme governance, the integrated plan, budget, RAID log and reporting to steering and executive forums.
- Lead delivery of the Billing and Oracle Fusion components of the programme.
- Take delivery through design, build, test, data migration, cutover and hyper care.
- Direct systems integrator and vendor partners and hold them to contracted scope, quality, cost and timelines.
- Make and drive decisions, escalat e where needed and resolve issues so delivery keeps moving.
- Manage dependencies with the wider Client's change portfolio, including technology, data and integration activity.
- Lead finance stakeholders through process, organisational and ways-of-working change.
- Build and lead the programme team, including workstream leads and PMO.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
- Senior programme director experience leading finance transformation.
- Hands-on delivery experience of Billing and Oracle Fusion implementations.
- Track record of taking complex finance system programmes through to go-live, including recovering programmes in difficulty.
- Experience managing systems integrators and vendors commercially and contractually.
- Experience reporting to and influencing executive sponsors.
- Experience working within a professional services, financial services or regulated environment.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Programme or project management certification such as MSP, PRINCE2 Practitioner or PMP desirable.
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Tough, resilient and tenacious, with the grit to drive a demanding programme to completion.
- Comfortable challenging senior stakeholders and suppliers.
- Strong commercial judgement and attention to detail.
- Clear, confident communicator with both finance and technology audiences.
- Able to work with teams across time zones.
Oracle Fusion Transformation Lead employer: Core Consultants
Alba Partners is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation in the heart of Edinburgh. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide opportunities for professional development through exposure to high-profile clients and complex regulatory challenges. Our commitment to excellence and recognition as a leading boutique consultancy ensures that our team members are part of a rewarding journey in the financial services sector.
