At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead high-impact transformation initiatives in the UK financial services sector.
- Company: Dynamic financial services firm focused on innovation and growth.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on career advancement and impactful projects.
- Why this job: Drive meaningful change and enhance operational efficiency in a thriving industry.
- Qualifications: Experience in business transformation and strong stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
We are seeking a commercial and delivery-focused Senior Manager – Business Transformation to support the execution of high-impact transformation initiatives across our UK financial services portfolio. This role will work closely with UK leadership and delivery teams to translate strategic priorities into actionable programmes, ensuring strong execution, governance, and measurable outcomes. You will play a key role in driving operational improvement, strengthening commercial discipline, and supporting scalable growth across the UK business.
Role Responsibilities
- Transformation Delivery & Execution
- Support the execution of UK transformation initiatives aligned to business strategy
- Develop and maintain delivery plans, roadmaps and programme reporting
- Translate strategic priorities into clear workstreams, milestones and deliverables
- Establish and run effective governance forums (programme reviews, steering sessions)
- Track KPIs, risks and dependencies, ensuring transparency across stakeholders
- Prepare updates, reporting and briefing materials for leadership review
- Cross-functional Alignment
- Work across Sales, Delivery, Finance and People teams to ensure aligned execution
- Identify and help resolve cross-team blockers and operational challenges
- Improve ways of working, communication and coordination across programmes
- Support business cases, value tracking, forecasting and utilisation improvement
- Partner with Finance and Delivery to strengthen financial discipline
- Contribute to identifying efficiency and optimisation opportunities
- Delivery Oversight
- Provide oversight across multiple projects or workstreams
- Support pre-sales activities including discovery, scoping and solution shaping
- Contribute to escalation management and programme delivery success
- Client & Market Contribution
- Contribute to client engagements with transformation insight and delivery expertise
- Support development of propositions and offerings where relevant
Required Experience
- Proven experience delivering business or digital transformation programmes in financial services
- Strong understanding of operating model improvement, governance and programme delivery
- Experience working on technology-enabled change (cloud, data, digital)
- Commercial awareness including business cases, financial tracking and delivery performance
- Strong stakeholder management skills across multiple functions
Head of Business Transformation in London employer: GFT Technologies
As a Client Solutions Director in London, you will join a dynamic and innovative team dedicated to delivering transformative solutions in the Capital Markets sector. Our hybrid work culture promotes flexibility and collaboration, while our commitment to employee growth ensures you have access to continuous learning opportunities and the chance to lead high-impact projects with top-tier clients. With a focus on cutting-edge technology and a supportive environment, we empower our employees to thrive and make a significant impact in the financial services industry.
