Director, Finance Change

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior leader within the FP&A & Business Finance team, contributing to the broader CFO agenda, shaping priorities, influencing decision making, and delivering tangible business value.
• Lead the design and delivery of an end‑to‑end transformation of expense planning, forecasting and reporting processes, strengthening cost accountability and management transparency.
• Design and implement multi‑dimensional expense budgeting and forecasting in Anaplan (by cost centre, cost type, vendor, project, currency and entity), aligned to business and finance requirements.
• Leverage upstream improvements for planned S/4Hana General Ledger implementation, including purchase orders / commitments, Vendor Master and Service Master.
• Build and enhance Anaplan infrastructure, and identify opportunities to apply emerging AI capabilities to improve cycle times, data quality and decision agility.
• Partner with Treasury to ensure expense processes and data enable the target‑state cash flow forecasting capability.
• Own transformation across all non‑compensation expense categories, including Technology, Legal & Professional, Market Data, Third‑Party Investment Administration and Marketing.
• Partner with People team to ensure approach synchronised for fixed compensation expenses (managed by People function).
• Embed business function expense reporting — including actual vs budget variance analysis and ExCo scorecard metrics — into the target‑state reporting landscape, leveraging enterprise reporting and AI platforms.
• Act as a senior integrator across Finance Technology, External Consultants, Procurement and Accounting to deliver the platform and process change programme.
• Carry out other duties as assigned.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory obligations and JHI policies applicable to the role.
• Adhere to the Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements, including past political contributions and activities.

Must have skills

• End-to-end finance transformation leadership; proven track record designing and delivering process and operating model change across planning, forecasting, and reporting.
• Strong expense domain expertise; deep understanding of Opex planning and management, including cost drivers, run‑rate vs project spend, and accountability frameworks.
• Anaplan (or similar platform) delivery capability; hands‑on experience leading budgeting/forecasting solutions (multi‑dimensional models; workflow; controls; versioning; scenario planning) and partnering effectively with model builders.
• ERP/GL and upstream controls knowledge; strong understanding of how purchase orders, commitments, vendor/service master data and GL design impact expense reporting integrity and controllership outcomes.
• Executive stakeholder management & influencing; ability to align Finance, Procurement, Accounting, Treasury, People, and senior business leaders around priorities, decisions, and adoption.
• Ability to work independently with senior accountability; comfortable operating with minimal oversight, setting direction, and owning outcomes in an ambiguous change environment.
• Adaptability in fast‑paced environments; demonstrated ability to reprioritize, respond to evolving requirements, and deliver at pace across overlapping initiatives and tight timelines.

Nice to have skills

• Programme delivery discipline; expertise in structured change delivery (scope, milestones, testing/UAT, cutover, training), balancing speed with quality and control.