Product Owner- Finance Transformation
- Contract duration: 3 months
- Location: 2 days per week in Central London or Chesterfield
- Start date: ASAP
- Pay range: £600.00- £650.00 per day/ Inside IR35
Role overview
The Finance Transformation Product Owner will act as the voice of Finance within a major programme moving the organisation from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. The role will bridge Finance, Technology, the wider business, systems-integrator partners and third-party implementation partners, translating finance requirements into deliverable outcomes and ensuring the future solution works operationally.
This is a business-side product ownership and assurance role, not an SAP configuration position. The successful candidate will own the required outcomes, help shape future-state finance processes, challenge proposed solutions and provide confidence and sign-off that delivered capabilities meet business, reporting, control and regulatory needs.
Key responsibilities
- Act as the voice of Finance throughout the finance transformation programme.
- Support the migration from SAP ECC to S/4HANA and shape future-state finance processes and capabilities.
- Bridge Finance, Technology, business teams, systems integrators and third-party implementation partners.
- Translate business requirements into clear, prioritised and deliverable outcomes.
- Ensure solutions meet operational reporting, financial-control and regulatory requirements.
- Own business acceptance and sign-off, providing constructive challenge where a proposed solution does not meet the required outcome.
- Work with Finance to remove process inefficiencies and drive adoption of the new capabilities.
- Lead and contribute actively in workshops with finance subject-matter experts and process owners.
- Manage dependencies and collaborate closely with the Core Branch/Lot 1 programme.
- Maintain ownership of the business outcome while delivery partners undertake implementation activity.
Essential experience and knowledge
- Strong practical knowledge of SAP S/4HANA; direct experience of an ECC-to-S/4HANA transformation is the ideal background. Alternatively, substantial experience of a major ERP transformation or finance-modernisation programme.
- Good knowledge of finance technology and day-to-day finance operations.
- Strong understanding of core finance processes, including the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, period-end activity and financial controls.
- Experience shaping future-state processes and converting finance needs into workable technology outcomes.
- Experience working effectively with systems integrators and third-party implementation partners.
- Understanding of operational reporting, controls and regulatory requirements.
- Ability to operate within a complex accounting landscape involving organisational, branch and supplier accounts.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across finance, business and technology audiences.
Desirable experience
- Previous ownership of finance outcomes within an SAP-led transformation.
- Experience modernising a complex finance estate that includes SAP alongside other platforms and products.
- Evidence of improving finance processes and supporting successful business adoption.
- Experience managing dependencies between finance transformation and wider enterprise-platform or operational change programmes.
- Work closely with finance subject-matter experts, process owners,
- Comfortable navigating a complex finance landscape and multiple programme dependencies.
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Product Owner- Finance Transformation in Chesterfield employer: Morson Group
Morson Group is an exceptional employer, recognised as one of the UK's Best Big Companies to work for, offering a supportive family-run culture that prioritises employee well-being and development. With 26 days of holiday, bespoke training programmes, and comprehensive mental health support, employees are empowered to grow and thrive in their roles, particularly within the dynamic Payroll team at our Salford office.
