Senior Manager (Finance Transformation) in London

Responsibilities

The Senior Manager, Finance Transformation role focuses on hands-on program management (PMO) and organizational change management (OCM) activities for specific Finance transformation projects. The Senior Manager works under high-level guidance to translate strategic objectives into actionable project plans, drive day-to-day project progress, and coordinate cross-functional teams and resources. Additionally, this critical role will drive the design and implementation of the Finance Target Operating Model and Service Delivery Model, end-to-end process excellence. This role will have direct people management responsibility, providing expert leadership and detailed guidance to ensure best in class Finance transformation methodologies and future-state target operating model enablement. It offers the opportunity to shape the future of Finance in a dynamic and innovative organization committed to operational excellence and talent development.

• Strategic Leadership & Support: Lead the development and execution of complex, large-scale Finance transformation programs, supporting FTO leadership to translate the CFO vision into actionable roadmaps with defined milestones, measurable outcomes, and performance indicators. Drive initiative prioritization and sequencing by supporting centralized intake and governance processes, ensuring alignment to enterprise objectives and capacity constraints. Anticipate, identify, and proactively mitigate execution risks by implementing structured risk management processes.
• Operating Model & Service Delivery: Manage and execute the future-state Finance Target Operating Model (TOM) and Service Delivery Model (SDM) as part of the transformation. Conduct comprehensive Current-State Assessments (CSA) of Finance processes/capabilities, perform Work Activity Analysis (WAA) and Finance Maturity Assessments and leverage other diagnostic tools to inform design decisions and refine implementation approaches. Leverage standardized global end-to-end (E2E) process taxonomies to support TOM and SDM design anchored in standardization, simplification, and automation-first principles.
• PMO Execution & Strategic Governance: Own day-to-day execution of assigned initiatives: develop and manage project plans (e.g. RAID logs, resource and capacity plans, performance KPIs), and monitor progress to ensure disciplined execution. Serve as a liaison between the Transformation Office and other departments (e.g. Finance functional owners, IT, HR, and external System Integrators). Ensure integration points are coordinated and proactively anticipate and elevate risks or roadblocks to FTO leadership, along with mitigation/contingency plans and recommendations. Manage the day-to-day activities of project team members (including Business analysts, IT partners, consultants, etc.), ensuring prioritization alignment and robust project team workflows (e.g. workstream meetings, action item follow ups) to maintain accountability. Ensure all project documentation (charters, plans, status reports, meeting minutes, change requests) is thorough and up to date. Manage project meetings or sponsor updates by reviewing and preparing materials that enable data-driven decision making. Prepare high-quality executive-level dashboards and materials for steering committees and executive sponsors, providing transparency into progress, critical path dependencies, budget utilization, and benefits realization.
• Organizational Change Management: Serve as a primary change agent for your team’s projects, ensuring appropriate OCM plans and strategies are in place, tailored for each project to drive user adoption and minimize resistance, whilst maintaining alignment on messaging & communications. Lead and deliver key change activities such as stakeholder impact analyses, change readiness assessments, and training needs analyses at the project level. Develop or customize change deliverables (communication emails, FAQs, slide decks, process documentation, training materials) that will help end-users understand, prepare for, and embrace new systems or process changes. Organize and lead stakeholder workshops, demos, and feedback sessions to keep users engaged throughout the project lifecycle. Actively listen to stakeholder concerns and feedback and incorporate that input to refine project approaches or address misconceptions. Develop reinforcement plans (additional refresher trainings, office hours, user guides) to cement new ways of working.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Private dental insurance
• Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
• Free fruit every day in our offices
• On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
• On-site subsidised cafés
• On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Eye care assistance
• x2 volunteering days each year
• Group pension plan
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• 25 days holiday, plus