Finance Systems Manager - 9 Month Fixed Term Contract

Interim Finance Systems Manager (D365 F&O) – 9 Month Contract. We are seeking an experienced Interim Finance Systems Manager to join our finance team for a 9-month contract. This is a high-impact role with ownership of our finance systems landscape, where you will play a key part in ensuring we fully leverage the capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O) across both our UK and international operations.

As the organisation’s primary finance systems owner, you will bring strong hands-on expertise in D365 F&O, with a proven ability to identify, design, and configure system enhancements that improve automation, data accuracy, compliance, and financial reporting. You will lead a small finance systems team and work closely with finance, technology, and wider business stakeholders to deliver system improvements that support efficiency, scalability, and business growth.

• Own and optimise D365 F&O, ensuring the system is fully utilised and continuously improved across all finance processes.
• Identify, design, and configure system enhancements that maximise automation, accuracy, and efficiency across UK and international entities.
• Lead and develop a team of two, providing clear direction, coaching, and effective prioritisation of work.
• Ensure day-to-day system stability, including incident management, issue resolution, user access, controls, and master data governance.
• Partner with finance, technology, and business teams to gather requirements, translate needs into system solutions, and deliver cross-functional improvements.
• Drive process automation and system integrations, ensuring seamless connectivity between D365 and other finance systems such as SAP Concur, Pigment, and other financial tools.
• Manage system configuration, testing, and deployment, working closely with external partners to ensure robust change control and high-quality delivery.
• Maintain strong governance and compliance, ensuring data integrity, audit readiness, and adherence to regulatory and security standards.
• Monitor system performance and user adoption, proactively identifying optimisation opportunities and recommending improvement roadmaps.

• Extensive hands-on experience with D365 Finance & Operations, including deep knowledge of core finance modules, configuration, and optimisation.
• Proven experience designing and implementing system enhancements that improve automation, accuracy, and overall system performance.
• Strong understanding of finance systems architecture, integrations, and data flows.
• Experience managing and improving integrations between finance systems and wider business applications.
• Demonstrable people leadership experience, with a track record of building and motivating high-performing finance systems teams.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting within a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across finance, technology, and the wider business.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, able to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
• A proactive, delivery-focused mindset, with evidence of driving meaningful system and process improvements.

• Experience with ZIP Procurement and AP systems.
• SAP Concur and Pigment experience.
• Knowledge of workflow management and optimisation.
• Exposure to Azure DevOps for managing change and release processes.
• Experience with Financial Reporter, Power BI, and Microsoft data infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, SQL scripting, Visual Studio, and virtual environments.
• Experience managing finance systems licensing, vendor relationships, and third-party partners.

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits. We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one!

We operate a hybrid model to work and ask that Trainliners work from the office a minimum of 60% of their time over a 12-week period. We also have a 28-day Work from Abroad policy.

Our Values Represent The Things That Matter Most To Us And What We Live And Breathe Everyday, In Everything We Do: Think Big - We’re building the future of rail; Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey; Travel Together - We’re one team; Do Good - We make a positive impact.

We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That’s why we’re committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.

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