Finance Process Transformation Lead - SAP S/4HANA in Manchester

We are partnering with a major FTSE-listed organisation on a significant Finance Transformation programme as it prepares for the next stage of its journey towards SAP S/4HANA. We are looking for a highly experienced Finance Process Transformation Lead to lead a critical discovery, assessment and roadmap phase across Record-to-Report (R2R/RTR), Order-to-Cash (O2C/OTC) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P/PTP). This is not a general Transformation, Change, PMO or SAP implementation role. We specifically need someone who has previously led a comparable Finance Process Transformation within a major SAP S/4HANA programme and can demonstrate this clearly.

The role - Working closely with senior Finance and Transformation leadership, you will:

• Lead discovery and diagnostic activity across Finance processes, systems and data.
• Assess current-state processes and help define the future-state across R2R, O2C and P2P.
• Identify opportunities for process standardisation, simplification, data harmonisation and improved governance.
• Help define a prioritised, value-led Finance Transformation roadmap.
• Challenge recommendations and proposed solutions from external consultancies and System Integrators.
• Ensure future Finance processes align appropriately with S/4HANA standard ways of working, challenging unnecessary customisation.
• Develop value frameworks and support business cases linking transformation initiatives to measurable outcomes.
• Engage and influence senior Finance, Transformation and Executive stakeholders.
• Help take the programme from discovery and roadmap into mobilisation for subsequent delivery.

Essential experience - please read before applying To be considered you must be able to demonstrate:

• Significant SAP S/4HANA Finance Transformation experience.
• Previous responsibility for leading the discovery / diagnostic / roadmap stage of a major S/4HANA Finance Transformation.
• Genuine Finance Process Transformation experience - not simply SAP implementation, programme management, change management, testing, PMO or technology transformation.
• Strong end-to-end process knowledge across R2R/RTR, O2C/OTC and P2P/PTP.
• Experience of current-state assessment, future-state process design, process optimisation and standardisation.
• Sufficient S/4HANA knowledge to challenge proposed solutions, process design and customisation decisions, rather than relying entirely on SAP technical specialists.
• Experience working with and challenging Tier 1 consultancies / major System Integrators.
• Experience turning discovery into a prioritised transformation roadmap and/or business case.
• Credibility operating with senior Finance and Executive stakeholders.

Please do not apply solely because you have worked on an S/4HANA programme or have general transformation experience. We need someone who has personally led Finance Process Transformation within an S/4HANA environment, with demonstrable experience across the areas above.

Due to the specific nature of this assignment, please ensure your CV or covering note clearly includes the following:

• Your specific S/4HANA Finance Process Transformation experience, including the organisations/programmes where you gained it.
• Whether you have personally led discovery / diagnostic and transformation roadmap activity and what you delivered.
• Your experience across R2R/RTR, O2C/OTC and P2P/PTP.
• Experience managing/challenging external consultancies or System Integrators.
• Your current location.
• Your availability / earliest start date.
• Your required day rate.
• Confirmation of your right to work in the UK, including whether you require sponsorship or are subject to any restrictions.

We will NOT be able to progress applications whose CV or Cover Notes do not include the essential S/4HANA Finance Process Transformation experience above.

Vitae Financial Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.