Transformation Manager in Burton upon Trent

Based in either London or Solihull with travel as required.

We are looking for a Finance Transformation Manager to join our team. This role can be based in either London, Solihull or Burton-Upon-Trent with travel to those locations. This is an exciting role where you will take a holistic view over our finance function and identify and define projects whilst driving the delivery of those projects.

What you will be doing

• Help define and lead delivery of the Finance transformation strategy.
• Working to ensure finance systems and procedures enable and empower the Finance function to complete all deliverables with a high-level of accuracy, efficiency, and insight.
• Contributing to modernising the finance systems and infrastructure to ensure they are fit for purpose both now and when taking account of strategic growth, and future plans.
• Planning and tracking a variety of project initiatives to ensure their successful development, implementation, and completion.
• Ensuring a solid communication strategy to keep all stakeholders involved and informed.
• Proactively looking for opportunities to make enhancements and improvements to current and future finance systems, processes, reporting and analysis.

What we need from you

• Demonstrable experience in project management within finance transformation or change programmes.
• Strong understanding of finance and accounting principles with a track record of delivering financial systems and business change projects.
• Proven ability to manage end-to-end projects.
• Experience in managing multiple workstreams
• An accounting background is essential for this role.

Person Profile

• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability of hands-on analytical skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the aptitude to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.

Why work for Waterstones

Waterstones is the cornerstone of bookselling across the UK and Ireland. Joining Waterstones means being an active part in a success story that began in 1982, and books are as popular now as the day we started.

Trading across the UK, Ireland and Europe, we are present in over 350 shopping locations, where Waterstones continues to thrive, each year actively pursuing a programme of new bookshop openings. Online at Waterstones.com, we meanwhile mirror the essence of our bookshops, further showcasing the unique enthusiasm and knowledge of our booksellers.

If you have the relevant essential experience and you are interested, we would love to hear from you.

Waterstones is committed to encouraging equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and is dedicated toward eliminating unlawful discrimination.

Our aim is to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel fully respected and to be able to give their best.

Diversity Statement

At Waterstones, we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair and inclusive to people from all backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, and we strive to promote an inclusive work culture.

We are working hard to ensure our recruitment processes are free from bias, and our aim is to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel fully respected and able to give their best.

Reasonable Adjustments

We understand that some disabled applicants may, due to the nature of their disability, find some parts of the recruitment process challenging. If you need any reasonable adjustments during any part of the interview process, please make these known either to your interviewer or the person you liaise with when setting up your interview.