Finance Transformation Manager

Key responsibilities will be:

• Production of a detailed, integrated Transition plan in conjunction with Finance SMEs and the leadership team
• Monitoring and tracking of this plan, ensuring that it keeps on track
• Prioritising the sequence of activities to be transitioned
• Work with the following programme teams to ensure that transition activities are included in your plan and successfully managed in your specific area of responsibility:
  • Process changes
  • Knowledge Transfer (Building and monitoring of plans, matching KT recipients to SMEs)
  • Service governance and definition
  • Training
  • Recruitment
  • Change impact assessments
  • IT - systems access requirements, shared storage requirements, segregation of duties, Partnerlink and cost centre transition
  • Resolving and completing Division related activities identified during the transition assessment e.g. 3rd party contracts, cleaning & sign-off of data and accounts prior to transition
• Monitor critical BAU activities and ensure that they are not impacted during the transition process
• Maintain list of 'leavers' and prepare mitigation plans
• Set go/no go criteria for handover of activities to the new team, monitoring the progress of 'handover' for your area
• Organise and run programme implementation governance for your area
• Monitor financial controls and segregation of duties during transition
• Identify IT changes which may impact BAU activities during transition and ensure that mitigating action and appropriate communication takes place
• Maintain risk and issue log - resolve issues and manage risks
• Co-ordinate training activities (to include induction training, service training and technical training)
• Put in place service management & service management reporting for Divisions in conjunction with the service manager

Skills Required

• Experienced project manager who has previously worked on a Finance transformation
• Experience of working in a finance function an advantage
• Knowledge of a Finance transition/outsource/offshoring an advantage
• Familiar with Oracle financials and Hyperion
• Good understanding of finance controls, processes, policy and segregation of duties an advantage

Qualifications/Technical Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent)

PRINCE2, MSP or similar

Proficient use of MS tools specifically MS Project