Head of Finance Systems and Change
- Recruiter
- Bayman Atkinson Smythe
- Location
- Liverpool
- Posted
- 05 Aug 2022
- Closes
- 12 Aug 2022
- Job Title
- Head of Finance
- Category
- Property / Housing
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
We are recruiting an experienced Interim Head of Finance Systems & Change for a large not-for-profit organisation based out of Liverpool. Paying £75-80K, this is a 2-year contract primarily to guide and support the organisation through both a Finance Systems integration project and an end-to-end new ERP implementation, whilst managing peripheral systems and related projects.
THE JOB
Reporting to the Group Finance Director, the role is responsible for managing the finance portfolio of projects focussing on process and system development, providing long-term delivery and project effectiveness. You will lead and coordinate teams to drive change and continuous improvement within finance and be responsible for providing assurance to the ELT that the development of core Finance systems and project deliverables aligns to the Groups corporate objectives.
Core Accountabilities:
- Lead, manage and co-ordinate a small team to support change
- Manage the finance project portfolio, ensuring a good understanding of their interdependencies, resourcing & prioritising appropriately
- Lead on any large scale system enhancements and changes within finance
- Lead on new finance system implementations, engaging with key stakeholders and ensuring delivery
- Provide finance expertise for any other change programme within the wider portfolio of projects
- Lead and develop a strategy to continually improve and embed change culture
- Work collaboratively with internal/external stakeholders and the Finance Integration Lead
- Deputise for other senior leaders when required.
THE PERSON
- You must be a fully Qualified Accountant with proven leadership skills of mentoring a team in a challenging, fast paced environment
- You will have experience of financial systems development and implementation in large, complex organisations, ideally having previously managed an end to end ERP implementation
- A strong track record of delivering key financial processes and outputs is required, to enable you to deliver to strict deadlines and manage conflicting priorities
- You will be a natural communicator, capable of building successful relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
- You will have strong presentation skill, to present financial information to a variety of audiences, customer focused with excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work at all levels within the business
- Commercially aware with a focus on continuous improvement and the experience and ability to lead and manage change